The Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta has just published its fifth monograph in the Resilience and Health series. How to Read Children’s Drawings is written by Professor Ani Zlateva, from Trakia University, Bulgaria.
Prof. Zlateva, who is also an art therapist, opens a window into children’s world through her analysis of more than 130 drawings, most of them in colour, collected through her clinical work with children over the past 20 years. The book has chapters on the stages of development in children’s drawings, the basic principles in the diagnosis of children’s drawings, and the interpretation of various types of drawings by children.
This monograph is intended for educators, parents, child psychologists and other practitioners working with children, as anyone who has an interest in the development and understanding of children’s drawings. The monograph is freely accessible on the Centre’s website at www.um.edu.mt/cres/publications
Prof. Zlateva, who is also an art therapist, opens a window into children’s world through her analysis of more than 130 drawings, most of them in colour, collected through her clinical work with children over the past 20 years. The book has chapters on the stages of development in children’s drawings, the basic principles in the diagnosis of children’s drawings, and the interpretation of various types of drawings by children.
This monograph is intended for educators, parents, child psychologists and other practitioners working with children, as anyone who has an interest in the development and understanding of children’s drawings. The monograph is freely accessible on the Centre’s website at www.um.edu.mt/cres/publications
