Art Therapy (VPUPK_064)
About Study Course
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.
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 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.
Chooses the most appropriate collaboration possibilities with an art therapist, applies the methods and techniques of arts therapy within their 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.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiologopaedics, RFA | 7 | Bachelor’s | Required | Kristīne Vende-Kotova, Jana Duhovska, Ilze Plūme, Signe Vanadziņa |
