The Field of Work of the School Art Therapist and Its Unique Potential for the School's Support Team

Autor/inn/en	Ratnik, Marika; Rüütel, Eha
Titel	The Field of Work of the School Art Therapist and Its Unique Potential for the School's Support Team
Quelle	In: Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 77 (2019) 1, S.142-155 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-7864
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Art Therapy; Allied Health Personnel; Social Support Groups; Educational Objectives; Teacher Responsibility; General Education; Special Education; Learning Problems; Learning Disabilities; Behavior Disorders; Emotional Disturbances; Estonia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kunsttherapie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lehrverpflichtung; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lernproblem; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Gefühlsstörung; Estland
Abstract	Qualitative research was carried out to examine the first experiences of the implementation of art therapy in Estonian schools. The aim was to ascertain the facets of the activities of the school art therapists and the potential of art therapy in the work of a school's support team. Within the framework of the research, art therapists and management staff from four general-education schools were interviewed. The work foci and specifics of the art therapist's work were described on this basis, and the potential of school art therapy in reaching educational goals was highlighted. The interviewees characterised the work of a school art therapist in terms of the artistic and creative nature of art therapy, the co-operation-based supportive therapeutic relationship; the variability of the forms of work; and the mitigating, relaxing, and school-adaptation-supporting effect of art therapy. Management staff indicated that the art therapist enriches the work of the school's support system, as creativity-based methods make the strengths and development potential of students more visible, it is possible to choose from among various specialists to help children, and art therapy can be applied as a primary preventive intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01