Lesson Plan
Healing Canvas Roadmap
Guide 10th-grade students through a five-session trauma-informed art therapy project. Students create expressive paintings to process emotions, reflect through journal prompts, and self-assess growth using structured tools.
Provides a safe, individualized space for trauma processing through creative expression. Builds emotional regulation, self-awareness, and coping skills for 10th graders in need of targeted therapeutic support.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Review Materials & Prepare Space
30 minutes
Step 1
Session 1: Orientation & Emotional Grounding
70 minutes
Step 2
Session 2: Expressive Painting – Memory Mapping
70 minutes
Step 3
Session 3: Expressive Painting – Emotional Exploration
70 minutes
Step 4
Session 4: Artist’s Reflection & Insight
70 minutes
Step 5
Session 5: Self-Assessment & Closure
70 minutes

Slide Deck
Art as Therapy
Why Art Therapy?
Trauma-Informed Principles
Project & Session Overview
Grounding Exercises
Color & Emotion
Expressive Painting: Memory Mapping
Emotional Exploration Layer
Reflection & Self-Assessment
Resources & Next Steps

Activity


Journal


Rubric

