Since I lead this class today, I put up the facilitation sheet that I used. It may not make too much sense right now, but I am currently re-working it. I just wanted to have something up!
Give a brief overview of the art therapy assessments that we have learned so far;
KFD-Kinetic Family Drawing-Kinetic Family Drawing-(passed around symbols sheet) good to have on hand –ie already have done a genogram or have family dynamics documented
directions; draw all members of your family doing something Actions Styles and Symbols book
Looks for certain things family members position of self image distance of self in age to others size and action of figures
To observe dynamic relations in families
PPAT-Person Picking an Apple from a Tree
DDS-Dynamic Drawing Series-one of the most widely researched diagnostic instruments available to art therapists. It is not based on an interpretation of the content of drawings but on an empirical correlation between graphic characteristics and psychopathology.
Crit Cards-look at works of art and their contexts to see what they tell us about the human condition. Asks 3 main questions; what is this? What does it mean? What is it worth?
Bender-Gestalt-
• By Lauretta Bender, 1938
• One of the most used psychological tests.
• Individually administered, paper and pencil test that contains 9 geometric figures.
• Bender (1938) operated under the assumption “that the visual gestalt function is a fundamental function associated with language ability and closely associated with various functions of intelligence such as visual perception, manual motor ability, memory, temporal and spatial concepts and organization” (p. 112).B-G; Psychopath for adults and assess for kids, iq and brain damage and visual disorders,
HTP-House Tree Person; projective personality test.
Measures aspects of persons personality, can also assess brain damage or neurological functioning
KHTP-Kinetic House Tree Person; same basically but htp on same page and in action –understanding of individual and feelings, self concepts and relationships to others and things b/c they may project those feelings to object; how they relate to their environment
DAP-Draw a Person; involves figure drawings as a projection of inner feelings thoughts conflict conceptions can reflect personality features and important aspects of self concept when asked to dap-used in clinical obs for inter psych and inter personal factors
DAF-Draw a Face; 25 pages displays scenes of kids playing, faces blank purpose to obtain a measure of child's self concept on various personality dimensions ie depend vs independant, introvert to extravert
DDS-Dynamic Drawing Series-is a 3 part drawing interview
Which population(s) are most often incorporated into the research on each of the different art therapy assessments? Why? (e.g. DDS: chronically mentally ill ages 13+ why?)
Bender-Gestalt-Developmental test for children and psychopathology in adults
KFD-families dynamic relationships
PPAT-Adolescents and adults
DDS-psychopathology—kind of an everyone—or for axis etc.
HTP-kind of everyone
KHTP-“ “
DAP-more adult-based concepts
DAF-mainly children
What is meant by the description: global impressions of art & graphic equivalents of diagnostic symptoms?
Graphic equivalent of symptoms are formal structural elements within a picture, but these are considered only those symptoms listed in certain specific diagnoses in the DSM. Ie details that signal anxiety. Global variables in art were mentioned, and I believe it means common things through various works or art that can have the same or similar meanings and appearances.
Discuss the differences and similarities in the directives of the assessments that we've learned so far. Why are there these differences? (e.g. what is each directive attempting to elicit? Focus on the DDS.)
All seem variously structured, whereas DDS is has it all-structured, unstructured, and semi-structured. Others are one or the other mainly.
HTP; projective personality test.
Measures aspects of persons personality, can also assess brain damage or neurological functioning
KHTP; same basically but htp on same page and in action –understanding of individual and feelings, self concepts and relationships to others and things b/c they may project those feelings to object; how they relate to their environment
DAP; involves figure drawings as a projection of inner feelings thoughts conflict conceptions can reflect personality features and important aspects of self concept when asked to dap-used in clinical obs for inter psych and inter personal factors
KFD; family members position of self image distance of self im age to others size and action of figures
To observe dynamic relations in families
DAF; 25 pages displays scenes of kids playing, faces blank purpose to obtain a measure of childs self concept on various personality dimensions ie depend vx indep, introv to extrav
B-G; Psychopath for adults and assess for kids, iq and brain damage and visual disorders,
What differing information would the DAF, FEATS, and Anderson's Crit-Card provide over the same drawing(s)? Why?
The DAF would provide more of an individuals self-concept and personality dimensions from the drawings, whereas the
critcards would get at what is important about the drawing-such as the meaning behind it.
The FEATS would rate the global variables in art-in other words the things that are seen across a set of drawings.
In what way did this reading/ topic provoke you to take part in self-directed research, reflective art making, discussion, debate, and/or introspection? In other words what interested you/ or didn't interest you and how did you explore your interests independently?
With research into information from past notes as well as others’ notes (the ones posted…) I found it interesting that ‘recently’ they have begun using the FEATS for children and adult-non-patients. Also, that they have begun to see how it works with other assessments instead of mainly just the PPAT.
Great.
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