An educational program through art therapy was developed in order to analyze the effect of
enhancement of self-respect of the elderly focusing on life reminiscence technique. First of all, this study was designed to summarize the concepts of self-respect and the effects of art therapy with the life reminiscence technique from the literature review. The above identified knowledge and information were applied to developing the educational program. The program was composed of 6 sessions with 17 old men and women focused on developing positive self image using reminiscence on self-respect through their whole life span and accepting their old days. And enforcing and evaluation methods were also suggested. The results were as follows. This program showed the significant differences between post-test and pre-test scores in the scale of self-respect of the elderly. In conclusion, educational program through art therapy employed for this study has significant effects of increasing self-respect
of the elderly.
Key Words : self-respect of the elderly, educational program, art therapy, life reminiscence