Art Therapy as a Treatment Method Individuals with Special Needs

Žana Dubodelova, Rimantas Mačiulaitis Abstract Persons suffering from mental illness and artistic skills beyond just intuition and feelings, but also the expression of intelligence. The different branches of art develops different types of intelligence: musical, spatial, motion, or other communication, in addition to artistic activities developed understanding (analysis, comparison, generalization, evaluation), critical thinking, problem solving…