Exceptional children's education is an educational approach designed to meet the learning and developmental needs of the exceptional children. Various therapies are widely used in the field of exceptional children's education, among which Mandala Painting Therapy, as an integrative therapy combining the art of painting and psychotherapy, is able to help exceptional children overcome difficulties and achieve comprehensive development. This review will explore the definition, principles and effects of mandala drawings therapy in the education of exceptional children. Mandala painting therapy has a positive effect on emotional regulation, cognitive development and social ability of children with special needs, etc. There are fewer studies on the application of mandala painting therapy in the field of education of children with special needs in China, this paper reviews the advantages and shortcomings of mandala drawings as an aid to the education of children with special needs, and makes a corresponding outlook on the future development.

Kaiyu Lu, Shuiping Jie, Haoyuan Shen, Xianglian Yu. A Review of Mandala Drawing Therapy in the Education of Children with Special Needs. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 4: 119-124. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2024.060421.

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