1st Edition
Sensory-Based Relational Art Therapy Approach (S-BRATA) Supporting Psycho-Emotional Needs in Children with Autism
Introduction; PART 1: AUTISM, ATTACHMENT AND SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUNCTION (SID); Chapter 1: Raising a Child on the Spectrum; Chapter 2: Attachment and Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID); Chapter 3: Art Therapy’s Scope to Concurrently Address Impaired Attachment and Comorbid SID; Chapter 4: Methodology and Procedures; PART 2: The 7 THEMES OF THE S-BRATA; Chapter 5: Sense of Safety; Chapter 6: Sensory Regulation; Chapter 7: Mirroring and Attunement; Chapter 8: Art Materials as Entry Point of Engagement; Chapter 9: Structure and Boundaries; Chapter 10: Flexibility; Chapter 11: Art product Not the Focus; Chapter 12: Conclusion
Biography
Huma Durrani, DAT, is an art therapist and practice-based researcher who owns Coloured Canvas, a specialized community resource for individual and group art therapy for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, psycho-emotional, and behavioural issues in Singapore.
Innovative, informative and transformative, Durrani’s research and creation of the model, S-BRATA, is a must read for art therapists working with people on the autism spectrum.
Emily Nolan, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, assistant professor at Mount Mary University
Dr. Huma Durrani makes a significant contribution to the knowledge base of Autism Spectrum Disorder with this book. She is a mother, a scientist, and a clinician and has masterfully combined her observational skills and wisdom to develop the S-BRATA. Durrani offers a compassionate presentation of her struggles and trials with her own son, who has ASD, that led to this process. She supports the S-BRATA with strong theory from scientific method, developmental theory, and art therapy. Durrani’s S-BRATA brings a valuable treatment and intervention to clinicians working with people with ASD. Brava!
Beth Gonzalez-Dolginko, EdD, LCAT, ATR-BC, author Art Therapy with Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
As a skilled clinician, art therapist, and mother of a grown child on the autism spectrum, Dr. Durrani contributes a critical "missing piece" that will make therapy much more effective: an emotionally attuned relationship that is communicated in the language of the senses. With the S-BRATA model, she demonstrates how art therapists not only introduce a world of creative materials to children with sensory challenges but use them to build a reciprocal, social relationship on the child’s terms. This excellent text contributes considerably to autism treatment with clinician-led research written with the empathic knowledge of a parent. As such, it is important reading for clinicians and parents alike, attuning both to the needs of the child—beyond behavioural fixes and toward a real capacity for social and emotional connection.
Lynn Kapitan, PhD, HLM, ATR-BC, professor, Mount Mary University, past-president of AATA, and author of Introduction to Art Therapy Research (2nd ed.).
