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Case Studies
Training Notes - Music & Health Training in Ireland
Training Notes is a training initiative of Kids Classics, Ireland’s leading music in healthcare organisation. Kids Classics has developed a framework of bespoke training courses which includes introductory workshops, supervised apprenticeships and team mentoring.
Report
Reading between the lines
A reflective report by Mary Grehan documenting a learning programme for artists called Experience: An Introduction to Arts, Health and Older People.
Perspectives
OURSELVES: A Nurse Poet Bears Witness by Beda Higgins
Most of the poems from my first collection of poetry, OURSELVES, come from vivid memories of my first years in nurse training: the shock and drama of illness; the strengths and weaknesses of those I worked alongside, and bearing witness to the vulnerabilities and suffering of patients.
Events
Bealtaine Festival 2022
Bealtaine, Ireland’s annual festival celebrating creativity as we age, is taking place throughout the month of May with events happening in person and online.
Articles
Material Language: Reflections on an arts and health practice by Ciara Harrison
Arts and health practice often involves engaging with people who are far from home and familiar spaces. How does an artist create a sense of space and place, of warmth and trust, in unfamiliar territory?
Videos
In Conversation with Dr Suzanne Denieffe, Joe Brennan and Paula Lowney
Do we have the “right” story? is a narrative storytelling research project exploring the experiences of those living and working in mental health community residences in HSE South East Community Healthcare.
