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Carr, Mary B.; Vandiver, Trish A. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2003
Compares the effects of instructional art projects on children's behavioral responses and creativity in a sample of children residing in an emergency shelter. Results reveal that children produced more formed expressions and creative/design elements and less chaotic discharge and stereotypic art through the art project that involved few…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Children
Malchiodi, Cathy A. – 1994
Although many clinicians use drawing tasks to assess children who have been exposed to family violence, few professionals are aware of current research in this area. Professionals should be apprised of the graphic indicators of child abuse in drawings, reliable art-based assessment tools, and legal and ethical principles surrounding the use of…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Child Abuse, Child Behavior