The researcher noted that future research should record age and the onset of treatment (Epp, 2008). Additionally, a larger sample size and greater socioeconomic and ethnic variety of the sample would increase applicability and reliability of results (Epp, 2008). Lastly, group and technique variation could differentiate the effectiveness of group and art therapy over other interventions (Epp,…
Art Therapy. Art therapy can provide people who have dementia with a meaningful stimulation and improve their ability to interact with other people by expressing themselves physically and emotionally (Adams, 2008). K.G. said he likes to draw or paint pictures when he was younger. This is beneficial for K.G. as art therapy may be used as a means of providing self-awareness and reduces…
In the fictional memoir,Maestro, Peter Goldworthy illustrates the impossibility of reaching perfection. The protagonist, Paul Crabbe, uses ten years to fulfill his dream of becoming a concert pianist, but ultimately only to become an academic in Melbourne. His failure is caused by his flawed personality and his inherent human limitation. Paul’s teacher, Eduard Keller, the ‘maestro’, is a damaged individual. His high status in music does not give him a perfect life, as his wife and son are killed due to his insensitivity and false confidence in his own excellence in music. Peter Goldworthy shows that perfection in an ambition farfrom reaching through the characters’ struggle for it.…
Expressive art therapy can also aid a child in achieving better self-awareness, relief from stress or anxiety, learning disorders, autism, and other traumatic experiences. Through art therapy, children receive treatment that is based on their existing strengths, weaknesses, interests, and concerns. It can help children of all ages and races.…
the persons thought pattern and how those affect their emotions. This therapy is productive by…
The American Art Therapy Association defines art therapy as “the therapeutic use of art making, within a professional relationship, by people who experience illness, trauma or challenges in living, and by people who seek personal development” (American Art Therapy Association, 2011). Art therapy can be used to successfully treat PTSD. Facing and overcoming trauma place a significant amount of tension in the brain. “The traumatized brain is constantly on high alert” (“Calm through creativity”, n.d.) from being used to and the constant re-living of the unsafe and traumatizing environment. Artistic activities, like drawing or sculpting clay, can soothe those lower regions of the brain that are overactive and release some of the mental…
Being in an Internship at the ICEI (Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative) program at Westfield State University has allowed me to have a better perspective on what people with disabilities could potentially benefit from. ICEI (Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative) is a program that attends to people with disabilities aged 18-21, from Westfield and nearby public school districts. Art Therapy is one of the programs that is offered through ICEI and if it could be implemented correctly, I could see it being extremely beneficial to students of the disabled population as well as neuro-typical students. Art Therapy has been shown to mutually benefit the student, peer, and teacher. It has also been an amazing way to open the door for verbal/non-verbal…
In this essay I am going to critically reflect on how an Occupational Therapist (OT) would use grading and adapting to increase the therapeutic gain for clients when using groups and creative activities. I am going look at these two skills as they focus on client centeredness and intervention. College of Occupational Therapist (COT 2010; Atkinson and Wells 2003) stated that as a therapist one has to have a continuing duty to respect and hold the autonomy of a client, encouraging and enabling choice in the occupational therapy process and do things that are meaningful.…
Art education can change the prisoner, such as improved self-awareness, communications skills and developing a positive sense of self.…
We all often wonder why addicts do the things they do. We don’t understand why they, leave their families. Or even more than that why they put their drug of choice before anything else in their lives. We also wonder what their thinking process is. Most importantly we wonder if there is a cure for this disease, and if treatment really helps.…
This intervention is an appropriate intervention to apply to children who are experiencing stress and anxiety. For example, a therapist is presented with a child who recently became an older sister. The new baby brother has caused some anger within the client as she expresses aggressive behavior towards her mother, father, and brother. Although it is a common reaction among children who were only-children, the child is expressing feelings of abandonment and fear that her parents don’t love her as much as they once did. When the therapist implements this intervention, it allows the child to feel attended, safe, and accepted by the therapist. Through art, the child is able to visually recognize those individuals who make her feel loved, which in return, will help alleviate her fears and anxieties. By combining the play intervention and the therapist’s implementation of the concepts within the theory, the child’s presenting problem will improve.…
