Browsing by Subject "Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS)"

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    Kinetic Family Drawing Comparisons of Students who are Deaf with Signing Parents and Students who are Deaf with Non-signing Parents
    (2014-05) Krieger, Amanda I.; Itczak, Michelle
    This study evaluated the differences in the Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) of two groups of students who are Deaf: one with signing parents, and the other with non-signing parents. Participants included 14 students who were Deaf from a large Midwestern metropolitan area school specifically serving Deaf people, from middle school to high school, ranging in age from 12 to 19 years old. The questions to be addressed were: Will there be a difference in drawing indicators of those students with signing parents when compared to those students with non- signing parents? Could those differences indicate possible struggles in cognitive and psychosocial developments of those with non-signing parents? To answer this question, three raters, were trained to use the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) evaluation process to objectively rate the students’ KFDs. A t-test of the results determined that there was a significant difference between the two groups. Further analysis of elements discovered in the KFDs also presented several themes from the non-signing group indicating that the differences may be due to inadequate development of cognitive and psychosocial aspects of the students with non-signing parents. The study drew comparisons from specific FEATS categories to provide art therapists and clinicians with data that may be useful in evaluating a Deaf individual’s family support as well as his/her abilities in the areas of coping, problem solving, and interaction with other people. Future studies that include participation by students outside the school may solicit richer data, permitting generalizations of results to specific groups.
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    The use of the Face Stimulus Assessment with an Early-State Dementia Diagnosis
    (2020) Mower, Ashleigh; Misluk, Eileen
    This human-subject, mixed methods study, originally designed for six participants, was turned into a case study that examined the use of the Face Stimulus Assessment (FSA) with one individual diagnosed with early-state dementia. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the participant with an early-stage dementia diagnosis could complete the FSA. Additionally, the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) modified by Donna Betts for the FSA was applied to assess for applicability for individuals diagnosed with dementia. The results of the case study are not generalizable. However, the results from the individual participant were promising. The participant was able to complete the full assessment, and the average FEATS score from all three stimulus drawings demonstrated that with an early-stage dementia diagnosis, the FSA could be a good baseline assessment for tracking the progression of a dementia diagnosis. This case study supports continued research on the benefits of the FSA with this population.