Children with emotional problems have difficulties in communicating and
expressing their own problems, thoughts, and needs and show strong
resistances in discussing their problems
However, scribble has highly been evaluated for the effects that it could
help these children freely communicate and express their unconcious thoughts
and feelings with therapists through creative production made in co-works.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects scribble
might improve child' inadequate behaviors.
The child served as subject was a male, over 12-year-old. He has had
some maladaptive problems in his life (1) tendency not to clear or arrange
things(toys, school supplies etc.l he used, (2) playing with a dangerouse knife,
gimblet, and driver, and (3) a poor attitude to attend to his study.
Scribble was given to this child, 45 rninutes session, once every week for
9months. KEDI-WISC, HTP(House-Tree-Person), and LMT(Landscape Montage
Test) were administered to assess the present state of the child prior to
therapy. To evaluate theraputic effects, he has been evaluated for HTP and
LMT with pretest and post-test, as well as this parent and family members were asked to observe his behaviors
Through the above mentioned procedures following conclusions were drawn
First, the child’s behaviors were improved to clear and arrange things he
used with.
Second, the child’s behaviors playing with a dangerouse knife, gimblet, and
driver was decreased and fully disappeared by therapy terminal period.
Finally, a poor attitude attending to his study was improved. His rank was
in the 8th in school. And his scores was 92 that was examined by therapy
terminal period.
In addition, "mutual scribble story making" was taught interaction and
communication with maladaptive child.