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With a 94% completion rate, our program is helping incarcerated and foster care youth to gain ownership over their bodies, increase their self-esteem, and improve their life choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1611353007875-IMM82LJS1SC87HI45QT7/IMG_9265.JPG Home - Training in Modern Day Exploitation Trafficking happens in every community. No longer as predictable as swiping a child from the mall, technology has made it easy to stealthily reach and recruit vulnerable youth. Our training sessions will help you recognize the warning signs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1616430260884-T4EBJSI4JRXXKXE4ZP48/IMG_9270.JPG Home - Speaking Engagements The Swan Within is committed to raising awareness about the commercial sexual exploitation of children and improving laws and policies that inadvertently punish victims. As a recognized expert on CSEC and how it impacts our youth, our Founder Meredith Harper Houston can visit your organization virtually or in-person to share her insights and experiences with your group. https://swanwithin.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2021-05-10 https://swanwithin.org/program/life-skills daily 0.75 2021-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1616448641641-AH1SRA5Z19BOI4TZBN1R/IMG_0915.JPG Life Skills - Debutante Ball The Swan Within’s annual social event, the Debutante Ball, presents 14-18 year-old “debutantes” who are striving to achieve high moral character and are dedicated to serving others through school and community activities. This transformational evening is the culmination of seminars and workshops the youth have participated in on financial literacy, the arts, college and career readiness, etiquette, social skills, and community service. This program assists youth in their presentation and right for a second chance in society and gain self-respect. Donned in donated one-of-a-kind gowns, styled by a hair and makeup team, and escorted by their guardians or members of the probation staff, each Swan is presented as a lady of grace. In addition to being a night to remember, participants have proven to demonstrate a reduction in symptoms of depression, anger, sadness, and fatigue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847736004-JNS9D00D9KH3FTOSIGO3/image-asset.jpeg Life Skills - G.E.N.T.S. The G.E.N.T.S (Growth, Empathy, Never, Through, Strength) program harnesses the power of creativity to transform the lives of justice-involved youth through life skills training, arts education, individualized case management, and employment preparation. After participating in the program boys have lowered recidivism rates, a stronger ability to develop healthy relationships, a desire to live and engage as a productive citizen. https://swanwithin.org/donate daily 0.75 2021-08-27 https://swanwithin.org/learn/child-sex-trafficking daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://swanwithin.org/about-us/who-we-are daily 0.75 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630000122206-JYEK9MVI8KMKJ6JJH9OT/Screen+Shot+2021-08-26+at+10.19.35+AM.png Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630000303631-DO1V6YYCS1G3I11PHENR/IMG_9375.JPG Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630002367943-L6JK7XDZ9EMZ0RGDQZRB/Screen+Shot+2021-08-26+at+11.19.23+AM.png Who We Are https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630002426374-CZ6SL480F2KA3O88OMVD/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-08-26%2Bat%2B9.38.42%2BAM.jpg Who We Are https://swanwithin.org/program/therapeutic-ballet daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://swanwithin.org/learn/speaking daily 0.75 2021-03-22 https://swanwithin.org/about-us/contact daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1629999516669-KGL49D5GK09JV52ZCYYG/SW-logo-2021-final-color.png Contact Us - Contact Us Swan Within, Inc. www.swanwithin.org meredith@swanwithin.org 333 Washington Blvd #154 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Facebook Instagram Twitter https://swanwithin.org/ucla daily 0.75 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630010376135-AHF9AKHRAE7UM414RFPS/logo-pritzker.png UCLA's RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTIC DANCE FOR THE HEALING OF SEXUAL TRAUMA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600625d83753c24df24a8c8f/1630009818278-LRZ9760V73E1OBO0I0C6/Pritzker-Clusters-03.png UCLA's RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTIC DANCE FOR THE HEALING OF SEXUAL TRAUMA - THERAPEUTIC DANCE FOR THE HEALING OF SEXUAL TRAUMA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW In the US, one in three women and one in four men experience contact sexual violence in their lifetime. Sexual violence can have damaging consequences on health, including but not limited to: bodily injury or genital trauma, gastrointestinal distress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and disordered eating. The psychotherapeutic use of dance has been increasingly recognized as a treatment modality for the healing of sexual trauma, but literature on its benefits has not been catalogued, to our knowledge. We partnered with Swan Within, a dance program dedicated to serving incarcerated adolescent victims of sex trafficking, abuse, and trauma, to examine the evidence regarding therapeutic dance interventions for healing after sexual trauma. Systematic literature review was conducted at UCLA by Joyce Lee, Janeet Dhauna, Dr. Liz Barnert, and Dr. Jennifer Silvers in collaboration with Meredith H. Houston and colleagues at Swan Within. Using PRISMA guidelines, we identified intervention studies on the use of therapeutic dance for individuals suffering from sexual trauma. We extracted reported outcomes of therapeutic dance and organized them into emergent domains. We identified a total of 1049 articles that: 1) involved individuals who were exposed to sexual trauma; 2) reported on any form of dance as a therapeutic intervention; and 3) reported on intervention outcomes, and 11 studies were included for analysis. Studies were exploratory (small samples, qualitative) but consistent in showing benefit. Overall, the 11 studies suggested that: 1) therapeutic dance is a promising intervention; 2) the impact of sexual trauma has a somatic and bodily component; and 3) movement through dance engages the connection between mind and body. We found that the exploratory research on therapeutic dance demonstrates benefits for the healing of sexual trauma, with the scientific literature reporting positive outcomes across three domains: affect, the self, and interpersonal relationships. Positive effects on affect were assessed through improved self-awareness, expression, and regulation of emotion. Benefits to interpersonal relationships were assessed through improved boundary formation and improved relational experience.Benefits to the self were assessed through a sense of safety and freedom, improved body awareness and body image, positive future orientation, and self-empowerment. Thus, the existing research suggests that the adolescents reached through Swan Within’s and other such dance programs are likely to benefit from therapeutic dance. However, randomized trials and other robust intervention studies are lacking at this time, and a program evaluation can allow for measurement of the impact of programs such as Swan Within, with guidance from the existing literature on key outcomes to measure. https://swanwithin.org/join daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://swanwithin.org/swan-within-phase-1-digital-expansion daily 0.75 2026-02-18