Resources + Guiding Documents

Shared Theory of Practice (STOP)

The Shared Theory of Practice (STOP) is a guiding document created by the founding members of AHJN that attempts to define what unifies our member organizations across disciplines and names the shared goals and values that makes AHJN members distinct from traditional approaches to teaching. This document also centers what it means to work with youth experiencing incarceration, as distinct from working with adults who are experiencing incarceration. 

This is a shared resource that can be used by individual teaching artists, or organizations who are new and curious to learn about this work or as well as seasoned teachers/organizations. It helps new potential members of AHJN confirm the network is a good fit and give guidance to study best practices in the field of arts and youth justice reform.

Creative Wellbeing Curriculum Guide

Creative Wellbeing is an approach co-created by the Department of Mental Health, Office of Child Protection, Arts for Healing and Justice Network, the Department of Arts and Culture. 

Creative Wellbeing is an approach for creating communities of wellness that centers systems-impacted youth, those who are vulnerable to becoming systems- impacted, and the adults who support them. This approach provides culturally relevant, healing-centered, arts-based workshops for young people under 25 and professional development coaching for youth-serving adults—educators, service providers, and community based organizations.

The creative wellbeing curriculum guide is a free resource for anyone looking to incorporate arts based learning into their work with young people!