Ponencias: Arteterapia.- Inclusive education and art therapeutic intervention for pupils at school

Abstract

Abstract: Nowadays it seems that school problems increase because of changes in life situations. Aggressiveness, refusal, fear, less concentration, hyperactivity, depression, eating disorder can be recognized more often. A harmonious family situation does not exist any longer as something normal. Parents get separated or divorced, patch work family come to existence and besides the economical situation give stress to families by losing jobs and increasing poverty. Children get neglected and sexual abuse, violence as well as mental problems have been registered in families. Starting with a school project in Bremen in 2002/2003 in combination with a research work the effectiveness of interventions like art therapeutic ones have been worked out. Qualitative as well as quantitative studies have been done at three different school types – a primary school, a secondary school and a school for pupils with special needs in their learning abilities. The results in pre- and post quantitative measuring show the increase of empathy as well as social emotional, social-cogCONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE INTERVENCIÓN PSICOSOCIAL ARTE SOCIAL Y ARTETERAPIA 978-84-695-6787-6 2 Arteterapia Congreso Internacional de Intervención Psicosocial, Arte Social y Arteterapia nitive competence and social behaviour. The qualitative case studies show the preventive aspect of reinforcing self-reliance and how to cope with stressing family problems. The project has been transferred to schools in Freiburg in cooperation with the Catholic University since 2007. It can be summarized that inclusive education by using art therapeutic means in addition to social work at school is becoming a new field and gives an integrated support to pupils with psycho-social problems at school.