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Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy Inspiring Connection on the Autism Spectrum

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ISBN-10: 1849058407

ISBN-13: 9781849058407

Edition: 2011

Authors: Lee R. Chasen, Robert J. Landy

List price: $21.99
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Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy explains and illustrates a clinically-proven approach to social and emotional development which is rooted in the concepts and practices of drama therapy. It presents an engaging and playful drama therapy program which encourages children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to interact and connect with others, leading to the development of important social, emotional, and expressive language skills. The author presents a series of vignettes which demonstrate how drama therapy techniques may be used with children with ASD, and the impact they may have on their ability to interact and connect with others. Providing useful background…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Limited
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Foreword: Mirrors and Bridges
Introduction: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Behind the Scenes: Theoretical Constructs
Dramatic Encounters
Matthew
Jason
Kenny
James
David
Janet
Engaging the Pervasive Developmental Disorders
The diagnoses
Possible causes
Treatment approaches
Developmental considerations
Positive intervention
Back through the looking glass
Drama: Mirroring the Neurological Soul
Reflection for the ages
Drama is therapy
Process Reflective Enactment
Theatre, drama and PDD children
Center Stage: Theory in Action
Constructing a Drama-Therapy Approach to Social Skills
Space and materials
Roles of leadership
Group protocols and interventions
Proces-oriented social skills: Three layers of engagement
Revisiting Aristotle
Recognition: Establishing Roles
Orientation
Naming Names
Greeting Others/Saying Hello
Listening and Responding to Greetings
Unity: Building Ensemble
Finding Myself
Noticing Others
Character: Reflecting Goodness and Appropriateness
Sharing My World
Finding Matches
Plot: Organizing Events
Working and Playing Together
Lights! Camera! Action! Putting It All Together
Movie Day
Diction and Reasoning: Social Scripting, Facial Cues and Body Language
Reunion and Reconnection
Interpreting and Responding to Nonverbal Cues
On the Right Track-Building Conversation
Complication and Resolution: Interactive Language Skills
The Right Words in the Right Place at the Right Time
Stay to Play or Walk Away?
Director's Chair-Asserting Social Language and Solving Problems
Comedy and Plot: Broadening Perspectives and Constructing Solutions
What's So Funny?
Lights! Camera! Action! Putting It All Together Again
Movie Day, The Sequel
Actions and Life: Simulating Events
My Slory
How to Be a Real Winner
Calling All Friends!
Out to Lunch
Roll with It
Reversal: Individualized Scripting
Power Videos
Episodic Outline: Tools for Reflection and Celebration
Yearbooks
Sharing Memories
Reflections: I See You
References
Subject Index
Author Index