Developing Cognitive and Creative Skills Through Art Book

	List of Tables	viii
	List of Figures	x
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xvii
Part 1	The Role of Art
Chapter 1	Cognition	5
	Nonverbal Thinking	5
	Organizing and Representing Experiences	9
	Left and Right Hemisphere Thinking	10
	Establishing Patterns for Language to Follow	11
	Learning New Words	14
	Activating or Reinforcing Language	16
	Transfer of Learning	18
	Imaginary Play	20
	Abstract Thinking	21
	Recall	25
Chapter 2	Adjustment	29
	Fulfilling Wishes Vicariously	29
	Testing Reality	29
	Expressing Unacceptable Feelings in an Acceptable Way	33
	Obtaining Relief from Tension	35
	Self-Monitoring	38
	Personal Involvement	39
	Experiencing Control Over People and Events	42
	Transfer of Behavior	43
Chapter 3	Assessment	49
	Clues to Perception of Self and Others	51
	Clues to Interests and Concerns	53
	Clues to Assessing a Child's Development	57
	Clues to Change	59
Chapter 4	Expectations	63
	Miguel	64
	Paul	65
	David	66
	Ralph	68
	Charlie	69
	Maureen	74
Chapter 5	Creative Skills	79
	First Study: Handicapped Children in Four Schools	80
	Second Study: A Demonstration Project For Hearing-Impaired Children and Adults	84
	Third Study: State Urban Education Project for Children with Language and Hearing Impairments	97
Part 2	Developing Cognitive and Creative Skills
Chapter 6	Issues, Objectives, and Methods	105
	Questions at Issue	105
	Working with Any Child or Adult	108
	Working with Handicapped Children and Adults	111
Chapter 7	The Cognitive Skills Under Consideration	117
Chapter 8	Ability to Associate and Represent Concepts Through Drawing From Imagination	121
	Rationale	121
	Testing Procedures	122
	Remediation	138
	Results	139
Chapter 9	Ability to Order Sequentially and Conserve Through Painting, Modeling Clay, and Predictive Drawing	141
	Rationale	141
	Testing Procedures	143
	Remediation	148
	Results	151
Chapter 10	Ability to Perceive and Represent Concepts of Space Through Drawing From Observation	161
	Rationale	161
	Testing Procedures	166
	Remediation	172
	Results	175
	Observations	176
Chapter 11	Case Studies	179
	Burt	179
	Vito	188
	Stroke Patients	193
Chapter 12	Statistical Analyses	203
	State Urban Education Project for Language- and Hearing-Impaired Children	203
	Art Program for Children with Learning Disabilities	225
Chapter 13	Discussion and Conclusions	231
	Cognitive Abilities	231
	Creative Ability	233
	Conclusions	236
	Epilogue, 1986	237
	Stimulus Drawings	237
	A Drawing Test	237
	National Institute of Education Project	239
	Subsequent Research	243
	Epilogue, 1989	249
	Gender Differences in the Emotional Content of Drawings	249
	Relationships Between Strongly Negative Responses and Depressive Illness	251
	Epilogue, 1999	255
	The Cognitive Content of Responses to Stimulus Drawing Tasks	255
	The Emotional Content of Responses to Stimulus Drawing Tasks	258
	References	263
	Index	269