ADHD 저학년 초등학생의 주의집중력과 자기표현을 위한 미술치료 사례연구

Abstract

A Case Study on Art Therapy for Attention and Self-Expression in Lower Elementary School Students with ADHD Hwang, ha yan Advisor : Prof. Moon Jeong Min, Ph.D. Department of Art psychological Therapy Graduate School of Design Chosun University This study was conducted as a single case study to find out the effect of art therapy programs on attention and self-expression in elementary school children in the lower grades of ADHD. Through this, art therapy programs were carried out to help children with ADHD grow emotionally with various media for their lack of attention, concentration, and self-expression skills. To this end, the subjects of this study were elementary school students with lower grades of ADHD. The subject of the study was a third-grade elementary school boy living in G City, and from January to May 2023, it was conducted three times a week for 50 minutes, and a total of 60 sessions were conducted. The impact of art therapy was analyzed by implementing art therapy programs to elementary school students in the lower grades of ADHD who lack attention and concentration and cannot express themselves to others. The art therapy program was divided into the stages of intimacy formation, tension relaxation, self-understanding and self-expression, dysfunctional cognitive behavior search, dysfunctional cognitive behavior reconstruction, and finally reconstructed cognitive behavior maintenance. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD rating scale, tree picture test and self-expression scale test, K-HTP test, and self-expression scale test were conducted before and after to find out the changes in attention and self-expression of elementary school students in the lower grades of ADHD. In addition, since the observation papers for each session were recorded, qualitative analysis was conducted according to the subject, and the results of the study are summarized as follows. First, it was found that art therapy programs had a positive effect on the attention concentration of elementary school students in the lower grades of ADHD. Second, art therapy programs were found to have a positive effect on self-expression in elementary school students in lower grades of ADHD. Looking at the above results, this study suggests that art therapy programs have a positive effect on attention and self-expression in elementary school students in lower grades of ADHD. Key words: Art therapy, attention, self-expression, ADHD lower grade elementary school students