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Creative Forces' National Resource Center is an online portal dedicated to sharing best practices, research, content, and insights from the Creative Forces initiative. New, thematically-related content will be released on the third Wednesday of every month accompanied by a one-hour webinar on that month’s theme
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VI. Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research Conclusion
Section VI: Conclusion of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Dr. Donna Betts.
I. Creative Arts Therapies PTSD & TBI Research
Section 1 of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Donna Betts
Image: Framework of representations of self as seen in mask imagery courtesy of Walker, Kaimal, et.al. 2017.
The Mysteries That Drive Our Creative Forces
Original blog authored by Bill O'Brien Creative Forces Project Director published on the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Forces pages. Image credit:Seal Fireteam An interpretation of a fireteam of U.S. Navy SEALs escaping a storm by Rusty Noesner. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Creative Forces, Community Engagement, & COVID-19
May 21, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts' Artswork Blog authored by Community Connections Manager discussing the adaptations of the Creative Forces community network in response to COVID-19 in Spring of 2020. Image credit: Glen McCarthy teaches a guitar/ukelele workshop to military-connected participants over Facebook Live for George Mason University as part of an online Creative Forces Community Connections project. Photo courtesy of Dr. Niyati S. Dhokai, Veterans' Arts Initiative, George Mason University.
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IV. Creative Forces Music Therapy Research
Section 4 of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Dr. Donna Betts. Photo of creative arts therapists, researchers and community arts providers experiencing a ukelele workshop at George Mason University courtesy of Donna Betts.
II. Creative Forces Clinical Research
Section 2 of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Dr. Donna Betts. Image of Creative Forces Dance Movement Conceptual Framework brainstorming (2019) courtesy of Donna Betts.
III. Creative Forces Art Therapy Research
Section 3 of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Dr. Donna Betts. Image courtesy of National Endowment for the Arts.
V. Creative Forces Telehealth Program
Section 5 of Advances in Creative Forces® Clinical Research and Applications of the Creative Arts Therapies for Treating PTSD and TBI in Military-Connected Populations by Dr. Donna Betts. Photo of marbled music created at the Creative Arts Therapists All-Hands (2019) courtesy of Donna Betts.