The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an art therapy program utilizing mutual scribble
story making on the language and visual perception development of a cerebral-palsied preschooler. The
program used in this study was designed to have a preschooler and his or her teacher make a story
together by drawing a scribble picture and completing it by putting appropriate shapes on it. The subject in
this study was a cerebral-palsied preschooler. The art therapy program was implemented in 24 sessions,
twice a week, 50 minutes each, from September 1 to November 20, 2010. And then pretest and posttest
were carried out, and retention test was conducted two weeks after the implementation of the program.
Thus, his verbal ability and visual perception were assessed three times to determine the effect of the
program. The findings of the study were as follows: First, a preschooler receptive and expressive language
inventory was employed to see whether the art therapy that used mutual scribble story making was
effective at fostering the cerebral-palsied preschooler's receptive and expressive language ability, and he
scored higher in the posttest than in the pretest. Second, a visual perception test was carried out to see
whether the art therapy program that used mutual scribble story making had any positive effect on the
cerebral-palsied preschooler's visual perception development, and he scored higher in the posttest than in
the pretest. This study is meaningful in that it proved the effect of art therapy utilizing mutual scribble
story making on the improvement of the language comprehension and visual perception development of the
cerebral- palsied preschooler, and that it provided another approach to art therapy geared toward
cerebral-palsied preschoolers by making use of mutual scribble story making.