Drama therapy and storymaking in special education. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paula Crimmens.
• Other Names: Crimmens, Paula
• Contents: Getting started. Assessing the level of the group. Working within the classroom environment. Teaching staff how to support the sessions. Creating the culture of the sessions -- The use of traditional stories. The rationale behind the use of traditional stories. Guidelines for choosing traditional stories. Where to find appropriate stories. The use of props as aids to comprehension, participation and enjoyment. The use of song. Allocating roles in the story. Structuring the sessions -- The importance of consideration for others. The bell of Hamana. The children and the thunder god. The umbrella tree. Rata -- Dealing with change. The giant who sits on the tide. Maui and the sun. The windmaker -- Working as a team. The thunder of the four colours. The bog people. Hemi and the whale. The healing waters -- The theme of trickery and stealing. Jack and the beanstalk. King Arthur's gold. Maui's search for fire. Raven and the light -- Stories of a special child. Momotaro. The birth of Maui. Evening star, morning star -- The unlikely heroes. Grandmother spider. The first sail. Yukos and the monster. Solomon and the bee -- Competitiveness. Atalanta and the golden apples. Tarantula and swift runner. Paikea -- Trust. Psyche and Amor. Vassilisa. Kahakura -- Devising stories -- Storyboard stories : using visuals with students with autism -- Research study.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 616.89/165; DRAMA / General; Teaching Of Specific Groups & Persons With Special Educational Needs; Learning disabled children -- Education; Drama -- Therapeutic use; Children with disabilities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846424861; 1846424860
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