Local University

Local University

Art therapy

Introduction

A local university known for its established counseling program wishes to initiate an undergraduate program in art therapy. The university, however, does not have an art department. An accredited art college that does not have a counseling department is located in the same area. The two institutions wish to collaborate to offer a joint art therapy program, an offering that has been targeted as a need area in the state. Art therapy is a type of art therapy (or innovative therapy), which involves the use of the artistic process for therapeutic purposes. It is based on the idea that psychological conflicts and concerns can be worked by the patient through artistic production. It can be implemented with different types of artistic disciplines (music, art, theater, dance), according to the therapeutic situation one is facing.

Art therapy has a wide range of application in areas such as rehabilitation, education and mental health. In this paper, certain aspects that need to be covered before the collaboration starts, will be analyzed. The roles and functions of campus constituencies in developing the program proposal will be detailed. Moreover, we will discuss how campus units from both institutions might interact with each other to develop an optimal program, providing specific examples. The development of a plan to implement the program, involving all campus units and what happens to a program if each unit is not included in the program's development, will also be discussed. In the end, the paper will be concluded with an analysis of the benefits and challenges to campus collaboration in the new program development.

Discussion

The role and functions campus constituencies have in developing the program proposal

Faculty

Mentoring has been at the university since its origin but has manifested itself in different ways. Some of them are related with the guidance of practice or under the direction of research. Others related to learning in different subjects, are reduced in various contexts, a routine actions, inconsistent with the development of matter and directed, preferably at the most pragmatic and immediately to the student who is obtaining the approved". Commissioning practice of monitoring, as an aspect of teaching and training is widespread and is considered a essential task in that at the request of students, who are addressed with questions of content of matter in question or resolve inquiries or examinations notes (Abrams, 1998). For this reason, it is necessary to achieve a number of institutional arrangements, which determine, what is meant by mentoring and tutoring, what is right, or that best responds to the new approach to training college.

Currently the concept of mentoring is meant for a purpose very concrete, that is, to facilitate the students all the tools and support necessary to enable them to successfully meet their personal goals, academic and professionals, contributing, the personalization and individualization processes teaching and learning. We can define the mentoring or the tutorial as a process in that, according to a frame of reference and preliminary planning, the teacher-tutor helps the student in various ...