Art Education, Therapy Interventions and School Management in Autism

Abstract

A variety of research has shown that involvement in the arts increases student achievement across all subject areas, as well as social and adaptive skills. Accordingly, special education and art integration might be beneficial on many levels for individuals with ASD as well. This study aims to determine the trends in the studies on autism and arts through content analysis and discuss the role of school management in art education for individuals with autism. Several databases were examined in the study in order to carry out the content analysis in order to provide a review of on the studies related with art interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Articles published in academic databases were examined based on certain criteria including year of publication, research subject, sample, name of the journals, authors in the studies. Data were analyzed based on content analysis method. Results are discussed with reference to relevant literature and implications for further research and practices are also provided.