Objectives: In present study, we studied the effect of teaching three painting methods (free method, subject selection method and complementary method) on creativity of children with learning disabilities. First, among all disabled students, who refer to Bizhani center for learning disabilities in Arak city, 60 subjects were randomly selected as statistical sample. Thus, the 45 children, divide...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of expressive arts therapy on decreasing anxiety of orphaned girls living in family-like centers of mashhad, iran.  methods: one week prior to final examinations, participants were randomly assigned to either an expressive art-making group or a control group. the state-trait anxiety inventory was administered before and after...

INTRODUCTION Effect of low dose radiation on health is an important subject in the field of radiation protection. There are several places in the world where the level of natural radiation is much higher than in other areas. Epidemiological and cytogenetical studies on the people in such areas provide good information about the effect of low dose radiation on health. We performed the cytogeneti...

ptsd or post traumatic stress disorder is one of the most important psychological disorders in children in which symptoms such as anxiety and depression can be seen. beside the strategies like cbt or cognitive behavioral therapy and psychotherapy art therapy is one of the most important strategies which can help to children with ptsd to cope with this disorder. according to art therapy studies ...

PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is one of the most important psychological disorders in children in which symptoms such as anxiety and depression can be seen. Beside the strategies like CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychotherapy art therapy is one of the most important strategies which can help to children with PTSD to cope with this disorder. According to art therapy studies ...

BACKGROUND Newly diagnosed WHO grade II-III or any WHO grade recurrent meningioma exhibit an aggressive behavior and thus are considered as high- or intermediate risk tumors. Given the unsatisfactory rates of disease control and survival after primary or adjuvant radiation therapy, optimization of treatment strategies is needed. We investigated the potential of dose-painting intensity-modulated...

Caroline Hyland, an illustrator and former occupational therapist based in Dublin, Ireland, provided the cover art for Winter 2023 edition of The Open Journal Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “Can You See What I See?” is acrylic painting on black textured paper. piece was inspired by Caroline’s grandmother Kathleen Duhig, her love flowers, song “The Dutchman.” three sisters lived with dementia. Thi...

Ron Henry, an artist based in Grand Junction, CO, provided the cover art for Fall 2022 edition of The Open Journal Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “On Trail to Durango” is a 36” x painting made from oil and acrylic on gesso board. has been creating beautiful since he was child. Art with strong sense purpose throughout his life. At age 90, attributes longevity living healthy lifestyle regular engag...

In this paper, we present a method which gives oil painting effect for color images. In general, oil painting method is a process of painting with pigments that are bound with drying oil. The oil painting is widely adopted for artist who utilizes different oils. The proposed method uses digital painting approach and makes an original image painted with oil. The main purpose of oil painting is t...