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The art and science of evaluation in the arts therapies : how do you know what's working? / by Bernard Feder and Elaine Feder.

By: Feder, Bernard [author].
Contributor(s): Feder, Elaine [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0398068739.Subject(s): Art therapy | Music therapy | Dance therapy | Mental illness -- Treatment | Psychodynamic psychotherapy | Psychotherapist and patientDDC classification: 616.89165
Contents:
Purposes of evaluation -- Psychological warfare: psychotherapeutic bias in evaluation -- What to look for in evaluation procedures -- Traps, quirks, and fallacies in evaluation -- The magic of numbers: basic statistical concepts -- Objective personality testing -- Projective approaches in assessment -- Behavioural assessment -- Clinical assessment -- Issues in arts therapies evaluation -- Visual art therapy -- Evaluation in dance/movement therapy -- Evaluation in music therapy.
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 616.89165 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00230906
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An introductory text and a handbook in evaluation and assessment in the emerging arts therapies. The first section deals with fundamentals and principles that apply to all evaluation, qualitative as well as quantitative. The second deals with specific approaches to evaluation (psychometric, clinical or intuitive, and behavioral), and explains the implications for evaluation of the three philosophical orientations: psychodynamic, existential, and behavioral. The last section focuses on evaluation procedures in the individual non-verbal arts therapies (art, music, and dance/movement), reviewing existing procedures and examining emerging trends. Paper edition (unseen), $59.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-367) and index.

Purposes of evaluation -- Psychological warfare: psychotherapeutic bias in evaluation -- What to look for in evaluation procedures -- Traps, quirks, and fallacies in evaluation -- The magic of numbers: basic statistical concepts -- Objective personality testing -- Projective approaches in assessment -- Behavioural assessment -- Clinical assessment -- Issues in arts therapies evaluation -- Visual art therapy -- Evaluation in dance/movement therapy -- Evaluation in music therapy.