The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of collage, a technique of contemporary art therapy, on relationship with mother, brother, and the peer group for autistic disorders.
The subjects of this study were 2 males who were enrolled i...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of collage, a technique of contemporary art therapy, on relationship with mother, brother, and the peer group for autistic disorders.
The subjects of this study were 2 males who were enrolled in T.special school, for mentally retarded children, located in Ulsan city.
These 2 subjects were inappropriate reaction for their mother, brother, the peer group.
The collarge traing program was performed two∼three times every week(30∼40 minutes per session) and the whole sessions are 24, from March 11, 2002 to May 10, 2002.
The results of this study confirmed that collage had positive effects on relationship with their mother, brother, peer group for autistic disorders respectively.
The instruments of measurement used in this study is Autism Behavior Checklist and Ewha-Check List for Autistic Children.
Autistic disorders who were lacted in relationship with their mother, brother, peer group and learning ability with various activities including cuting, tearing, and pasteing papers facilitated these children's interest, and appropriate relationship learning resulted in positive effects.
The results of this study were as follows:
1) the relationship with mother and autistic disorder was increased by collage program.
2) the relationship with brother and autistic disorder was increased by collage program.
3) the relationship with the peer group and autistic disorder was increased by collage program.
From these results, it is suggested that collage is effective in the improvement of relationship with mother, brother, the peer group for autistic disorders.
It is thought that the supplementing and planning of more various and interesting programs in further study can do much more contribution on appropriate personnal relationship for autistic disorders.