Healing Artmaking with Students With Autism By Kelly Jean Sullivan

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How Does Art Therapy Help Autism?

1. Enhanced communication through creative expression.
2. Improved imagination and greater abstract thinking.
3. The ability to build stronger relationships while encouraging children with autism to see other people's perspectives.
4. Greater sensory integration while improving coping skills

Is painting good for autism?

Develop Motor Skills

If your child is painting, sculpting, drawing, or shredding, these activities all involve incorporating motor skills. For children with autism, developing these skills can be extremely beneficial later in life

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What are the benefits of art therapy?

Art therapy has been shown to benefit people of all ages. Research indicates art therapy can improve communication and concentration and can help reduce feelings of isolation. This type of therapy has also been shown to lead to increases in self-esteem, confidence, and self-awareness

here is some great research to look at

MANDALA ART THERAPY: INTERVENTION FOR INDIVIDUAL WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

• Tae Hoo Kim, E. Li
• Published 28 May 2018
• Psychology

This study was done to investigate the effectiveness of Mandala Art Therapy (MAT) as a tool to enhance the Social Interaction Skills (SIS) of a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The participant of this study was a student with ASD aged twenty-three years old attending a special development center. There were six sessions of MAT done in this study. The initial score and the after score of participants’ Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) assessment were compared to determine whether there is an improvement of his SIS after going through six sessions of MAT. Besides that, the participant’s behavioral changes and color application from his mandala throughout the six sessions of MAT were also observed and analyzed to explore the improvement of his SIS. After six sessions of observation, the findings obtained from the MAT sessions indicated that MAT is useful to improve the SIS of the participant in this study