Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights

Joining the Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights online seminar offers a range of benefits for learners, regardless of their background or experience.

🏷️ Only £70 per month
⏱️ Duration: 2 hours per week for 10 months
👨‍🏫 Taught by human instructor
💻 Remote Live learning
📖 Free study notes and resources
🎓 Option to receive a certificate of completion

Information About the Seminar: Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights
Mode of Delivery

Important! The seminar: Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights at OnSeminars is unlike any other online course you might find. It is not a pre-recorded “canned” programme with outdated videos, notes, or hastily prepared PowerPoint slides that may have been created years ago. Instead, this seminar is live, delivered by a human instructor in real time, giving you the opportunity to interact directly with them, discuss any questions you have, and experience the benefits of a traditional classroom setting—all from the comfort of your own space.

Conducted entirely through remote learning, this seminar allows you to participate live, actively, and interactively in real time. If an unexpected event prevents you from attending a session, or if you’d like to revisit previous lessons from your course, you can access recorded videos of your sessions to watch at your convenience, as many times as you’d like. Additionally, you’ll be provided with rich study notes and resources to support your learning journey, ensuring you have all you need to succeed.

We Provide You With:

🎓 High-quality training delivered by human instructor, not through automated platforms
👨‍🏫 Live remote learning
💻 Option to access recorded sessions at your convenience, as many times as you’d like
📝 Free comprehensive study notes and resources
✎ Opportunity to participate in assessments to earn a certificate with a knowledge evaluation, enhancing your CV for the job market

Who It’s For:

The Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights seminar is designed for adults aged 18 and above who are interested in exploring the fascinating world of children’s artwork and its psychological significance. It’s suitable for anyone eager to learn how drawings can reveal a child’s emotions, thoughts, and experiences, but it’s particularly valuable for educators, parents, childcare professionals, and psychologists who work closely with children and want to deepen their ability to understand and support their emotional and developmental needs through creative expression.

Benefits for Participants

Joining the Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights seminar offers a range of benefits for learners, regardless of their background or experience. This seminar provides a deep understanding of how children’s drawings can reveal their emotions, thoughts, and developmental stages, equipping participants with practical tools to interpret and respond to these creative expressions. One of the key advantages is gaining specialised skills that can be applied in professional settings, such as in education, childcare, psychology, and counselling. By learning to analyse children’s artwork, participants can better support children’s emotional well-being and address their needs more effectively.

Moreover, this seminar helps develop essential skills, including observation, interpretation, and empathic understanding. Participants will learn how to identify signs of emotional distress or developmental challenges through drawings, enhancing their ability to provide meaningful support.

Equally important is the growth of emotional intelligence and communication skills. By understanding the hidden meanings in children’s artwork, participants will improve their ability to connect with children on a deeper level, fostering stronger relationships and creating a supportive environment. These skills are invaluable for both personal growth and professional development, strengthening the participant’s CV and enhancing their career prospects in fields related to child development and psychology.

Syllabus – Seminar Modules

The Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights seminar covers a comprehensive range of topics, providing a deep dive into the theories, practices, and real-world applications of these fields. The modules include:

• Stages of child development
• Graphomotor developmental stages
• Behaviourism and learning
• Why do children draw?
• What does a child’s drawing “tell” us?
• Children’s drawings as a form of non-verbal communication
• Children’s drawings as a projective tool (children’s thoughts and emotions)

• Development according to age
– 1-3 years: Scribbling – analysis of scribbles
– 3-5 years: First drawings – analysis of early drawings
– 5-7 years: The pre-schematic stage
– 7-9 years: The schematic stage
– 9-11 years: The stage of emerging realism
– 11 years and above: Towards maturity in children’s drawings
• Distinguishing children’s drawings: The criterion of gender

• Preliminary actions
• Chaotic expression in children
• Drawing as a defence mechanism
• Pictorial representation
• Artistic creation

• Pencil grip
• Shapes and lines: Analysis and explanation
• Images and symbols: Analysis and explanation
• Children’s drawings and learning difficulties

• The social child through their drawings
• The shy child through their drawings

• Psychometric tools
• The human figure test
• The house test
• The tree test
• The family test
• Decoding children’s drawings
• Detecting child abuse
• Art therapy
• Examples and analyses of real children’s drawings

Important! There are no mandatory assignments or tests required during seminar

What Is the Duration of the Seminar?

The Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights seminar runs for 2 hours each week over a period of 10 months, totaling 40 two-hour sessions.

Seminar Start Information

The Understanding Children’s Drawings: Analysis and Insights seminar will begin once the registration period (noted at the top of this page) is complete. Following this, the days and times of the sessions will be scheduled in consultation with all registered participants to ensure the timetable works for everyone.

💡 Register early to secure your spot and start with the next available group—or choose a later group that suits you!
💡 If, for any reason, you’re unable to continue attending the seminar, you won’t be required to pay for the months you don’t attend.

Seminar Fee and Booking Information

Registration:
Free

Seminar Fee:
Only £70 per month

💡 Register early to secure your place!
💡 Your spot is confirmed upon payment of the first month’s fee.

Complete the expression of interest form below to find out more!

Upon Completion of the Seminar, You Have the Following Options:

📜 Option 1: Receive a free certificate of attendance from OnSeminars, which will be sent to your email.

📜 Option 2: Participate in optional assessments (at a cost of £100) to earn a certificate with a detailed evaluation of your knowledge. This certificate validates your learning, enhances your CV, and increases your effectiveness in the job market. It will be sent to your email.

💡 Both the certificate of attendance and the detailed certificate are issued by OnSeminars.
🏅Participants who excel in the assessments will also receive a Certificate of Excellence, further strengthening their CV.

Complete the form below, and we’ll contact you to discuss any information you need about the seminar.

Interest Form

Form Code: ONS-3