Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education

Many aspects of drama therapy make it an ideal technique to use with students with special learning needs. This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students attending special needs schools, including those with attention deficit disorder, autism and Asperger syndrome, and students with multiple disabilities. Paula Crimmens places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy and offers practical advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. She shows how story sessions can address issues of self-esteem and self-mastery, and how their use in groups is invaluable for building social and communication skills. The book includes traditional stories from around the world as session material, and includes guidance on how to devise stories relevant to older students, as well as a review of recent research into the effectiveness of drama therapy in engaging and retaining the attention of students with an intellectual disability.

ISBN 1843102919   Pages 224 ISBN13 9781843102915 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Weight (grammes) 327 Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 233 Publication date 22 Feb 2006   Width (mm) 159 Library of Congress 2006004551   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 371.904399   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Getting started		18
2		The use of traditional stories		27
3		Helping others		40
4		Dealing with change		62
5		Working as a team		72
6		Trickery and stealing		85
7		Stories of a special child		100
8		Unlikely heroes		114
9		Competitiveness		129
10		Trust		141
11		Devising stories : a guide to using stories to explore themes in everyday life		154
12		Using a visual storyboard with students with autism		165
13		Drama therapy and engaging the attention of students with an intellectual disability : a research study		171

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