Creative Drama for Emotional Support

Creative Drama for Emotional Support
Author: Penny McFarlane
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1849052514

Using drama in the classroom is an effective way of supporting a child's social and emotional development. This book details how drama can provide appropriate avenues for dealing with the issues that affect children and provides a wealth of captivating drama-based activities that will help the child to overcome their problems.

Drama for the Inclusive Classroom

Drama for the Inclusive Classroom
Author: Sally Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000367592

Incorporate drama and improvisation into your classroom to build confidence, support social-emotional learning, and engage every student in the curriculum. This book’s detailed and easy-to-implement chapters walk you through using drama to develop critical listening and communication skills, conflict resolution abilities, behavior regulation, and even grow new skills in math, literature, geography, and more! Each chapter builds on the skills learned in previous lessons, allowing you to increase the complexity as students progress. Designed for use with inclusive classrooms as well as dedicated special education programs, this guide features adaptable activities to include students at every ability level.

Creative Drama Groupwork for People with Learning Difficulties

Creative Drama Groupwork for People with Learning Difficulties
Author: Anna Chesner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-01-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429942214

The revised second edition of this practical manual is filled with easy-to-follow exercises and activities designed to facilitate creative drama sessions for people with learning difficulties. The activities in this book bring together music, theatre, movement and storytelling to not only develop fun and engaging group sessions, but to build confidence, increase self-esteem, and develop social and emotional awareness in group members. Highly sensitive to the range of learning needs and physical abilities of group members, the activities have been created to be engaging for a broad range of individuals regardless of age and ability, and can be adapted for use in a multitude of sectors such as education, psychology and speech and language therapy. Key features of this edition include: • New chapters exploring mindfulness, and the importance of reflection • Fully photocopiable resources including a session notes template to evaluate the impact of the creative drama group and collect useful data for the writing of reports • Activities organised around key elements of creative drama, such as sensory work, life skills role-play, improvisation and de-roling With its wealth of guidance, practical and adaptable activities and easy-to- follow structure, this is an invaluable resource for anybody leading or supporting children, young people and adults in creative drama.

Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond

Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond
Author: Nellie McCaslin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781292042800

Encouraging both teacher and student imagination and expression, the eighth edition of this classic text helps future teachers integrate drama into the classroom and introduces students to a variety of genres and strategies, including mime, play structure, improvisation, and using drama in the special education curriculum. Unlike other texts, McCaslin focuses on drama as an art form as well as a teaching tool.

Acting Up

Acting Up
Author: Ryan F. Shallat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: