Abstract
<em>Due to congenital brain damage, autistic children suffer from difficulties in overall development, especially in interpersonal relation, language and behavior. Many scholars try to understand the inner world of autistic children through various treatments, but only painting, the most primitive language for children, is also the most direct way to express the autistic children’s mind. Therefore, there seems to be a certain degree of corresponding relation between artistic creation and message expression, but artistic creation is actually a complex mental activity, and it is difficult to understand the meaning of message in a simple model. This study explores the communication modes in addition to language based on the case of three children’s paintings in the “Gallery for Little Friends” initiated by Tencent Charity Foundation, whose main purpose is to develop an alternative way to communicate with autistic children, let us know, interpret and evaluate through their paintings, and then take appropriate actions to transform the messages in the paintings to concrete actions and measures, realize the goal of helping autistic children’s oral expression, and try to interpret the inner world of autistic children with painting as a medium.</em>
Highlights
Autistic children are always in an isolated island, they can’t understand others, nor be understood by others, because they live in their own world, so they are called the “children from the stars”
Based on the case of six children’s paintings in the Gallery for Little Friends initiated by Tencent Charity Foundation, this study explores the hidden messages behind these paintings, what kind of world is the world of autistic children? This study explores the communication models in addition to language based on the case, with the main purpose to develop an alternative way to communicate with autistic children, let us know, interpret and evaluate through their paintings, and take appropriate actions to transform the messages in the paintings to concrete actions and measures, achieve the goal of help autistic children’s oral expression, and try to interpret the inner world of autistic children with painting as a medium
A successful communication model of artistic creation should have three levels: (1) image perception, have you seen it? (2) meaning cognition, have you got it? (3) behavior change, have you taken action? If art therapy is used to help autistic children, what is the difference of the paintings of autistic children? How to use their paintings to achieve the purpose of analysis and art therapy? This may require the professional knowledge of special education, and this paper is not intended to discuss this issue
Summary
Autistic children are always in an isolated island, they can’t understand others, nor be understood by others, because they live in their own world, so they are called the “children from the stars”. The art therapy based on psychological theory has been gradually applied to the education and development of autistic children. Based on the case of six children’s paintings in the Gallery for Little Friends initiated by Tencent Charity Foundation, this study explores the hidden messages behind these paintings, what kind of world is the world of autistic children? This study explores the communication models in addition to language based on the case, with the main purpose to develop an alternative way to communicate with autistic children, let us know, interpret and evaluate through their paintings, and take appropriate actions to transform the messages in the paintings to concrete actions and measures, achieve the goal of help autistic children’s oral expression, and try to interpret the inner world of autistic children with painting as a medium Based on the case of six children’s paintings in the Gallery for Little Friends initiated by Tencent Charity Foundation, this study explores the hidden messages behind these paintings, what kind of world is the world of autistic children? This study explores the communication models in addition to language based on the case, with the main purpose to develop an alternative way to communicate with autistic children, let us know, interpret and evaluate through their paintings, and take appropriate actions to transform the messages in the paintings to concrete actions and measures, achieve the goal of help autistic children’s oral expression, and try to interpret the inner world of autistic children with painting as a medium
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