I’m a recently retired public school teacher. My background is predominately Elementary Art (35 years) and Special Education. I still teach Yoga and meditation in my former school. Throughout the years I’ve encountered many students living in trauma. Violence, parental neglect, abuse, poverty, prolonged truancy, and many other social emotional issues dominating lives in and out of the classroom. These experiences have driven my graduate and post graduate work. Art therapy is the next logical step for me. I plan to use it with Dementia patients in a residential facility.