The
present
Educational
Drama
classes
run
by
aspire,
is
a
joint
collaboration
between
Aspire
and
Dr.
Carmel
O’Sullivan
and
her
research
team
of
the
School
of
Education
,
Trinity
College
Dublin.
Dr.
O’Sullivan
and
her
team
have
been
investigating
the
use
of
drama
in
formal
and
non-formal
educational
settings
for
several
years.
Drama in Education offers a heuristic experience enabling personal, social and emotional growth, whilst providing the opportunity of enhanced understanding and decision making.
Data gathered to date conclusively demonstrates that educational drama provides a safe environment for young people with Asperger Syndrome and positively encourages and assists them in the development of their social and communication skills. Triangulated evidence from non-participant observation, video recording, parent interviews, participant focus group interviews, school observation and interviews with classroom teachers and resource teachers testifies to the success of this innovative methodology as an extremely positive contribution in their development with participants considerably enhancing their confidence, verbal and non-verbal language skills, social interaction with their peers.
At the end of the each programme, participants will have: -
- enhanced their self confidence and self esteem;
- improved their listening skills;
- learned how to respond appropriately to others in various situations;
- gained experience of seeking information through interaction with peers and others in group and one to one situations;
- worked collaboratively in pairs, small group and whole group scenarios;
- developed their imagination;
- improved their level of concentration
- developed skills in turn taking, problem solving and the ability to express their emotions;
- gained experience of making oral presentations to group members;
- improved their ability to maintain eye contact during social interactions;
- improved their ability to read and interpret non-verbal body language and tone of voice;
- expanded their visual literacy and improved ability to use vocal and facial expression;
- developed skills to cope with changing routines and sharing space with others;
Imaginative and engaging characters are presented in various dilemmas to the participants at the drama classes held each week between September and June at Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street in Dublin 7. Classes are run from September to June each year and consist of five classes with a total of fifty participants. Students are typically aged between 6 to 21 years.
---------------------------------------------------
Aspire
Membership
Form
Please
note
that
all
classes
will
take
place
in
the
Carmichael
Centre.
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If you have any further questions regarding the above, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Contact details:
Veronica
Leaney,
Education
Officer
for
Aspire,
Email:
education@aspireireland.ie
Phone:
01
8780029
