Some Ideas on Introducing Dance-Drama Therapy to Children with Special Needs

You yourself could use dance drama therapy sessions as an opportunity to work on problems or to encourage certain aspects of behaviour. Even educational themes like numbers or spelling coud be used as a topic Creating a dance drama for children with special needs allows them to create their own dialogue. Children with hearing or speech problems can sign their parts....

Wheelchair Dancing and Your Child with Special Needs

I constantly emphasize that my dance and movement therapy experiences have been with children who have very profound physical, emotional or learning difficulties.

.The children in wheelchairs were totallly integrated with those who did not have mobility problems. ...

Puppets Help Children to Reveal their Deepest Feelings

If you have not already done so how about exploring using puppets at home with the kids. The aim of my suggestion is not first and foremost educational but theraputic. The aim is to work at achieving greater harmony between Mind-Body-and-Spirit. ...