THE CONTENT OF ART TEACHING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF ANOMALOUS DISPLAYS IN THE SOCIETY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR)

Abstract

The content of art and educational activities in the prevention of abnormal domains in society areidentified by the authors based on survey results after piloting the art- pedagogical session, conductedwith adolescents and young people of 14 – 19 years old. By analyzing the questionnaire data the authors,argue that the establishment of creativity contributes to promotion of individual in society, thedevelopment of all the senses, memory, perception, will, imagination, intuition, stress relief, increase ofemotional tone, confidence, positive attitude.The statements of the respondents in the open-ended questionnaire with regard to materialsof art-pedagogical sessions allow authors to claim that work on the paintings, sculpture andother methods of working in art-pedagogy – a safe way to discharge destructive emotions. Theyenable to work out the thoughts and emotions that people used to suppress, support a creativeself-expression and develop the imagination, intuition, reduce negative emotional state and itsexpressions.Thus, the authors conclude that the potential of art-pedagogy and art- therapy in the context of theprevention of suicidal behavior and related domains is large enough that the application of appropriatetechniques in mass education and upbringing largely predetermines the solution of the problem of earlyprevention of suicidal tendencies of adolescents and young people in Kazakhstan.This article presents the results of the grant project of the Ministry of Education and Science of theRepublic of Kazakhstan “Art – pedagogy and art-therapy for the prevention of suicidal behavior of youngpeople in Kazakhstan: development of scientific bases and practical technology” in the aspect of pilotingthe art-technologies by the authors.Key words: art therapy, art-pedagogy, art-techniques, art-pedagogical session, art- technology, apositive attitude.