Animated treatment: the method of art therapy used with children having communication problems

Abstract

This article considers the author’s original technique of studying positive and negative aspects of social communication of children having selective communication problems. The art-technique presented in this article can be referred to as ‘expressive projective arttherapy’. The author’s specialized art-technique, utilizing self-made “finger-puppets” as the basis in a creative art-therapeutic session, are called “doll-therapeutic” sessions.