Christine Valdez is a Prevention and Intervention Specialist at Anacortes Middle School who has been using Chill & Spill for over two years now. We’ve asked her to send us her updates and will post them here as she has time to share:

I started a new Chill & Spill series with a group of four 7th and 8th grade girls. Two of them have past experience with C&S, one individually and one in a group.

We did the first activity, “Writing and Drawing Can Help You Figure Stuff Out.” Because our time is very short, I’m trying to keep my talking to a minimum. So I just gave them the basic instructions about confidentiality and stressed that I have two things that are big with me:

1. Whatever comes out, comes out. Just let it.
2. Keep the pen (crayon, pencil, marker, whatever..) on the paper.

Some great stuff can come out at the point where you think you’re done. And that’s what they did as they sprawled all over the room. Afterward, we shared just a little and they were off to their next class.
I haven’t done a group since last June and it was great to be back. Looking forward to the next session! More to come!

Tags: Art with Heart, Chill & Spill