For the first time, isothermia was used as a method of psychological correction in working with children removed from Europe to the United States during the Second World War. It was the treatment of the fine arts that helped the children cope with the most severe psychological trauma and return to normal life.
Today, the use of various methods of isothermics in working with children is extremely popular among modern psychologists and educators. In this article, we will tell you about the cases in which art therapy is applied, and what materials can be used during classes.
In what cases is isotherapy used for children?
Basically, isothermal exercises are used as a psychological influence on small patients. So, through the drawing the psychologist can understand the inner world of the baby and understand what is bothering him. Meanwhile, there are a number of problems related to the state of children's health, in the treatment and correction of which successfully apply various techniques of isotherapy, for example:
- various mental trauma;
- neuroses;
- depression;
- anxiety;
- autism;
- delay of mental and speech development.
What materials are used in isotherapy?
When dealing with children, any materials that are relevant to the fine arts - paints, pencils, plasticine, colored paper, etc., are used. All this is used in an active form of art treatment, that is, when creating your own artistic works.
In addition, some isothermal exercises have a passive form, in which already used drawings and other works of art are used in the work.