Introduction to Art Therapy (VPUPK_028)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide 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 rehabilitation therapists and art therapists as a multi-disciplinary team, during practical classes with the help of simulations to acquire methods and techniques that can be used in the profession within their competencies.
Prerequisites
Not required.
Learning outcomes
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 they could collaborate with an art therapist in a multi-disciplinary team, compares the differences between the arts therapy and the therapeutic art.
Chooses the most appropriate collaboration possibilities with an art therapist, applies the methods and techniques of arts therapy within their competencies.
Students formulate and substantiate what the arts therapy means, what its specialisations are and how it differs from their next profession, explain the further collaboration possibilities.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective courses, C-kursi | 2 | Free choice | Ilze Plūme, Kristīne Vende-Kotova, Jana Duhovska, Signe Vanadziņa |
