Synopses & Reviews
This book sets out the main theoretical and practical approaches of the therapeutic techniques using the medium of drama to work specifically with abused children. It discusses how children use play as a method of investigation and rehearsing for reality and illustrates how role-play is a means of discovering a child's intellectual and emotional development. It reveals how children develop particular responses and behaviour patterns as a result of being abused, with 'victim' and 'controlling' behaviour being the most common. There are chapters on working with children of different ages, gender, race and culture, on the need to work with the families of these children, and on the practicalities of therapeutic work. The book ends with an evaluation of the research done around the world using methods from psychodrama and dramatherapy.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.