Creativity and community among autism-spectrum youth : creating positive social updrafts through play and performance /: creating positive social updrafts through play and performance. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Smagorinsky, editor.
• Editors: Smagorinsky, Peter
• Contents: Introduction / Peter Smagorinsky ; Toward a social understanding of mental health / Peter Smagorinsky ; Adaptation as a reciprocal dynamic / Peter Smagorinsky -- Part II: Deliberately crafted activity settings. Social therapy and family play / Christine LaCerva ; Shakespeare and autism : reenvisioning expression, communication, and inclusive communities / Robin Post ; We don't want to fit in : a reflection on the revolutionary inclusive theater practices of the Miracle Project and actionplay for adolescents on the autism spectrum / Aaron Feinstein ; The DisAbility Project : a model for autism-­specific creativity and civic engagement within the broader context of difference / Joan Lipkin, Marcy Epstein, Paula Heller, and Peter Smagorinsky ; Curious incidents : pretend play, presence, and performance pedagogies in encounters with autism / Nicola Shaughnessy -- Part III: Mainstream activity niches. The collaborative online anime community as positive social updraft / Leslie S. Cook and Peter Smagorinsky ; Composing poetry and a writer's identity : positive social updrafts in a community of writers / Christine M. Dawson ; An autistic life, animated through the world of Disney : a loving autoethnography / Peter Smagorinsky.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 150; Psychology; Theater; Social service; Cultural studies; Clinical health psychology; Community psychology; Environmental psychology; Applied psychology; Social work; Psychology, clinical; PSYCHOLOGY -- Reference; Theater; Social service; Psychology; Environmental psychology; Clinical health psychology; Community psychology; Social Science -- Social Work; Psychology -- Applied Psychology; Performing Arts -- Theater -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Arts & Humanities; Social work; Health psychology; Theatre studies; Cultural studies; Teaching of a specific subject; Psychology -- Social Psychology; Social, group or collective psychology; Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology; Social Work; Health Psychology; Theatre and Performance Studies; Cultural Studies; Creativity and Arts Education; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137547972; 1137547979
• Related ISBNs: 1137547960; 9781137547965
• Notes: Note: Includes index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.