"Using extensive examples from practice with a range of client groups, Dramatherapy and Autism confronts the assumption that people with autism are not able to function within the metaphorical realms of the imagination and creativity. It demonstrates that not only are people who function along the spectrum capable of engaging in creative exploration, but that through encountering these processes in the clinical context of dramatherapy, c ..."
"Using extensive examples from practice with a range of client groups, Dramatherapy and Autism confronts the assumption that people with autism are not able to function within the metaphorical realms of the imagination and creativity. It demonstrates that not only are people who function along the spectrum capable of engaging in creative exploration, but that through encountering these processes in the clinical context of dramatherapy, c ..."
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to the involvement of teachers, the multi-disciplinary team and families. This professional book offers a ..."
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to the involvement of teachers, the multi-disciplinary team and families. This professional book offers a ..."
"Dr Josée Leclerc, Director, Art Therapy Master's program, Concordia University,
Montreal 'This is an essential book for all those working with children in
education and therapy...The research has been conducted with absolute rigour
that ..."
"In order for autism to be present in a girl, more genetic mutations are required (
Dawson, 2013). Another hypothesis as to the cause is the effect of foetal
testosterone (fT) on the unborn child. In pregnancy, there is a surge in
testosterone between 8 and 24 weeks. This is believed to increase the growth of
the right hemisphere of the brain, which deals with systemising, patterning and
structures, thereby slowing the development of ..."
"Maria Hodermarska in Chapter 9, 'Mother, son and then some: on autism,
dramatic reality and relationship', writes from the perspective of a dramatherapist
who is also the mother of a 21yearold son on the autistic spectrum. She
describes how dramatic roles have been integral to developing his sense of self.
Exploration of masculinity continues in Adrian Benbow's Chapter 10, with 'Being
men: men, Asperger's and dramatherapy'. Here, B ..."
"Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning Lauraine Leigh,
Irvine Gersch, Ann Dix, Deborah Haythorne. and listening to and essentially
supporting teachers in their work. The aim of this work is largely preventive ...
Goodman, R., Meltzer, H., and Bailey, V. (1998) `The Strengths and Dif®culties
Questionnaire: A pilot study on the validity of the self-report version'. European
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 7: 125 ..."
"... Deborah Haythorne, Daniel Mercieca and Emma Ramsden The right of Phil Jones, Lynn Cedar, Alyson Coleman, Deborah Haythorne, Daniel Mercieca and Emma Ramsden to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in ..."
"The book is part of the Dramatherapy: approaches, relationships, critical ideas series, in which leading practitioners and researchers in the field develop the knowledge base of this unique discipline, whilst contextualising and ..."
Child Agency and Voice in Therapy New Ways of Working in the Arts Therapies (Paperback) by Phil Jones Paperback, Published 2020 by Routledge 2020-11-24 ISBN-13: 978-0-367-86162-9, ISBN: 0-367-86162-3