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Dufrene, Phoebe M.; Coleman, Victoria D. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1994
Briefly discusses how art therapists can best serve Native American populations. Sees contemporary Native Americans as product of both dominant culture and indigenous culture. Identifies ethical and professional issues that should be addressed with Native American clients. Highlights traditional healing, ethical and professional considerations,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art Therapy, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cultural Influences

Feen-Calligan, Holly – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
Illustrates the relationship between art therapy, spirituality, and recovery supported by the philosophy of Alcoholic Anonymous, and offers a model in which art therapy can be used in treatment programs to facilitate spiritual recovery from addiction. Discusses personal experiences related to the use of art therapy for assisting in addiction…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Higher Education
Jones, David – Adults Learning (England), 1993
Therapeutic recreation is a means of empowering individuals with disabilities through arts or sports. The field has developed differently in the United States and the United Kingdom; the former emphasizes professionalization and the latter the right to adult education. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Therapy, Disabilities, Foreign Countries

Grace, Nicky – Convergence, 1993
Arts activities in prisons, such as the work of Britain's Geese Theatre Company, have a therapeutic effect but are often hampered by lack of funds, materials, and space and difficulties with the attitudes of prison administrators and staff. (SK)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Correctional Education, Foreign Countries

Naitove, Connie E. – School Arts, 1981
Describes the knowledge, skills, and training required of an art therapist and suggests how career education for art therapy may begin in the elementary/ secondary grades, before the formal university program. This article is part of a theme issue on career education in art. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Young, Jim – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
Records the responses of various members of the American Art Therapy Association to questions of the future direction of art therapy. The history of art as a communal experience in which all members of society participate is being lost, and the emphasis on therapy is minimizing the importance of artmaking. (JPS)
Descriptors: Art History, Art Therapy, Community, Community Development

Allen, Patricia B. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1992
Identifies and describes "clinification syndrome," process where art therapists gradually cease making art as clinical skills become primary career focus. Sees priorities of training programs and policies of American Art Therapy Association as contributing to this trend. Offers suggestions to anchor art therapy students and beginning professionals…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counselor Training, Research and Development, Role Perception

Piccirillo, Emily – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
A therapist recounts her experiences working in a large AIDS long-term care facility in New York City, and the value of art therapy in helping infected people deal with the unpredictable effects of the virus. (JPS)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Art Therapy, Higher Education, Personal Narratives

Rabin, Mury – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1993
Discusses how the therapist's creative works (developed in response to the patient/therapist relationship and shared with the patient) promoted progress in treatment. Includes examples of the therapist's poetry and drawings produced during two years working in a drug and alcohol abuse day treatment program. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Creative Writing

Rossiter, Charles – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1992
Argues that poetry therapy is similar to the other creative arts therapies in its use of creative processes and products, and in its intrinsic positiveness, gentle indirectness, and breadth of appeal and application. Suggests that collaborative research efforts among creative arts therapists can lead to new understandings of the processes and…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Creative Art, Dance Therapy, Higher Education

Tibbetts, Terry J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
Suggests that one of the major reasons that art therapists are not as highly regarded as other mental health professionals is a paucity of quantitative research data, a result of both a lack of orientation and professional training. Includes responses by Harriet Wadeson and Robert Wolf. (JPS)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counselor Characteristics, Higher Education, Professional Education
Whitney, Anne – 1993
The connections between art therapy and the teaching of writing are many. The process of art therapy is essentially art making followed by talk--a process that parallels the process of writing and reflecting about writing that is encouraged in writing classrooms. It is a process aimed at self discovery and consciousness, whether in a writing…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Self Expression

Hynes, Arleen McCarty – Catholic Library World, 1987
Discusses the similarities between what librarians call activity bibliotherapy and psychotherapists call poetry therapy, and the need for cooperation between these professions. The interactive aspects of bibliotherapy and the need for professional training in this process are emphasized. (CLB)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Bibliotherapy, Group Counseling, Group Discussion
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

Karier, Clarence J. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1979
The author traces the theories of Margaret Naumberg, as an art educator and an art therapist, in relation to the psychiatric theories and social forces of her day. The first part of this article appeared in the July, 1979, issue of this journal, on pp51-66. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Art Therapy, Educational History