Art can be an invaluable means of communication. It can bypass language and impairment and allow for the expression of thoughts or feelings too difficult to communicate with words. In The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story, Rawley Silver draws on her years of experience using therapeutic art with hearing-impaired children, stroke patients, and others with learning disabilities or emotional disturbances.
Key Features
- Original Art Assessments: Utilises stimulus drawings to elicit responses, providing access to a patient’s emotions and attitudes.
- Cognitive Skills Tools: Offers tools to assess cognitive skills that may escape detection in verbal tests.
- Identification of Risks: Helps identify individuals at risk for violent behaviour or masked depression.
- Updated Techniques: Includes techniques to assess aggression and depression relevant to children and adolescents.
- Comprehensive Resource: Addresses important gender and age differences while providing an in-depth look at developmental procedures involved in art assessments.
Additional Information
Thoroughly updated from Silver’s earlier works, this new book incorporates new information and updated studies. As education for mental health professionals now includes art therapy more regularly, Silver has provided an invaluable resource for assessing emotional and cognitive content.
