- Email:
- toddburk@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Projects
Project abstract
Creative Arts for Vets (CAV) in-person events aimed at supporting veterans, service members, and military-connected populations through the arts and arts-based approaches that promote connectedness and improve mental health and well-being. Evidence-based research shows that arts-based wellness, equine-assisted activities, and yoga can improve mindfulness and reduce negative feelings associated with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Creative Arts for Vets (CAV) Book is an interdisciplinary (human rights, social work, and art therapy) designed therapeutic guidebook to aid in improving well-being through arts-based exercises infused with social work and art therapy practices, veteran narratives, and supplemental veteran-centric wellness resources and psychoeducation material regarding trauma, grief and loss, survivor's guilt, suicide and suicidal ideation as well as post traumatic growth.
Community partners
Creative Arts for Vets collaborates with veterans, service members, military-connected populations, community organizations, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indiana Department of Health, the Indiana Department of Corrections, and the Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs.
Campus partners
John Keesler, IU School of Social Work
Lauren Daugherty, Eskenazi Museum
Jeni Waters, Center for Rural Engagement
Student partners
Olivia Tornrtta, Logan Gingerich, Lyndsay Valadez, Nadia Cain, Bella Bukur, Ollie Dorn, Riley Stanley, Shivam Mishra, Kristina Kokot, Gaby Diaz, Molly Marcuson, Ellie Brown, and Franziska
Tuttle.
Counties involved
Brown, Monroe, Martin, Lawrence, Jackson, Greene, Owen, Putnam, Spencer, Washington, Orange, Wayne, Union, Scott, Franklin, Harrison, Jennings, Clark, Boone, Crawford, Daviess, Clay, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd
Project abstract
The Veteran Trauma and Transparency Program is an interdisciplinary co-curricular workshop series offered to undergraduate and graduate students to increase awareness and knowledge of military culture and experiences for future service providers and improve the quality of care for veterans. This training includes exposure to sensitive content and personal stories. Each workshop builds upon the next. Students who complete all four workshops in the series will earn a certificate of completion from the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center. This course is taught at both the IU-Bloomington and IU-Indianapolis campuses.
Community partners
US Department of Veterans Affairs, Indiana Department of Health, Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Veterans Treatment Court, Indy Vet to Vet, Inc., and Pets Healing Vets
Campus partners
Developed by the IU Interprofessional Practice and Education Center, the IU Center for Rural Engagement, the IU Department of Criminal Justice, and the IU School of Social Work
Student partners
Gaby Diaz and Franziska Tuttle
Counties involved
Monroe