Lee R. Chasen

Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy (eBook, ePUB)

Inspiring Connection on the Autism Spectrum

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drama therapy provides valuable opportunities for children on the autism spectrum to interact and connect with others in a fun, supportive environment. The innovative model of drama therapy described in this book is rooted in neuroscience, and designed specifically to develop social, emotional and expressive language skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Lee R. Chasen provides an accessible explanation of the theoretical foundations, concepts and techniques that make up the approach, and describes in detail a thirty-session drama therapy program which uses creative and playful tools such as guided play, sociometry, puppetry, role-play, video modeling and improvisation. Scenarios drawn from his own practice provide useful insights into the practicalities of setting up and running such a program, as well as into how children's social, emotional and expressive language skills deepen through their immersion in this unique approach.

This book will be of interest to drama and creative arts therapists, as well as teachers, school psychologists, counsellors and other professionals who work with children with autism spectrum disorders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857003454
• Artikelnr.: 38400933

Autorenporträt

Lee R. Chasen, PhD, RDT, LCAT, is the Founding Director of Kid Esteem Inc., a non-profit organisation dedicated to the social and emotional vitality and empowerment of children, families, schools, and communities. His groundbreaking work at Kid Esteem Inc. has been featured in Newsday, The New York Times, News 12 television and syndicated radio stations across the USA. A drama therapist in private practice, Lee is based in Long Island, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Mirrors and Bridges. Introduction: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.
Part I-Behind the Scenes: Theoretical Constructs. 1. Dramatic Encounters.
Matthew. Jason. Kenny. James. David. Janet. 2. Engaging the Pervasive
Developmental Disorders. The diagnoses. Possible causes. Treatment
approaches. Developmental considerations. Positive intervention. Back
through the looking glass. 3. Drama: Mirroring the Neurological Soul.
Reflection for the ages. Drama is therapy. Process reflective enactment.
Theatre, drama and PDD children. Part II-Center Stage: Theory in Action. 4.
Constructing a Drama Therapy Approach to Social Skills. Space and
materials. Roles of leadership. Group protocols and interventions.
Process-oriented social skills: Three layers of engagement. Revisiting
Aristotle. 5. Recognition: Establishing Roles. Orientation. Session
1:Naming names. Session 2: Greeting others/saying hello. Session 3:
Listening and responding to greetings. 6. Unity: Building Ensemble. Session
4: Finding myself. Session 5: Noticing others. 7. Character: Reflecting
Goodness and Appropriateness. Session 6: Sharing my world. Session 7:
Finding matches. 8. Plot: Organizing Events. Session 8: Working and playing
together. Session 9: Lights! Camera! Action! Putting it all together.
Session 10: Movie day. 9. Diction and Reasoning: Social Scripting, Facial
Cues and Body Language. Session 11: Reunion and reconnection. Session 12:
Interpreting and responding to nonverbal cues. Session 13: On the right
track-Building conversation. 10. Complication and Resolution: Interactive
Language Skills. Session 14: The right words in the right place at the
right time. Session 15: Stay to play or walk away? Sessions 16-17:
Director's Chair-Asserting social language and solving problems.11. Comedy
and Plot: Broadening Perspectives and Constructing Solutions. Session 18:
What's so funny? Session 19: Lights! Camera! Action! Putting it all
together again. Session 20: Movie day the sequel. 12. Actions and Life:
Simulating Events. Session 21: My story. Session 22: How to be a real
winner. Session 23: Calling all friends! Session 24: Out to lunch. Session
25: Roll with it. 13. Reversal: Individualized Scripting. Sessions 26-28:
Power videos. 14. Episodic Outline: Tools for Reflection and Celebration.
Session 29: Yearbooks. Session 30: Sharing memories. 15. Reflections: I See
You. References. Index.