Drama for Students with Special Needs
Building group trust or self confidence, to teach self awareness, body awareness and self-expression.
Sometimes there is a book that simply offers what it says it offers – and to me this looks like one case in point. It is a book of lesson plans for teachers who wish to work using drama with children with special needs.
Now it may be there is a whole raft of such books out there – if so I wish you would let me know – but for the moment, I’m going to recommend this one as it does seem to offer what is needed.
It is comprehensive (180 A4 pages) in which the lessons can be used as one-off sessions but can also build into schemes of work.
There are lessons intended for students with moderate learning difficulties as well as those with disabilities, who might participate in sessions with a support worker.
The book has been written with basic KS3 skills in mind, in particular through the development of literacy skills, as well as basic drama skills. However it can be equally be used towards other aims: for example, to build group trust or self confidence, to teach self awareness, body awareness and self-expression.
Drama for Students with Special Needs is available as a photocopiable ringbinder or on CD Rom which can itself be copied or loaded onto the school’s learning platform or intranet.
It is not going to be for everyone or for every child of course, but it has such a range of materials in it that I suspect everyone is going to find something of interest.
Cat No: 978 1 86083 790 6 Order code: T1689emn – please quote with order.
Sample pages can be viewed at http://www.pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/spneeds/T1689.pdf
Photocopiable report in a ring binder, £29.95 plus £3.95 delivery
CD with school-wide rights: £29.95 plus £3.95 delivery
Both the Ring Binder and the CD £36.94 plus £3.95 delivery
Prices include VAT.
You can purchase the report…
By post to First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Way, Corby, NN17 4HH
On the phone with a school order number at 01536 399 011
By fax to 01536 399 012
On line with a credit card at http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=501
