Children's drawings as diagnostic aids / by Joseph H. Di Leo, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Leo, Joseph H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's drawings--Psychological aspects.

Children's drawings.

Child psychology.

Children with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Shows the ways in which self-portraits and other pictures drawn by youngsters reflect their personality traits, cognitive development, Emotional Stability, And Family Background.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: An Overview; 1. Representational drawing starts with circles; What do preschool children draw?; Does the primitive circle represent only the head?; Quantitative and qualitative characteristics; 2. The body image; Is the child's human figure drawing a self-image?; Black and white; Body image and perception; 3. Cognition; The drawings as expressions of intellectual maturity; Role of the image in cognition; 4. Beyond cognition; The drawings express more than intellectual maturity

Limitations of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing TestDrawings by the neurologically impaired; The need for a developmental perspective; 5. Children's drawings as a projective technique; Display of feelings and personality traits; Security and insecurity expressed graphically; Omission of upper extremities; Accentuated hands and fingers; Small, unsupportive feet; Exaggerated size of a parent; Concealment of the genital area; Explicit portrayal of the genitalia; Sex role confusion; Figure drawings as evidence of homosexuality; 6. Manifestations of emotional disorder; Scatter of body parts

Grotesque, bizarre figuresScribbling over the drawn human figure; Rigid, robot-like figures; Excessive shading; Drawings without persons; Dark clouds and darkened sun; Psychobiological mutism; The "squiggle game"; 7. Creativity and mental health; Drawing as a creative activity; Art therapy in psychiatric treatment; Part Two: Family Drawings; 8. The child and his family; The nuclear family; The incomplete family; The extended family; 9. "Draw your family"; The cognitive/affective ratio; The family drawing as a projective/technique; 10. Indicators of family relationships

Omission of a family memberOmission of self; Relative position; Similarity; Relative size; Effect of divorce; Role in the family; Interaction and isolation; 11. The "knowing" child; Part Three: Handicapped Children's Drawings; 12. The influence of vision, touch, and motion on the evolution of imagery in the child; Vision and touch; Sense and motion; 13. Effect of sensory impairment on body image; The visually impaired; The hearing impaired; Central language disorders; 14. Effect of motor impairment on body image; Motor disability; Organic brain syndrome; 15. Handicapped children

Does the drawing indicate the child's disability?Part Four: Learning Disability; What is meant by "learning disability"?; 16. Value of drawings in early detection of learning disorders; Perceptual impairment; "Minimal brain dysfunction"; Drawings reveal perceptuo-motor impairment; Perseveration; 17. Dyslexia; 18. Drawings by children with mental retardation; 19. Inborn errors of metabolism; Phenylketonuria; Maple syrup urine disease; 20. Learning disability due to emotional problems; Epilogue; Appendix; Drawing situations: order of presentation; Validity and reliability of children's drawings

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 27, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-85549-3

OCLC:

935253776