Art therapy is therapy using different types of art that can help students with developmental disabilities or abused and neglected children. Children can express repressed thoughts and emotions in a fun and relaxing way through artistic expression. By surveying a sample of 232 students from the Teacher and Pre-school Education courses, we gained insight to their interests, knowledge, attitudes and thoughts on art therapy. The results indicate that students have considerable knowledge of art therapy and its possibilities of application in working with younger, school-aged children. Students also show a high level of interest in art therapy, in acquiring new knowledge about art therapy and its use in an educational context, and have positive attitudes about the contribution and opportunities that art therapy provides in teaching. Students lack knowledge about the application of art therapy in working with children who have developmental difficulties. The results show that older students had the opportunity to get acquainted with art therapy and its application possibilities more than their younger colleagues. Teacher Education students stated that they did not have the opportunity to get acquainted with art therapy in comparison with Preschool Education students.