Gifted and Talented School Activities for Students With Special Educational Needs Through Drama Therapy

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Author(s): Jiaojiao Wu (School of Teachers, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, China)and Jana Vomočilová (Faculty of Education, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 21
Source title: Handbook of Research on Software for Gifted and Talented School Activities in K-12 Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shigeru Ikuta (Otsuma Women's University, Japan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1400-9.ch013

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / K-12 Education

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This chapter checks the background, brief history, theoretical base of drama therapy in the beginning, followed by introduction of the developmental process and seven stages of drama therapy. An example of evidence-based practice of drama therapy for a group of students with special educational needs in a wide range of settings and ended with a list of gifted and talented school activities was illustrated in the subsection of the main focus of the chapter. This heterogenous group included students with learning disability, intellectual and developmental disability, autistic spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and Down's syndrome. Research findings indicate that gifted and talented school activities through drama therapy has been especially effective with their verbal and non-verbal expression, social skills using, efficient communication, cooperation, self-confidence, and flexibility.

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