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A grounded theory research study based on the cases of 5 middle school children identified “writing-images” in which children experiment with drawn forms of letters and numbers prior to learning to read. Opportunities to work with writing-images in AETenable the child to reclaim the learning potential of an early developmental “writing-image”phase.  \nIntroduction  \nThe aim of the research described in this article was to design, study, and test a therapeutic method that would facilitate coursework learning as well as enhance the emotional well-being of children with learning difficulties who had experienced stress or trauma (Ottarsdottir, 2005) . In this article, “learning difficulties” refers to difficulties in mastering school coursework for a variety of reasons.1 A result of the study is a new therapeutic method, which I have named “art educational therapy” (AET) . In AET, coursework is integrated into art therapy within the conceptual frameworks of both art therapy and educational therapy. Educational therapy as applied in AET is a therapeutic method that combines psychological insight with a focus on the emotional blocks that impair learning (e.g., Beaumont, 1991; Caspari Foundation, n.d) . In AET, artwork serves as a basis for integrating such coursework into art therapy as reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, geography, poetry, and foreign language learning.  \nThe importance of a “writing-image stage” in an educational and art therapeutic context was identified in the study, as well as the value of creating a way to regress educationally to that phase. “Writing-image” refers to drawn forms of letters and numbers. The writing-image stage  \n1 The term “specific learning difficulties” has been applied in earlier publications (Ottarsdottir, 2009) for the phenomenon that “learning difficulties” describes here.  \nEditor’s note: Unnur Ottarsdottir, PhD, ATR practices art educational therapy (AET) and art therapy in her private practice and conducts research at the Reykjavik Academy. She is the chair of the Icelandic Art Therapists’ Association. Correspondence concerning this article may be addressed to the author at unnur @[unnur.net](unnur.net).  \ntakes place when children make writing-images before learning to read.“Educational regression” describes the situation when a child goes back to earlier educational activity that he or she has missed or forgotten (Barrett & Trevitt, 1991) . In AET, the writing-image functions both as drawing within an art therapy approach where children work with their emotional conflicts and also as a place for educational regression in support of coursework learning.  \nReview of the Literature Art Educational Therapy  \nArt Educational Therapy (AET) is comprised of art therapy, educational therapy, and additional AET factors. The method is, to a large degree, psychodynamically oriented art therapy in which children spontaneously make art in order to work through their emotional conflicts (e.g., Rubin, 1999) . Educational therapy plays an important role in AET to explain the relationship between the emotional conflicts caused by stress or trauma and learning difficulties (e.g., Beaumont, 1991) . Certain elements that were specifically designed, studied, and tested through the research, such as the writing-image, are unique to the AET method and are not generally found in art therapy or educational therapy.  \nIn AET children freely choose what to work with in terms of art materials and coursework, and they are given space to discuss whatever topic they desire. The art materials are kept on the table beside them, so they may reach for them and begin to d","cbCaitSKSCrKcs4Q","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitSKSCrKcs4Q","pdf",291022,"English","# Introduction\n## Review of the Literature - Art Educational Therapy\n## Writing-Images\n## Educational Regression Through Writing-Images","[{\"question\":\"What is art educational therapy (AET) and what does it aim to achieve?\",\"answer\":\"AET integrates coursework into art therapy using frameworks from both art therapy and educational therapy. 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