CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN

A SOURCE BOOK FOR CLINICIANS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS

BY RAVINDRA RANASINHA

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xiii
1. Autism: An Overview of the Sri Lankan Experience 1
2. Autism as Unresolved Trauma 11
3. Autism and the Son-Rise Programme 27
4. Fallen Angel from Heaven 37
5. Discovering the Child 47
6. Creative Arts Therapies: A Crucial Resource to the ASD
Community 55
7. Drama Therapy with Clients on the Autism Spectrum 71
8. Music and Movement Therapy for Children with Autism 85
9. Visual Art as Therapy with Autistic Children 121
10. AutPlay® Therapy: Play Therapy for Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder 141
11. The Voice of the Child Behind Autism 161
12. Stimulating Creative Play in Children with Autism
through Sandplay 185
13. Try Creative Arts Therapies with Your Child 215
Bibliography 225
Index 255

‘Creative Arts Therapies for Autistic Children’ presents global experiences and research data on the systematic use of creative arts mediators in a therapeutic context, to assist the child with autism. This book underscores the efficacy of arts therapies in developing social functioning and social information processing in autistic children. As a scientific guide, this helps the responsible care-giver to plan and implement creative activities, to enrich the autist’s imagination, expression and creativity. The clinical rebellion, to reverse autism, is wholly embraced in this document.

‘Creative Arts Therapies for Autistic Children’ is a source book for the clinicians, teachers and parents who are interested in rethinking the way they work with autistic children.

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