Age Range
Children and adults by pathway
Description
About the Practice
When parents do not know whether art, music, drama or movement is the right route, a referral service can help narrow the first step. Birmingham Creative Arts Therapy Network gives Birmingham families a creative therapy route for children and young people who cannot always explain distress through words alone. The work is therapy, not an art class, music lesson or drama club: the creative medium is used to support emotional expression, regulation and repair.
Clinical Expertise
Creative arts therapy referral route
Anxiety, depression, SEN, education, CAMHS and hard-to-reach groups
SEN and education routes referenced
Why Work With Us?
Arts Therapy Referral Route: Parents can see the professional route behind the work, including protected-title or professional-body signals where available.
Modality Matching: Creative arts therapy can help a child communicate through image, sound, story, movement, metaphor or making when direct questions create pressure.
Parent and Setting Awareness: The family can start with the problem and be guided toward the creative therapy route most likely to fit.
Location
Online / In-person
Referral and triage into appropriate arts therapy modality
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
Ask provider
Assessment Tools / Approach
Creative arts therapy referral route
Self-referral Accepted
Parent enquiry accepted where the provider offers a private enquiry route; check consent and safeguarding for the child’s age
Written Report Included
Education, health, social care and parent referral routes referenced
Post-diagnosis Support
SEN and education routes referenced
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, communication, confidence and family/school participation by therapy scope
School Support
Education, health, social care and parent referral routes referenced
Home / School Visits
Referral and triage into appropriate arts therapy modality
Creative Arts Therapy Modality
Creative arts therapy referral route
Registration / Professional Body
Qualified arts therapists through BCAT routes referenced
HCPC / Protected Title Status
Check named therapist HCPC or equivalent registration
DBS / Safeguarding
Check named therapist DBS and safeguarding
Age Range
Children and adults by pathway
SEND / Neurodivergence Experience
SEN and education routes referenced
Session Format
Referral and triage into appropriate arts therapy modality
Parent / School / Organisation Work
Education, health, social care and parent referral routes referenced
Fees / Availability
Ask provider
Scope Limits
Therapy or therapeutic support, not autism/ADHD diagnosis, crisis care or statutory assessment unless clearly stated