This study was to see the effect of a program of developmental art therapy on the joint attention and requesting behaviors of the infants with developmental retardation.
For this purpose, three subjects, who were at the stage of sensory movement of d...
This study was to see the effect of a program of developmental art therapy on the joint attention and requesting behaviors of the infants with developmental retardation.
For this purpose, three subjects, who were at the stage of sensory movement of developmental stages, lacked social interactions such as responding, indicating, showing, so forth, and were at the age of 5-6, went though the developmental art therapy Program 3-4 times a week, a total of 36 times.
The findings were as follows.
Firstly, for the response and attempt of joint attention, each subject gradually showed an improvement. All the subjects, who went though the program, were better than before ever and remained the state or more improved as time went on.
Secondly, for the response and attempt of requesting behaviors as well, each subject gradually showed an improvement. and all the subject, who went though the program, were better than before ever and remained the state or more improved as time went on.
Thirdly, when the frequency of the problematic behaviors which disturbed joint attention and requesting behaviors in class was recorded by a tape recorder, all the subjects showed decrease in such actions after receiving the program.
With the findings, this study suggests to future studies as follows.
Firstly, it is recommended that the effect of developmental art therapy should be proved in an unstructured environment using various medium and programs in accordance with the level of the infants' perception development.
Secondly, a criteria for measurement is needed, which could be used in analysing the variation by developmental art therapy. Thus, first of all, future studies should develop a criteria for the measurement of variation in consideration of infants' characteristics and patterns of developmental retardation.