Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Loughborough University
'B Venture: Increasing resilience in children who have a parent in prison through the use of the Good Heart Model
This output results from development of ‘The Good Heart Model’ (Hani, 2011), a theoretical and practical methodology using the Animation process together with the strengths and difficulty questionnaire (SDQ) (R, Goodman). The methodology is developed here to tackle the detrimental effects of parental imprisonment and uses the principles of autoethnography, selective reflective practice and facilitating the therapeutic environment with an emphasis on the production process.
¶ ‘B.Venture’ Northumbrian project (2011) was delivered by Barnardos Orchard Mosaic, and funded for three years by the Big Lottery. It commenced as a programme of various participatory therapeutic activities that included peer group counselling and Animation therapy sessions. As a result of the impact of the Animation element on service users, in 2012 Barnardos requested that funding be used to support only Animation therapy sessions and counselling. The project is in its second year and this output evidences the first stage/year of the process.
¶ The European Network for Children of Imprisoned Parents (Eurochips) reported (2005) that 100478 children in the UK were separated from an imprisoned parent and often suffer from physical and/or mental problems. A Quaker United Nations Office study reports high risk of these children experiencing stigma and bullying from their peers and the local community (Rosenberg, J, 2009). There is limited research on children with a parent in prison and none that uses Animation for psychological or therapeutic purposes working WITH children with parent in prison. Sesame Street, have released a film FOR such children (2013).
¶ The ‘B Venture’ project has resulted in improved behaviour across all SDQ assessed areas; conduct problems, peer relationship problems, hyperactivity, emotional symptoms. This project introduces a significant use of Animation in the context of psychological dispositions and social policy. Results widely disseminated includes: LIAF Industry Event: ‘Making Animation Work’, 2011.
