Art as a restorative justice tool for mental health

This interactive e-course can be paused as many times as you need, and completed in your own time. It takes approximately 6 non-stop hours to fully complete all modules and take the CPD test. Additional reading material and videos are also provided for optional further learning and research. The course convener is Prof. Theo Gavrielides.

Certification

Successful completion will lead to CPD (Continuous Professional Development) Certification.

Target Groups

• Established and emerging artists
• Students in the artistic and cultural sectors
• Young people with an interest in art
• Teachers and educators using art as a learning tool
• University lecturers in art, mental health and culture.

Learning Objectives

• Improve knowledge about restorative justice theory, definitions and principles.
• Present the use of restorative justice in mental health settings.
• Explore the possibilities of artists to collaborate for mental health, and promote the social restoration of people with mental health issues.
• Define mental illness conditions in which art may have positive results and may be used as complementary/alternative therapy.
• Present how the restorative justice ethos, philosophy and practice can be implemented in mental health settings through art, in order to promote mental health service users’ healing and social restoration.
• Explore how artist can use visual/performing/literary arts to support people with mental health issues in their personal and emotional development.
• Explore how visual/performing/literary arts can be used to support a redistribution of power/responsibilities between people with mental health issues, professionals and caregivers involved in their recovery process, and the general community.

Cost

As a non-profit NGO, RJ4All is pleased to offer this e-course at a subsidised cost.

Institutions, universities, bar associations and public sector organisations are welcome to contact us for license purchase for any ecourse that might be of interest. The costs for purchasing a license are:

• Unlimited license for 1 ecourse for 1 year: £600
• Unlimited license for 3 ecourse or more for 1 year: £1,500
• Unlimited license for 1 ecourse for 3 years: £1,500
• Unlimited license for 3 ecourse or more for 3 years: £4,000

To purchase licenses or for any questions relating to these terms of sales finance@rj4all.org