Analysis of scientific approaches to considering the potential of cinema therapy in working with children with mental disabilities. Part 2. Integrated sociological analysis of the theoretical bases of casework

Abstract

The issue of the effect of cinema therapy on children with mental disabilities is relevant for modern sociological and psychological theory and practice. The scientific problem consists in the contradiction between the needs of social practice in applying effective social and psychological technologies in working with children with mental disabilities, on the one hand, and the lack of development of methodological and technological foundations for helping such minors, on the other. The aim of the study is to analyze various approaches, theories and concepts of cinema therapy, which could be applied in working with children with mental disorders. The methods used are the following: a comparative method; a comparative and historical method; a comprehensive analysis; synthesis; systematization; typologization. The results of the research showed that B. Wooder’s scientific concepts (getting rid of emotional problems through the use of specially selected feature films realized in specific film genres) and A. Meneghetti’s concepts (cinema therapy is deciphering figurative messages of film production and the implementation of adequate self-esteem, extraction and consolidation of the information received as a lesson) were the most universal for the introduction into socio-psychological practice. However, the use of these concepts places high demands on a cinema therapist, motivating him to constantly improve his own practice and to take into account the type of mental deviations.

Keywords

• кинотерапия
• арт-терапия
• дети
• психические отклонения
• социальная технология
• психотехнология
• cinema therapy
• art therapy
• children
• mental disorders
• social technology
• psychotechnology