No more than two oral report per session are scheduled. Analysis of normal developmental stages in children's art as preparation for understanding profound deviation and to establish the validity of children's art for future or current parents and educators. The focus is on children's art, ages 2 through 6. Focus is on children's art, ages 7 to 12. Examples demonstrate how such procedures are used for assessment and help.
Students do the procedures personally, then out of class they select a subject to do so.
Students begin presentations of the Kinetic Family Drawings completed by their subjects, providing appropriate analysis and generating class discussion. The related written midterm assignment is due for handing in at this time. Continuation of student KFD presentations and analysis. The Landgarten book will be used extensively for this topic and several which follow. Students investigate the prevalence of distinguishing characteristics in style and content, such as perseveration, and bizarre written notations in combination with imagery.