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University of Toronto |
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Information provided by: | University of Toronto |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00434603 |
This study utilizes a novel technique—expressive arts therapy—to facilitate social integration for youth recovering from acquired brain injury (ABI). Expressive arts therapy is defined as the use of the arts and artistic media to explore psychological aspects of life. An expressive art (also referred to as ‘creative arts’ or even just ‘arts’) encompasses drama, music, art (visual arts such as painting, sculpture etc) and dance/movement. It has great potential to improve community integration for youth recovering from ABI, through facilitating skills required for successful social communication and social cognition. It is hypothesized to improve social and emotional functioning compared to a less structured creative arts program. It is expected that a combination of directed group activities and self-reflection within a creative learning context will improve emotional awareness and social and community integration to a greater degree than a non-expressive creative arts therapy group, in youth who have suffered an ABIAs community integration enables meaningful and productive occupational engagement, enabling opportunities for occupational engagement through increased community integration would greatly enhance the quality of life of adolescents with ABI.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Brain Injuries |
Behavioral: Expressive Arts--Theatre Skills Training Program |
Phase I Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Single Group Assignment |
Official Title: | Expressive Arts as a Social and Community Integration Tool for Adolescents With Acquired Brain Injury: “I Want to Thrive, Not Just Survive!” |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years to 16 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Michelle Keightley | 416-946-4004 | michelle.keightley@utoronto.ca |
Principal Investigator: | Michelle Keightley | University of Toronto |
Study ID Numbers: | 001 |
Study First Received: | February 12, 2007 |
Last Updated: | February 12, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00434603 |
Health Authority: | Canada: Ethics Review Committee |
Craniocerebral Trauma Wounds and Injuries Disorders of Environmental Origin Central Nervous System Diseases |
Trauma, Nervous System Brain Diseases Brain Injuries |
Nervous System Diseases |