Steven Hawkins

Dramatic Problem Solving (eBook, ePUB)

Drama-Based Group Exercises for Conflict Transformation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Engaging groups in drama is a highly effective way to break down barriers and build resilient teams. This concise book of drama-based exercises will be an invaluable tool for practitioners looking to facilitate conflict transformation and is applicable to a wide range of contexts and client groups. The dramatic problem solving approach is a sequential process, from welcoming exercises and forming agreements, to analysing the root problems and building on trust, culminating in the creation of a piece of drama. Each stage is accompanied by activities and illustrated with examples from the author's extensive experience.

This book will be an innovative resource for any professionals involved in groupwork including youthworkers, teachers, social workers, arts and family therapists, group psychotherapists, psychologists, school counsellors and community leaders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857006677
• Artikelnr.: 38239292

Autorenporträt

Steven T. Hawkins is the Founder and Director of Dramatic Problem Solving, which works with communities and groups to help them transform their conflict. He has a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a MSEd in Special Education and has worked with a diverse range of client groups and settings across South America. These include an urban squatters community in San Jose, clowning and theatre at SOS villages in Nicaragua, workshops with the BriBri indigenous people and short courses with public schools in rural Costa Rica through the CR Health Ministry. He now lives and works in Tamil Nadu, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. 1. Beginnings. 2. Defining the Problem. 3. Analyzing
the Issue. 4. What are the Root Causes of the Problem? 5. Creating Clarity
and Consensus. 6. Who is Involved in the Problem? 7. Creating the Dramatic
Piece. 8. Play Making. 9. Presentation. 10. Action Planning and Follow-up.
11. Warms-ups. 12. Closing Exercises. 13. Applications: DPS in La Carpio.
14. Conclusion. References. Index.