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Benner, Susan M. – Tennessee Education, 1981
Proposes that inclusion of arts in the curriculum of all handicapped students can improve motor, perceptual, and social skills, and can be of functional, therapeutic, and aesthetic value. Suggests ideas for adopting art instruction to the needs of handicapped children in regular and special education classes. (JD)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy, Disabilities
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Kirkner, Richard M. – School Arts, 1980
Described are the development, evolution, and creative art activities of a summer camp for handicapped, learning disabled children--Learning through Creative Arts With Handicapped Children--in Ashville, New York. (KC)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy, Disabilities
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Jones, Jean Ellen – Art Education, 1978
Intended for researchers, teachers, and administrators, this bibliography covers much of the literature concerned with visual art education and samples materials from the related areas of visual perception, creativity, art therapy, leisure research, and space planning. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy
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Kramer, Edith – Art Education, 1980
The author delineates the role of the art therapist by contrasting it to that of the art teacher and the psychotherapist. She suggests ways the art therapist can reach severely disturbed children and stimulate their interest in art and the productive process. Part of a theme issue on art therapy. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Therapy, Children, Counseling Techniques
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Alexander, Karenlee Clarke – Preventing School Failure, 1990
This article explores art as a vehicle for self-expression in students with emotional disturbances. Art activities can help students understand themselves and empathize with others and can help educators understand students' feelings. Activities are presented for focusing on negative and positive feelings and on ambivalent feelings. (JDD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy
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Blandy, Doug – Studies in Art Education, 1991
Outlines a brief history of the relationship between people experiencing disabilities and art education. Discusses the emergence of a sociopolitical orientation. Shows how that orientation can better inform research in art education. Proposes additional contributions that art educators can make to this civil rights movement. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Therapy, Communication Disorders, Disabilities
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Anderson, Frances E. – Art Education, 1980
This article presents information on the new career alternative of art therapy: a definition of the field, types of training necessary, registration as an art therapist, and the job market. It is part of a theme issue on art therapy. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Therapy, Careers, Certification
Dufrene, Phoebe – 1991
This report on how Native American healing methods can be utilized in Western creative art therapy emphasizes that for Native Americans, art is an element of life--not a separate aesthetic ideal. Furthermore, American Indian philosophy does not separate healing from art or religion; the belief is that traditional healing, which uses shamanic…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Art Education, Art Therapy
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Congdon, Kristin G. – Art Education, 1990
Contends that art therapy promotes mental health beyond diagnosing and treating illness. Outlines four overlapping ways that art contributes to mental health: (1) giving people a sense of identity and place; (2) conferring status; (3) expanding and directing thought processes; and (4) utilizing the security of the rhythmic "takeover"…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Therapy
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Jeffers, Carol S. – Art Education, 1990
Compares and contrasts discipline-based art education with Viktor Lowenfeld's creative self-expression approach, using growth, medical, and molding metaphors. Maintains that these two approaches are similar because the views of the child, the teacher's role, and the relationship between them has not changed. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Childrens Art
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Dufrene, Phoebe – Art Education, 1994
Maintains that art therapy encompasses the areas of mental health and art education. Presents a case study of three sisters from a family with a history of sexual abuse and illustrates how art therapy was used as part of their overall treatment. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Art Therapy
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Winston, Andrew S.; And Others – Visual Arts Research, 1995
Presents three studies of children's ability to create and detect expressions of emotion in drawings. Compared to younger children, older children used more strategies, experimented with line and color, and were more likely to explore themes of death, aging, and illness. Includes sample drawings and statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy
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Blandy, Doug – Studies in Art Education, 1993
Provides a rationale for establishing art education programs for mentally retarded adults. Suggests that community-based programs can be set up in museums, senior citizen centers, libraries, universities, and recreation centers. Includes recommendations for future research on this topic. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Art Education, Art Therapy
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1987
This resource book is intended to assist special education teachers in planning art lessons to meet specific goals. It is divided into sections covering mild and moderately handicapped students, severely and profoundly handicapped students, and student with specific sensory handicaps. Each section discusses definitions and characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy
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Carrigan, Jeanne – Art Education, 1994
Asserts that art teachers must be prepared to understand and work with persons with disabilities. Describes a one-semester pilot program for art education students designed to examine what kinds of academic preparation and practicum experiences are needed. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Art Therapy
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