A participatory arts-based exploration of young people’s mental health following adverse childhood experiences.
The ATTUNE project looks into these important questions:
What are the lived experiences by which ACEs in different young people unfold to affect or protect their mental health? What is the role of place (where people live) and their identities in this?
How do young people define and explain mental health and wellbeing, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)?
How does neurodiversirty (such as being autistic) interact with ACEs to shape a young person’s mental health?
Do creative and participatory arts approaches help us understand ACEs and take cost-effective, and helpful actions for prevention and care interventions?
A multi-site collaboration
ATTUNE is a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford, Falmouth, Kent, Leeds, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), King's College London (KCL), University College London (UCL) and University of Greenwich. The team form the below six work packages:
Work Package 1
All About Art
Learning through art about the lives of young people who have lived through ACEs.
Work Package 2
All About Numbers
Digging into UK data to find out what protects young people’s mental health after ACEs.
Work Package 3
All About Action
Digging into UK data to find out what protects young people’s mental health after ACEs.
Work Package 4
All About Gaming
Learning from work packages 1 and 2 to develop a serious game with young people. A game where young people can have the space and privacy to think about what is going on for them.
Work Package 5
All About Value
Examining what kinds of benefits young people could get from new forms of support, and how types of support will cost.
Work Package 6
All About Sharing
With young people, we will tell people about what we are learning. We will be creative in doing this, from roadshows, film and art to scientific conferences.
