This study communicated because of the delay of a cognition development, and an elevation of the ability that is independent that social adaptations lacked in mentally retarded youth who had a problem originated from recognition necessary. They cower ...
This study communicated because of the delay of a cognition development, and an elevation of the ability that is independent that social adaptations lacked in mentally retarded youth who had a problem originated from recognition necessary. They cower because of it cannot be provided an opportunity of decides on own problem in person, and to act. They felt difficult of expression of himself and showed a problem action of appeal to interaction. Therefore, it is important that they provides an opportunity of a functional autonomy development to mentally retarded youth.
It is going to have been recognized whether a group art therapy was effective in mentally retarded youth functional autonomy elevation through reward study in this study,
Participants in this study are 5 mentally retarded youth from a special class of high school in Seoul City. Group art therapy had been conducted twice a week, totalling 10 sessions from September 25 to November 14, 2002. A typical session lasted 60~70 minutes.
The results that analyzed a functional autonomy change of the members who appeared in a group art therapy program are as follows.
The first, a group art therapy appear with an effect to improve functional autonomy of mentally retarded youth. The creation process that used various materials and techniques offered with accomplishment and confidence in own expression, and improved of independent own expression.
The second, a group art therapy proved that is useful to a functional autonomy improvement for share with an expression of members, experience or feelings of individual member, and an process of expression of other members.
The continuous interest of a professional counselor, therapist, teacher and parents must follow by subsequent study for development and adaptation of program.