اسب تروجان از خاک رس: هنر درمانی در یک مدرسه مسکونی برای نابینایان

Pergamon 0197-4556(95)00023-2 The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 229-234, 1995 Copyright 0 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0197-4556/95 $9.50 + .OO A TROJAN HORSE OF CLAY: ART THERAPY IN A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND UWE HERRMANN, Art Therapist, AT (CNAA), Dipl. Soz. Pad* The Institution The Landesbildungszentrum fur Blinde (LBZB) in Hanover is a state institution that offers school edu- cation and professional training for visually impaired people from the age of six to their late twenties or beyond. The term “blind” refers to people who have little or no useful vision as defined by the government disability act. This involves people who were born blind as well as people who lost their eyesight, some of them at a later stage of their lives when their ca- reers were well under way. The institution also schools blind people with multiple disabilities and terminal illnesses such as cancer or Batten’s disease, which will be discussed in more detail later. The cen- ter teaches about 240 people as day students or resi- dents, covering the north of Germany. It provides boarding facilities for 170 people who live in small residential groups and return to their families at the weekends. Art Therapy in the School for the Blind