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Art Therapy

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:21.09.2023 09:25:40
Study Course Information
Course Code:VPUPK_064LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and RehabilitationTarget Audience:Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Kristīne Vende-Kotova
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)0Lecture Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Lectures0
Classes (count)8Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes32
Total Contact Hours32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not required.
Objective:
To provide audio and speech therapy students with an opportunity to get acquainted with art therapy, its methods and their specificity in different specialisations, to raise awareness of the mutual collaboration possibilities between audio speech therapists and art therapists as a multi-disciplinary team, during practical classes by using simulations to acquire methods and techniques that can be used in the profession within their competencies.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Visually plastic art therapyClasses2.00auditorium
2Music therapyClasses2.00auditorium
3Dance movement therapyClasses2.00auditorium
4Drama therapyClasses2.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
To read the indicated sources of literature independently in order to have success in writing an essay "My as a Prospective ....... Experience in Arts Therapies" in compliance with the requirements below. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
Writing an essay "My as a Prospective Audio Speech Therapist's Experience in Arts Therapies" and its timely submission to the lecturer by the set date (50% of the final grade). Requirements for the essay: it should reflect the experience, gained during practical classes, but it should also clarify how they as prospective ....... see the collaboration with an art therapist in a multi-disciplinary team. On the basis of the literature acquisition, the learnt and experienced lecture material, the essay must explain how music therapy differs from student's chosen speciality. Test (50% of the final grade).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:A student names and characterises the specialisations of arts therapies, their main theoretical policies, theoretical approaches, the groups of patients the art therapists work with, characterises how an audio speech therapist could collaborate with an art therapist in a multi-disciplinary team, compares the differences between the arts therapy and the therapeutic art.
Skills:Chooses the most appropriate collaboration possibilities with an art therapist, applies the methods and techniques of arts therapy within their competencies.
Competencies:Student formulates and substantiates what the arts therapy means, what its specialisations are and how it differs from audio and speech therapy, explains the further collaboration possibilities.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Mārtinsone K. & Krevica, E. (sast.) (2014). Mākslu terapija dažādām klientu / pacientu grupām. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte.
2Mārtinsone, K. (red.) (2011). Mākslu terapija. RaKa: Rīga. (akceptējams izdevums)
3Mārtinsone, K. (sast.) (2020). Mākslu metodes un tehnikas profesionālajā darbībā. Rīga: RaKa.
4Mārtinsone, K. (sast.) (2010). Pētījumi mākslu terapijā. Rīga: Drukātava. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1Mārtinsone K., Mihailova S., Mihailovs I.J., Majore-Dūšele I., Paipare M. (2008). Mākslu terapija un tās attīstības konteksti (integratīvi eklektiskā pieeja Latvijā). Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.
2Karkou, V. & Sanderson, P. (2006). Art Therapies: A Research-Based Map of the Field. London: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.
Other Information Sources
1www.arttherapy.lv
2www.dkt.lv
3www.muzikasterapija.lv
4www.dramasterapija.lv