The objective of this study was to find out the effects of cognitive
behavior therapy based group art therapy on adaptation behavior of
adolescents with mild intellectual disability. For this study, 20 students with
mild intellectual disability out of 95 middle and high school students with
intellectual disability of special school were randomly sampled, and were
equally and randomly divided to the experimental group (10 students) and
the control group (10 students). The experimental group was subjected to
cognitive behavior therapy-based integrative art therapy programs of 60
minutes, once a week and up to 18 sessions. The control group was not.
Evaluation was conducted by the Korean adaptive behavior Scale (K-ABS
Scale) to investigate the adaptive behavior, compared to conduct pre-tests
and post-tests. K-ABS Scale was also conducted objectively through
homeroom teachers. And to explore the homogeneity between the experimental
group and the control group to cognitive behavior based group art therapy,
independent sample t-test was conducted. And it was conducted to repeated
ANOVA and ANCOVA as a test result. The result in this study are as
follow. Cognitive behavior therapy based group art therapy did have a
significant effect on the adaptation behavior of adolescents with mild
intellectual disability. These results suggest that this program could be useful
rehabilitation program for adolescents with mild intellectual disability.