Actividades creativas grupales para la mejora de competencias sociales y emocionales de jóvenes con TEA

  1. FERNANDEZ HERRERO, JORGE
Journal:
Artseduca

ISSN: 2254-0709

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 34

Pages: 107-122

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6035/ARTSEDUCA.6474 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show difficulties of socialization and communication giving rise to attention and cognitive development problems. Different types of intervention have been used to help improving those disabilities, among them, art interventions. In this paper we present an art educative intervention in a group of 14 children with ASD, intending to analyze its effects in improving their emotional and social competencies. METHOD. We use an experimental design, with a control group. Instead of individual intervention, we here have a group format. To detect changes in behavior, a questionnaire, filled up by parents, therapists and researchers, before and after the intervention was used. The questions are grouped into four categories: Social and emotional reciprocity; Non-verbal communication; Inflexibility to changes; and Stereotypes and sensorial reactivity. RESULTS. Two different types of results emerge: on the one hand, a good adaptation to the dynamics of the sessions. On the other hand, significant progress after the intervention in the treated group, in particular in Stereotypes and sensorial reactivity and Inflexibility to changes. Two different procedures to analyze the data were used, to add robustness. DISCUSSION. Our results suggest that art interventions in a group format could be an efficient tool to help children with ASD to improve socialization and sharing emotions. The design and dynamics of the sessions adapted to the sensorial preferences of the children, favoring the interaction between the participants. This work is a preliminary study about the potential of group art interventions for children with ASD.  

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