Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Syrian Refugee Children Reveal Their Emotions In Drawings They Made At A Train Station In Italy : Goats and Soda : NPR

Syrian Refugee Children Reveal Their Emotions In Drawings They Made At A Train Station In Italy : Goats and Soda : NPR: "Syrian kids who passed through Milan's Central Station last year did something very Italian: create artwork. While they waited for trains to take them to northern Europe, Save the Children offered them a chance to draw. They could depict whatever they wanted, says psychologist Vittoria Ardino, president of the Italian Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress, who analyzed 500 of these images.

There's a lot that can be learned from children's art. "It's one of the most effective tools to help them be understood by adults," Ardino says. Even if children are not yet able to express their emotions in words, they can put those feelings into figures and shapes. Their pictures reveal how they see themselves and their connections with others, Ardino adds."



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