Development and Effectiveness of An Art Therapy Application For Children

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DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ART THERAPY APP 2 dimensional materials through collages. Clay and play-dough are good mediums for using motor skills and helping people experiment with touch. In addition, puppets and masks, multimedia, and combining modalities such as music, movement, and art are used to express and communicate creatively. Computer technology is the new medium in art therapy intervention. After being familiar with the software, clients can enjoy it and express abstract images easily (Buchalter, 2009). Computer technology and mental health Computer technology and digital media are inextricably linked with modern human life. People can create a new production or a reproduction and share them with others by using a computer and the internet. In art, computer technology plays a significant role in producing and distributing art forms as well (Blythe, Light & O'Neill, 2007). Digital media impacts not only human life but also medicine and mental health in the world. Health care professionals use computer technology to conduct online interventions and to communicate with people who have physical and mental limitations to approach a specific location for their health care. Computer-mediated psychotherapy, cyber-therapy, web-counseling, telehealth, telemedicine, e-therapy, telepsychiatry, and cyber-counseling have become new areas of research recently (Malchiodi, 2000, p14-15). Some researchers found that technology is used to deal with learning disorders and psychological behavior change. Computer-assisted therapy was effective in scholastic skills for children with specific learning disorders in India (Vidyasagar & Kumar, 2013). Kraft, Schjelderup-Lund and Brendryen (2007) developed an individualized and interactive Digital Therapy Developer (DTD) to support behavioral change. It provided cost-effective personal therapy daily without having to meet therapists. Fairburn and Patel (2016) explained the impacts of digital technology on the psychological treatment. Digital treatment is already used for individuals with depression, anxiety and insomnia. Interventions using digital technology were delivered via websites, smartphone apps or both. Digital technology was also used as means of administrating and interpreting assessment. A lot of questionnaires are,