$50.00 Individual Use $95.00 Institutional Use play film

DRAMA THERAPY WITH DISABLED CHILDREN

Introduction (9 min.)
Eleanor C. Irwin, Ph.D., RDT, TEP

The Pleasure of Play (18 min.)
Eleanor C. Irwin, Ph.D., RDT, TEP

“The children in this film show a deep investment
in all aspects of the learning process”
Nancy Curry, Ph.D. Chair, Program in Child Development, University of Pittsburgh

This film shows portions of sessions conducted by five drama therapists who work with special needs children both individually and in groups. Featured are youngsters with severe neurological and cognitive difficulties, preadolescents who are blind or partially sighted, and children with emotional problems. Improvisation, role-play, puppetry, sandplay, and other forms of spontaneous drama are depicted.

Sensitive therapists help children to enlarge their communication skills, strengthen their cognitive and affective abilities, and build bridges between their inner worlds and the reality of their everyday lives. Their dreams, hopes, traumas, pleasures, and anxieties become the core of the drama therapy experiences.

Preschool Group with Retarded Children (18 min.)
Ed Lilley, MSW
This complete drama therapy session with retarded preschool age children
illustrates various techniques used by the therapist to stimulate creativity.

Total Running Time: 45 minutes, 8 seconds

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