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Autism and Art Therapy

Autism and Art Therapy. By Sarah Rand. Autism. Difficulty communicating and socializing Physical speech impairment Understanding social cues or facial expressions Limited and abnormal physical movements Caused by genetics and environment Defects in genes

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Autism and Art Therapy

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  1. Autism and Art Therapy By Sarah Rand

  2. Autism • Difficulty communicating and socializing • Physical speech impairment • Understanding social cues or facial expressions • Limited and abnormal physical movements • Caused by genetics and environment • Defects in genes • High levels of serotonin or neurotransmitters • Prenatal environment/care

  3. What is autism like? • Wearing glasses coated in Vaseline and trying to color • Trying to pick up crayons with an oven mitt on your dominant hand • Reading a sentence that is just a jumble of letters • Completing a maze by looking at it in a mirror • Put a spoon in your mouth and read a sentence aloud http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/Default.aspx?id=39148

  4. IDM 360 helped me learn the importance of art and humanities in healing!

  5. Stigmatizing mental disabilities • Child-like mind • Don’t understand the world around them • Will never live a normal life

  6. Treatments • Medications to alleviate autism-related symptoms • Anxiety • Depression • OCD • Alternative therapies • Structured therapy sessions or classes • ART THERAPY!!

  7. Art therapy • American Art Therapy Association (AATA): “art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages”

  8. Art Therapy and Autism • Helps in communication, socialization and imagination • Communication and art therapy • Mental visualization of world • Case Study: • 6-year-old autistic boy • Barely spoke, high pitched voice • Drawing enhanced his verbal communication, eye contact, tone of voice

  9. Emotion Drawing1) write an emotion on the page2) Draw something that you think represents that emotion3) does this image help you understand the emotion more? Do you Think this could help others?

  10. REFERENCES • "AATA About Us." American Art Therapy Association. American Art Therapy Association, 2014. • Andrus, L., M. Adamek, A. Darrow, J. B. Dorff, B. L. Gerber, S. Hornstein, L. Horoschak, S. D. Loesl, J. Seham, and A. Wexler. "The Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education: Exemplary Programs and Approaches." (2012): 1-131. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. <https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/resources/Finalprofessionialpapersbook2013.pdf>. • "Autism Fact Sheet.": National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). National Institutes of Health, 16 Apr. 2014. • Bondy, A. S., and L. A. Frost. "The Picture Exchange Communication System." Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 9.3 (1994): 1-19. • Ditchman, N., S. Werner, K. Kosyluk, N. Jones, B. Elg, and P. W. Corrigan. "Stigma and Intellectual Disability: Potential Application of Mental Illness Research." Rehabilitation Psychology 58.2 (2013): 206-16. • Emery, Melinda J. "Art Therapy as an Intervention for Autism." Art Therapy 21.3 (2004): 143-47. • Epp, K. M. "Outcome-Based Evaluation of a Social Skills Program Using Art Therapy and Group Therapy for Children on the Autism Spectrum." Children & Schools 30.1 (2008): 27-36. • Kearns, D. "Art Therapy with a Child Experiencing Sensory Integration Difficulty." Art Therapy 21.2 (2004): 95-101. • National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC). NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Communication, Leadership, Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning and Quantitative Skills by Elizabeth A. Jones and Stephen RiCharde, NPEC 2005-0832. Washington, DC: 2005. • "A Pregnant Woman Learns Her Baby Has Down Syndrome. People Who Have It Answer Her One Big Question." Upworthy. CoorDown. • Robertson, S. M. "Neurodiversity, Quality of Life, and Autistic Adults: Shifting Research and Professional Focuses onto Real-Life Challenges." Disability Studies Quarterly 30.1 (2010). • Saxton, M. "Why Members of the Disability Community Oppose Prenatal Diagnosis and Selective Abortion." Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP, 2000. 1-392. • Ullman, P. "Art Therapy and Children with Autism: Gaining Access to Their World through Creativity." Art Therapy. <http://www.arttherapy.org/autismtoolkit/ullmann.pdf>. • http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YuD_T4d4Ubg/UQpO43bj6SI/AAAAAAAAAZo/FWbSJeWwGgU/s1600/4757913318_a9dd65ace3_z.jpg (image of lone boy) • http://www.beaumontchildrenshospital.com/autism-treatment-programs (image of boy and woman in therapy • http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2013/When-Autistic-Children-Are-Children-No-More/session) (adult art therapy class)

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