This study seeks to find out what kind of effects small- group art therapy has on
the social skill development of children with developmental disability
This research is to verify the small group art therapy program for social skill
improvement of children with development disorders and studied one male and female
child each from May to December 2011 for 28 rounds of sessions. Test tools were
Gresham & Elliott’s Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) (1987) and compared change
results before and after the therapy program. The findings are as follows:
First, small group art therapy activities were found to have positive effects on the
cooperation skill improvement of children with developmental disability
Second, small group art therapy activities were found to have positive effects on
the self-assertion skill improvement of children with developmental disability.
Third, small group art therapy activities were found to have positive effects on the
self-control skill improvement of children with developmental disability.