Arts Activities for Children and Young People in Need to Develop Mindfulness, Spiritual Awareness and Self-Esteem (2010)

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DIANA COHOLIC
Arts Activities
for Children and
Young People
in Need
Helping Children to Develop Mindfulness, Spiritual
Awareness and Self-Esteem
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia

First published in 2010
by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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and
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Copyright © Diana Coholic 2010
Cover image by Jennifer Posteraro
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Coholic, Diana, 1966-
Arts activities for children and young people in need : helping children to develop
mindfulness, spiritual awareness and self-esteem / Diana Coholic.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-84905-001-2 (alk. paper)
1. Self-esteem in children. 2. Self-consciousness (Awareness). 3. Arts--Therapeutic use.
I. Title.
BF723.S3C5 2010
372.5--dc22
2009035445
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84905 001 2
ISBN pdf eBook 978 0 85700 368 3
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