Although I am not artistic in the painting or music sense, I am artistic when it comes to solving problems differently. This will allow me to solve problems that arise that do not fit the cookie cutter solution. This will be very helpful for occupational therapy because there will be some patients that will not fit the text book solution, and it will be up to myself to find another method to get the patient to the same outcome. A patient can become frustrated if no solution is able to be provided for their current situation. I will need to dig deeper into a problem, to find a solution, that will provide helpful guidance and recovery for the patient. I also want to make a patient’s experience at therapy positive and fun, so with my artistic abilities I can create a creative and knowledgeable plan that will incorporate fun activities that will still help in recovery. I have heard of occupational therapist playing board games and taking patients out fishing to strengthen certain muscles. These are just a few ways how artistic abilities made therapy a more positive experience. This characteristic will help me be creative when forming a plan for a client, and can incorporate activities they find enjoyable that still aid with…
One example would be implementing in a home setting where the therapist and the parents would teach their child to respond appropriately instead of having tantrums and screaming while the parents are busy or out with the family. The therapist and parents could then implement a method where the child is taught to wait for a prompt (such as holding up a juicy container, pointing to it, and say ju, juice) and reward only the child repeat ju, juice. Rewarding the child’s behavior once he/she are able to articulate the word…
It can be expensive and time consuming to care for loved ones. It can be hard when the Alzheimer patient can’t do simple tasks such a remembering names and reading a clock. In many studies it has been found that patients remember how to create art, even after many other functions in their minds have shut down. Art therapy provides a way to trigger memories for many Alzheimer’s cases. One patient, Mary Hecht who had severe dementia, was never able to remember simple things but when she was given a pencil and paper she was able to form pictures of people that she had met before. In another case, Lonni Sue Johnson, who lost all of her ability to create new memories (due to a virus) was able to play, read and learn new songs on her viola (Tatera). Despite not knowing who the people in her life were, she continued to be able to remember how to do art. Art therapy can be used to help Alzheimer’s patients to feel accomplished about their creations, to self express, to feel happy, and to explore a new…
1. Attempt all questions. 2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary. 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks. 4. English version is an authentic. Q.1 A pictorial view of an object is shown in fig.1. Draw to full size, its following views using ‘First Angle projection method’. (1) Front View – looking from direction ‘X’ (2) Top View (3) Side View Show dimensions using Aligned dimensioning system. Fig.2 shows two views of an object. Draw its isometric view. Draw the following views of fig.3. (1) Rear view (2) Bottom view OR Draw a right angle only with the help of compass & trisect the same with the compass only. Construct a curve, when the distance of its focus from the directrix is 50mm and its Eccentricity is 3/2. Name the curve. A line MN 90mm long inclined at 30Ă to VP. and 45ĂHP. Its end M is 22mm above HP and 32mm in front of the VP. Draw its projection & find the length of top view & front view. OR Draw an involute to a circle of diameter 50mm. Plan and Elevation of a line AB, 60mm, measures 54mm & 45mm respectively. End A 20mm above HP & 15mm in front of VP. Draw its projection & determine its true & apparent angles. A circular disc of 40mm diameter and negligible thickness rests on HP on its rim and makes an angle of 45Ă to HP. One of its diameter is inclined at 30Ă to VP. Draw its projection keeping distance of center of the disc 40mm in front of the VP. Draw regular Heptagon of 30mm side by three circle method. OR Construct a parabola by Tangent method. When its base 72mm & axis 40mm. A regular pentagonal plane of 30mm side rests of the HP on one of its sides such that it is inclined to the HP at 30Ă and to side on which it rests inclined at 45Ă to the VP. Draw its projection…