Project Summary Create will contribute to the achievement of:• The objectives of the European 2020 Strategy including the headline education target• The objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020)• The promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union.• EU Agenda on Migration (2015)The development of professional Arts Therapists (professionals who support migrants with mental health problems through art, music, dance, drama) across Europe supports the EU agenda for adult learning.• The 35 to 40 million foreign-born people in Europe continue to face difficulties in becoming a full part of the economic, cultural, social, and political lives of their adopted societies. This situation is undesirable from both the perspective of European integration and of human rights. The right to health obliges governments to ensure that “health facilities, goods and services are accessible to all, especially the most vulnerable or marginalized sections of the population, in law and in fact, without discrimination on any of the prohibited grounds” (General Comment 14, 2000) paragraph 12 (b).• Good mental health is crucial for the successful integration of migrants in a new country. A rare quantitative survey of women internally or internationally trafficked for sex work or domestic service in selected European countries found that 70% of women had experienced both physical and sexual abuse during trafficking and that the majority exhibited severe physical and mental health symptoms such as back and abdominal pain, headaches, dizziness, gynaecological infections, depression and anxiety (Zimmerman et al. 2008).• There are variations in health among different migrant categories. For asylum seekers, research has focused on the physical and mental impact of conflict and war in some countries of origin; trauma associated with migration and settlement processes including isolation, loss of social status, poverty and insecure legal immigration status; and impact of government policies such as detention and dispersal in the receiving society. Systematic reviews of studies across European countries point to higher rates of depression and anxiety among asylum seekers and refugees compared to the national population or other migrant categories (Raphaely and O’Moore 2010)The Create project will develop learning resources which support the professional development of new and existing Creative Therapists through the development pf approaches for professionals working with migrants experiencing from mental health issues. Create will develop 2 training modules which promote partnership working among Arts Therapists (Art Therapists, Dance/Movement Therapists, Drama Therapists or Music Therapists), existing packages of support for refugee and migrants to EU countries. It will also produce a training module specifically aimed at the supervisors of Arts Therapists working with Refugees and Migrants.
Create has contributed to the achievement of :• The objectives of the European 2020 Strategy including the headline education target • The objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020) • The promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union • EU Agenda on Migration (2015) 7 partners working across 5 different EU member states have supported the development of a European network of professional Arts Therapists (professionals who support migrants with mental health problems through art, music, dance, drama) across Europe and through the development of practitioners competences in working with Refugees with mental health issues through development of sustainable training materials and a network of trained practitioners has supported the EU agenda for adult learning. This network of practitioners have worked in partnership developed training resources which can be used to train other Arts Therapists to work effectively with Refugees with mental health issues, to provide peer supervision to one another through online platforms across different countries and taking into account different therapeutic methods and approaches. The Create project has developed learning resources which support the professional development of new and existing Creative Therapists through the development of approaches for professionals working with migrants experiencing from mental health issues. Create has developed 2 training modules which promote partnership working among Arts Therapists (Art Therapists, Dance/Movement Therapists, Drama Therapists or Music Therapists), existing packages of support for refugee and migrants to EU countries. Furthermore it has developed a comprehensive training resource including in depth case studies demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of using Art Therapies to support the successful resettlement and recovery of Refugees with mental health issues enabling community stakeholders to understand the ways in which such therapeutic approaches can be included in existing packages. It also provided a methodology on how to assess the impact of resettlement support for Refugees with mental health issues. Arts Therapists or other practitioners implementing the support. Furthermore it has provided a baseline consultation and research evidence as to how Arts Therapies are currently used within resettlement of Refugees, how they could be implemented and where they fit it into current resettlement packages. Finally the Create partnership have provided detailed information about the challenges facing the mainstreaming of such Creative therapies in each partner country and looked at the sustainability and analyzed where such services fit on both National levels (in each partner country) and on an EU level in terms of sustaining and growing the CREATE network. Thus the Create has had a appositive impact on: Refugees and Migrants with mental health issues Creative Therapists in Europe Adult Educators working with Refugees with mental health issues It has done so through Creation of research and consultation about how Art therapy can compliment and support existing resettlement services and processes in each partner country Co-development and production of training modules and resources for Arts Therapists across EU. Co-development and production of training resources for Community resettlement practitioners around the integration of Creative therapy interventions A proven Impact Assessment tools and process to measure the impact of not just Art therapy but other resettlement services across the EU A network of Adult Educators ( Arts Therapists) trained in the Create methodology and InterVision process. A sustainability study on how to maintain the Create methodology. The longer term benefits of the project: Improvement of resettlement services for Refugees with mental health issues Enhancement of competences and skills of Adult Educators (Arts Therapists) as well as other Resettlement Practitioners The opportunity to integrate Arts Therapies into resettlement packages for Rerfugees with mental health issues across the EU. The opportunity to broaden and grow the Create practitioner network.