Topic 1: Definition og Art therapy
Topic 2: Art therapy as a facilitator of stimulating emotional intelligence
Topic 3: Awareness of personal skills and qualities
Topic 4: Efficient management of emotions
Topic 5: Increasing spontaneity and creativity
Topic 6: Increasing self-confidence
Art Therapy is defined in Wikipedia as a method of using a person's potential for artistic expression and creativity for psychotherapeutic or personal development purposes.
Emotional intelligence is a recent concept in psychology that represents the ability to identify and learn about your emotions in order to adapt your behavior to different life situations.
The following Youtube video shows an art therapy exercise which you can do at home with only crayons and paper.
Skills and personal qualities are very important these days for anyone looking to enter the workforce. Among these qualities we have adaptability, problem solving and critical thinking, collaboration, communication and personal motivation.
Activity 1: imagining that you get lost at sea on a stormy night and that you see a glimmer of light coming from a lighthouse leading to the mainland. If you row hard, you know you can do it.
Create a poem from a set of words from magazines, newspapers or old books.
There is a fairly extensive list of practical tools and exercises for managing emotions in children and adults with autism.
The 18 card emotional communication game.
Respond in writing to questions asked on the following cards.
This game allows participants to be able to identify the basic emotions, to name them on images, photos, in played and lived situations, to verbalize them and to verbalize his physiological feelings.
Quiz on Facial Expressions.
Classification of pleasant emotions and unpleasant emotions.
One of the educational techniques promoting spontaneity is what is called “Picture Exchange Communication System” (PECS).
Self-esteem is a process that allows you to become aware of your personal worth and to maintain this feeling that asserts itself despite difficulties and vulnerabilities. Self-esteem includes confidence, self-knowledge, a sense of belonging and a sense of competence.
10 Psychology hacks to build Unstoppable confidence.
More and more young people with autism (Asperger's or high level) are pursuing higher education. But they are still very little identified and supported. These students often have a great intellectual capacity and sometimes succeed brilliantly in their studies. However, their professional integration is problematic. Their difficulties are such that without suitable preparation they will not be able to integrate the professional environment.
Tips for finding a job.
Art therapy can, as we have seen in this course, help people with autism to express themselves, to communicate and to adapt to their social and professional environment.
To achieve good results, art therapy is based on the practice of artistic activities. Many workshops exist in your city, do not hesitate to complete this course with specific targeted activities to improve a skill and / or overcome a difficulty.
Good Luck!
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