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The New York State Education Department
Founded 1904 in Albany, NY -
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College of New Rochelle
Private Catholic college in New Rochelle New York
The College of New Rochelle has recently announced the permanent close of the college -
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Rawley A Silver
Born to Fred and Selma Apfelbaum -
Cornell University
Graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and studio art -
Smith College
Silver studies Social Work at Smith College -
'Art Therapy' term coined by Adrian Hill
British artist, Adrian Hill, coined the term -
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Marriage to Edmund P. Silver
Rawley and Edmund were married until his death in 2010. Their sons are Paul and Jonathan -
National Art Education Association
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Brown vs Board of Education
allows for all students to have access to public education regardless of race, disability and sex. -
Silver becoming deaf in both ears
Silver loses hearing in both ears due to a medical procedure that when awry. It was this moment that led her to volunteer as an art teacher in a school for the deaf. -
Charlie
Silver meets 'Charlie' a boy whose artwork convinced Silver that he had an intelligence unrecognized by the school. Due to meeting 'Charlie', Silver developed her predictive drawing tests of creativity to reveal nonverbal thinking. -
Columbia University
Silver graduates with Master of Arts in Fine Arts and Fine Arts Education -
The National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Integrated the arts as a part of the core education for all K-12 students by providing funding and grants for programs in art education. -
Columbia University
Silver receives her Doctorate of Education -
Chief investigator- New York Society for the Deaf
Silver becomes the Chief Investigator for New York Society for the Deaf on behalf of the US Education Bureau
1966-1967 -
Art Education graduates rise by 200 percent
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American Art Therapy Association-Founded
Professionals shared the belief that creativity and art were healing and life-enhancing created the association. This is the beginning split of Art Education and Art Therapy -
Continual desegregation in public schools in US
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Coordinator for New York State Department of Education
Silver worked as a project coordinator for the New York City Board of Education 1972-1973 -
U.S. National Institute of Education
Established within the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare -
Title 9
Title 9 challenged sex discrimination in the US -
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Silver at the College of New Rochelle
Silver is an Art Therapy research professor at the graduate school for the College of New Rochelle -
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
Created in response to discriminatory treatment by public educational agencies against students with disabilities -
American Art Therapy Association Research Award
Silver was the first recipient of the the award. She was awarded for her initial studies were published in the early 1960s. -
'Shout In Silence: Visual Arts and the Deaf
Traveling art show put on by the Smithsonian. The goal of the traveling exhibit was"to demonstrate that art can be especially helpful in the education of children who have communication disorders, providing opportunities for abstract thinking, imaginary play, and expression of thoughts and feelings that cannot be verbalized. A second aim is to show that the deaf have aptitudes, interests, and vocational opportunities in the visual arts that are largely unexplored." -
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President Jimmy Carter
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Silver publishes 'Developing Cognitive and Creative Skills Through Art'
Baltimore: University Park Press. -
Jimmy Carter creates the US Department of Education
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U.S. National Institute of Education
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Stimulus Drawings and Techniques in Therapy, Development and Assessment
The artifact I found in the Special Collections Library
Published by Trillium Books in Mamaroneck, New York -
Discipline-based Art Education created by J. Paul Getty Trust
DBAE focused on four categories in art education: aesthetics, art criticism, art history and art production. -
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Ronald Reagan
Unsuccessful in his attempt to eliminate the Education Department -
Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
Created in 1983 and currently printing new issues. -
Silver Reviews The Lowenfeld Lectures: Viktor Lowenfeld on Art Education and Therapy
Silver writes an article for the Journal of American Art Therapy Association reviewing Lowenfelds work, suggesting both art therapists and art educators should read his work -
The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story: Assessing Depression, Aggression and Cognitive Skills
Silver applies information and theories from her past works 'The Silver Drawing Test', 'Stimulus Drawings' and ideas from E. Paul Torrance's 'gifted and creative' work. -
Distinguished Alumni Award from Teachers College, Columbia University
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Silver in Retirement home in Maryland
Silver was relocated after the passing of her husband to Maryland, where one of her sons lived.
