團體藝術治療與自閉症孩童

Group Art Therapy for Children with ASD

林婉婷(Wan-Ting Lin)

《台灣藝術治療學刊》 3卷1期 (2011/06) Pp. 45-59

https://doi.org/10.29761/JTAT.201106.0003

摘要

一直以來，繪畫與創作都是孩子們習慣用於表達的方式，相較於直接的口語交談，藉由藝術來表達自己的想法更爲直接和簡單。自閉症(ASD)的孩童在面對不同的社交情境時會有調適的困難，但是藉由繪畫與創作的過程，他們能夠宣洩言語所難以表達的情感和想法。本研究旨在與自閉症孩童一同尋找出屬於我們之間的共同語言，藉由藝術治療團體的力量，提供給他們一個安全、互助互信的成長環境，進而提升自閉症孩童的社交自信和累積正面的經驗。此爲藝術治療師於澳洲昆士蘭省的兒童發展中心服務時的經驗。

關鍵字

團體藝術治療 ； 自閉症 ； 社交技巧 ； 兒童發展

並列摘要

Art can be an effective way to help children communicate and express themselves. It can be a much more viable solution for communication than simply having a conversation and talking about thoughts. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulties in social situations. Through art making process and expression in art, it is reasonable to say children will benefit from the art making process. This study introduced autistic children a new way to communicate with others. It is hypothesized that group art therapy will help autistic children improve their social skills because working in a group is a more efficient way for solving problems and practicing skills together. This was the experience that the art therapist working in the Child Development Center in Queensland, Australia.

並列關鍵字

group art therapy ； autism ； ASD ； social skills ； child development