ART BASED ASSESSMENTS, PREP
FOR ATCBE COMPLETELY SOLVED!!
Human Figure Drawing (HFD) - ANSWERPurpose: determine developmental level,
interpersonal attitudes, emotional concerns, approach to life problems, attitude about
self, children 6-12yo.
Presence/absence of 30 developmental items, 30 emotional items.
8x11 paper, #2
Draw a Person (DAP) - ANSWERPurpose: screen children who may have emotional or
behavioral problem to determine if further evaluation or treatment is needed.
Children 6-17
Three tasks (5mins each):
Draw a Man
Draw a Woman
Draw Yourself
Manual, record form, templates score various elements.
8x11, #2 and eraser
House Tree Person (HTP) - ANSWERProjective test
Measures personality.
Also assess brain damage, general functioning.
Evaluates: content and qualities of each images as symbolic indicators
Ask ("who lives there?" "Who waters it?") 60 original questions.
Type of assessment that might be better or safer for use with teens -
ANSWERProjective Assessment - info comes from content, allows use of metaphor.
Stimulus Drawings/Draw-a-Story Technique/Silver Drawing Test - ANSWERPurpose:
Identify emotional and cognitive issues, self-image, relationships, screen for depression,
aggression, personality and coping.
children and also adults
Evaluates: Drawn response to Stimulus Cards, verbal or written meanings.
9x12, pencils, erasers
, Task: "Draw from Imagination"
Pick 2 or more cards, imagine something happening and show what is happening,"
Title, write a story if desired
Rated positive-neutral-negative content scale.
3 tasks added to observe cognitive skills such as:
Sequential concepts
Spacial concepts
Family Art Evaluation - ANSWERPurpose: Understand family system
Evaluates: How family interacts during the tasks and in the art making - closeness,
decision-making, boundaries, etc.
Hard edged crayons, paper
6 Tasks:
1. Free Drawing, each signs and dates
2. Family Portrait - EACH MEMBER makes a family picture, label
3. Abstract Family Portrait - draw symbolic family, label
4. Scribble - stretch, relax, move arms, etc then make own scribble
5. Joint Family Scribble - all work together, select one image from the scribble you
agree on and bring to surface
6. Free Drawing - each does own
*Takes 1 - 1 1/2hr for family of 4 to 5 people
Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) - ANSWERPurpose: Understand child development,
in areas of self concept/self-esteem, relationships, attachment.
Evaluates: Drawing style, actions, and symbols, using list and measurement grid.
8 1/2 x 11 white paper, #2
Kinetic School Drawing (KSD) purpose - ANSWERIdentify difficulties child may be
experiencing at school, and the relationships that may be related to those problems.
Draw a Person in the Rain - ANSWERPurpose: Identify individual's unconscious
response to stressors in environment, look at their perceptions of stress, and coping
mechanisms.
Looks at facial expression, body language, line quality, quality of the rain environment,
and if person employs sturdy enough rain gear.
FOR ATCBE COMPLETELY SOLVED!!
Human Figure Drawing (HFD) - ANSWERPurpose: determine developmental level,
interpersonal attitudes, emotional concerns, approach to life problems, attitude about
self, children 6-12yo.
Presence/absence of 30 developmental items, 30 emotional items.
8x11 paper, #2
Draw a Person (DAP) - ANSWERPurpose: screen children who may have emotional or
behavioral problem to determine if further evaluation or treatment is needed.
Children 6-17
Three tasks (5mins each):
Draw a Man
Draw a Woman
Draw Yourself
Manual, record form, templates score various elements.
8x11, #2 and eraser
House Tree Person (HTP) - ANSWERProjective test
Measures personality.
Also assess brain damage, general functioning.
Evaluates: content and qualities of each images as symbolic indicators
Ask ("who lives there?" "Who waters it?") 60 original questions.
Type of assessment that might be better or safer for use with teens -
ANSWERProjective Assessment - info comes from content, allows use of metaphor.
Stimulus Drawings/Draw-a-Story Technique/Silver Drawing Test - ANSWERPurpose:
Identify emotional and cognitive issues, self-image, relationships, screen for depression,
aggression, personality and coping.
children and also adults
Evaluates: Drawn response to Stimulus Cards, verbal or written meanings.
9x12, pencils, erasers
, Task: "Draw from Imagination"
Pick 2 or more cards, imagine something happening and show what is happening,"
Title, write a story if desired
Rated positive-neutral-negative content scale.
3 tasks added to observe cognitive skills such as:
Sequential concepts
Spacial concepts
Family Art Evaluation - ANSWERPurpose: Understand family system
Evaluates: How family interacts during the tasks and in the art making - closeness,
decision-making, boundaries, etc.
Hard edged crayons, paper
6 Tasks:
1. Free Drawing, each signs and dates
2. Family Portrait - EACH MEMBER makes a family picture, label
3. Abstract Family Portrait - draw symbolic family, label
4. Scribble - stretch, relax, move arms, etc then make own scribble
5. Joint Family Scribble - all work together, select one image from the scribble you
agree on and bring to surface
6. Free Drawing - each does own
*Takes 1 - 1 1/2hr for family of 4 to 5 people
Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) - ANSWERPurpose: Understand child development,
in areas of self concept/self-esteem, relationships, attachment.
Evaluates: Drawing style, actions, and symbols, using list and measurement grid.
8 1/2 x 11 white paper, #2
Kinetic School Drawing (KSD) purpose - ANSWERIdentify difficulties child may be
experiencing at school, and the relationships that may be related to those problems.
Draw a Person in the Rain - ANSWERPurpose: Identify individual's unconscious
response to stressors in environment, look at their perceptions of stress, and coping
mechanisms.
Looks at facial expression, body language, line quality, quality of the rain environment,
and if person employs sturdy enough rain gear.
