The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Art Therapy on problem behavior in the selective mutism Child.
Subjects were 5year old girl who have selective mutism used to tested DSM-IV selective mutism diagnostic standard.
The Art Th...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Art Therapy on problem behavior in the selective mutism Child.
Subjects were 5year old girl who have selective mutism used to tested DSM-IV selective mutism diagnostic standard.
The Art Therapy program consisted of 26 sessions for 50 minutes once a week. 8 sessions was Individual Art Therapy program and 18 sessions was Group Art Therapy program.
By using Korea-Child Behavior Checklist : K-CBCL, to measure the change of social withdrawal and depression, anxiety, social inexperience. And Social Skill Rating System : SSRS was used for measure the social skill.
The results was as follows;
First, Art Therapy is effective to reduce the problem behavior of children with selective mutism. Subjects showed that differences for problem behaviors such as social withdrawal and depression, anxiety, social inexperience.
Second, Art Therapy is effective to improve the social skill of child with selective mutism. Subjects showed that difference for the improvement of social skill such as self-assertion, self-control, cooperation and responsibility to some degree depending.
Third, Positive changes found that problem behaviors of mutism child. The result of observing changes by session showed that anxious and withdrawal was reduced.
The above justified the fact that Art Therapy had effects on improvement of problem behavior in the selective mutism child.