Dramatherapy and Family Therapy in Education
Essential Pieces of the Multi-Agency Jigsaw
Penny McFarlane and Jenny Harvey
Foreword by Sue Jennings
Paperback: £18.99 / $29.95
2012, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-216-0, BIC 2: JNSL
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A collaborative therapeutic approach often proves the best way to assess and meet the needs of children experiencing barriers to learning. This book gives a concise overview of drama and family therapy and describes how both therapies can work together to provide essential pieces of the jigsaw of emotional support for troubled children within an educational setting.
Drawing on their own extensive experience, the authors give explanations of the models and techniques of their own specialist therapy, before exploring their joint work and innovative inclusion in a cooperative team of multi-disciplinary professionals. The book discusses the principles and protocols of a Multi Agency Support Team and looks at how the pieces come together in practice. Case studies are provided to illustrate the successful outcomes of this way of working, as well as the challenges it can present.
This book will be vital reading for all professionals working alongside children, families and schools, who are interested in addressing the needs of the child on a deeper and more sustainable level.
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Dramatherapy and Family Therapy: Essential Pieces of the Multi-Agency Jigsaw in Education – An Interview with Penny McFarlane and Jenny Harvey
13 February 2012
"...historically, the intervention for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties has generally been based on behaviour improvement on a cognitive level rather than looking at the meaning behind the behaviour. For a school to accept that a deeper understanding and interpretation of behavioural difficulties is necessary to meet a child’s needs on a sustainable level is a big leap of faith. Therapy is about change and the capacity to maintain changes, and this book can help allay the fears that prevent schools from embracing this mode of intervention."
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Creative Drama for Emotional Support
Activities and Exercises for Use in the Classroom
Penny McFarlane
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Keywords
- arts therapies,
- attachment,
- bereavement,
- challenging behaviour,
- child psychology,
- children,
- counselling,
- dramatherapy,
- educational psychology,
- families,
- grief,
- group psychotherapy,
- mainstream education,
- mental health,
- parenting,
- pastoral care,
- play,
- play therapy,
- psychotherapy,
- relationships,
- self esteem,
- storymaking,
- trauma
