FAT(food art therapy) is a psychical therapy. It is a new therapy
integrating play, education, culture, art and healing through creative art
activities with food. The object of this research is to help hearing impaired
adolescents develop their self-efficacy and sociability through FAT program.
The object group of this FAT program is hearing impaired five adolescents
in G city welfare center. FAT program is held once a week, 90 minutes per
session, and 12 sessions for all. Summarization of the result of this research
is as follows. First, FAT program was proven to have an effect for
enhancement of adolescent's self efficacy. Namely, there were significant
difference between before and after test result in the area of self-efficacy.
Second, FAT program was proven to have an effect for enhancement of
adolescent's sociability. Namely, there were significant difference between
before and after test result in the area of sociability. Therefore, FAT
program have been shown to be an effective program for hearing impaired
adolescent's improvement of self-efficacy and sociability. The FAT program
should increase to help improve the self-efficacy and sociability of hearing
impaired adolescent in school field.