Developmental Drama, 9781849052351
Paperback
Unlock connection and growth: Drama therapy for profound disabilities.

Developmental Drama

dramatherapy approaches for people with profound or severe multiple disabilities, including sensory impairment

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2011

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Summary

Unlocking Potential: Drama Therapy for Profound Disabilities

People living with severe or profound multiple disabilities (PMLD) can often struggle to connect with the world around them. This book shows how, through enjoying dramatic interaction, they can develop their communication skills, learn to deal with emotions more effectively, and gain a greater understanding of their physical and social environment.

This guide presents a variety of ways in which drama can be used as…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849052351
ISBN-10:1849052352
Author:Mary Adelaide Booker, Mary Booker
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:14 September 2011
Weight:240g
Dimensions:232mm x 152mm x 8mm
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Critics Review

Her insight into engaging key workers by giving them roles they will consider valuable is not rocket science, but rather another indication fo the intuitive nature of Mary’s style which is evident throughout the book. She writes from the viewpoint of experience as well as that of social anthropologist whose prime area of research is the human body and its use in communication. Mary is clear that not everything one needs is in the book, but she hopes that she has given the reader encouragement and the practitioner something to work on. I concur she has laid a fine foundation. – British Association of Play Therapy Magazine

About The Author

Mary Adelaide Booker

Mary Booker is a dramatherapist with over 25 years of experience working with a wide variety of client groups. She has been involved in the education of dramatherapists for 21 years and is currently the dramatherapy trainer on the University of Worcester’s MA in Dramatherapy in Exeter. Alongside this work she has spent 12 years teaching at a school for children and young people with visual impairment and complex needs. She obtained her MEd qualification from the University of Birmingham as a Specialist Multi-Sensory Impairment Teacher.

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