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Art therapy for children

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Art therapy for children

Children take part in an art therapy session organised by Rainbow Place, the Waikato Hospice service for children either suffering from a life-threatening condition, or affected by the serious illness or death of a family member. These children are making Christmas decorations and writing messages on them for family members who are sick or who have died. Palliative care for children with life-threatening conditions is a specialist aspect of hospice work. As well as organising art, crafts, drama and storytelling workshops, Rainbow Place offered group, family and individual counselling and therapy.

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Rainbow Place

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Nancy Swarbrick, Care and carers – Care of the dying, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30464/art-therapy-for-children (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011.