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Developmental drama : dramatherapy approaches for people with profound or severe multiple disabilities, including sensory impairment / Mary Booker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Booker, Mary.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama--Therapeutic use.
- Drama.
- People with disabilities--Psychology.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Rehabilitation.
- Social interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction and acknowledgments
- The client group
- The aims of developmental drama
- The development of emotional intelligence
- Support staff in developmental drama
- Structures used in developmental drama
- Using the senses
- Elemental play
- Developing role play
- Interactive theatre
- The storytellers circle
- It's over to you.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-29153-3
- 9786613291530
- 0-85700-478-6
- OCLC:
- 749264915
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