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Special Interests in Art Therapy with Autistic People

A Neurodiversity-Positive Approach to Empower and Engage Participants
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Introducing the Special Interest Communication Theory (SICT) Facilitative Framework, this guide will help you to support autistic clients and meet their needs through special interests and pop culture. Turning away from a culture that has often sought to suppress autistic special interests, Stallings asks that therapists meet autistic children and adults on their own terms. Creating an autism positive environment and engaging with special interests - from video games to K-Pop - builds rapport and helps identify therapeutic goals. Jessica Woolhiser Stallings combines this practical guide to her evidence-based framework with an overview of the history and applications of therapies and arts therapies used with autism. From a perspective that respects autistic self-advocacy and the role of art therapy in supporting individual emotional health, this guide offers tools to address anxiety, social interaction, communication, identity and more.
Dr Jessica Woolhiser Stallings is a clinician and leading expert in the application of art therapy with autistic individuals. She teaches at Emporia State University, Kansas, where she assisted in developing an interdisciplinary autistic certificate program for professionals. She was the co-recipient of the Rawley Silver Research Award for a research proposal on evidence-based practice in art therapy with individuals with autism.
Part One Chapter 1: Why this book Chapter 2: An autism positive approach: Understanding autism and neurodivergence Chapter 3: Autism and therapy Chapter 4: Art therapy and autism Chapter 5: Popular media in therapy Part Two Chapter 6: Special Interest Communication Theory and Framework Chapter 7: Popular culture as behavioral reward Chapter 8: Popular culture as social initiator- Chapter 9: Popular culture as social facilitator Chapter 10: Popular culture as personal metaphor Chapter 11: Popular culture as anxiety mediator Chapter 12: Popular culture as communication clarifier Chapter 13: Final thoughts and resources
An autism positive approach to art therapy using autistic people's special interests
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