Drama Therapy with Children. The Pleasure of Play

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Emphasizing the play leader's role in facilitating growth and change, this film features drama therapy pioneer Dr. Eleanor Irwin, a co-founder of the National Association for Drama Therapy. As a licensed psychologist Dr. Irwin has helped countless young patients find creative ways to express themselves and achieve emotional healing through dramatic play. She has also taught and written widely about drama therapy, helping to raise awareness of the life-affirming power that comes from acting out stories, scenarios, feelings, and experiences. This 1982 film, updated here with new material, shows various drama therapists at work in residential schools, rehabilitation centers, and outpatient clinics as they help children who have neurological, cognitive, sensory, and emotional disabilities.