Research Catalog

Title

Art therapy with children on the autistic spectrum : beyond words / Kathy Evans and Janek Dubowski.

Author

Evans, Kathy, 1948-

Publication

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Pub., c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dubowski, Janek

Description

111 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Art Therapy with Children on the Autistic Spectrum presents a new model of intervention, which focuses primarily on the communication and imagination difficulties experienced by many children with autism. The authors describe how negative behaviours and subsequent tension may be alleviated when the autistic child is involved in interactive art making with the therapist. They challenge existing methods within art therapy and explore the most appropriate approaches to treating autistic children. They also analyse methodology and assessment interventions, as well as the ongoing development of appropriate assessment instruments." "Drawn from their extensive experience in child and infant psychology, the authors present a range of case studies of art therapy with individual autistic children to demonstrate the use of practical interventions and the outcomes. This book will be of interest to all specialists in communication disorders, and in particular to professionals working with autistic children."--Jacket.

Subject

• Art Therapy > methods
• Art therapy for children
• Autism in children > Treatment
• Autistic Disorder > therapy
• Child

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Developmental Deficit: Communication and imagination -- 2. Imaginative Play, Creativity and Art -- 3. Drawing Development -- 4. Symbols, Signs, Theory of Mind, Autism and Drawing Development -- 5. The Basis for Intervention: From theory to practice -- 6. Diagnosis, Understanding and Assessment -- 7. Working with Stephen -- 8. Developing an Interactive Art Therapy Template.

ISBN

1853028258 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001023558

OCLC

46321069

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library