The Centre for the Arts in Human Development is an innovative project affiliated with the Faculty of Fine Arts of Concordia University in Montreal. The Centre utilizes the creative arts therapies and applies them to promote growth and development for people with intellectual, developmental and mental health disabilities. We are a team of professionals dedicated to furthering the mandate of the Centre. Our team consists of a certified drama therapist, an educational psychologist, an art therapist (all of whom are professors at Concordia University, a well-known Canadian university). The project initiator is a social worker who works directly with disabled people in the community. Our team also includes a certified music therapist and a certified dance/movement therapist. We help our clients move through personal challenges toward the goal of increased self-esteem and social integration. The University’s educational milieu affords our clientele an excellent opportunity for self-expression and self-enhancement in a supportive environment. Concordia University students are enriched by their educational and personal exposure to the use of the creative arts therapies: drama, art, music and dance. A part of our mission at the Centre is to provide an opportunity for university students to work alongside our client population as a mutual learning experience. With help of our student interns, we conduct ongoing research documenting the effectiveness of creative arts therapies in changing behavior and productivity in adults with intellectual and related disabilities. Ongoing research supports our experience that the creative arts therapies are dynamic and powerful tools in helping adults with disabilties become more involved in their community, increasing self-esteem.