Sociodrama and Story in Childrens Groups
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Description
Sociodrama & Story in Childrens Groups
A group session for adults taught by Rebecca Walters of the Hunter Valley Psychodrama Institute and organised by Sharmini Winslow - Psychodrama Singapore - Be the Change
What is Sociodrama?
Sociodrama is a natural, powerful and playful method for helping children develop problem solving skills and try out new behaviors and roles.
It helps children learn how to self-regulate and develop impulse control as well as to safely and appropriately express strong feelings. Sociodrama and story can be used to address social issues that may arise in the classroom and on the playground such as fighting, bullying and intolerance. They can also be used to address the sorts of issues that commonly are addressed in counseling and therapy groups, such as dealing with abusive siblings, the death or divorce of parents, etc.
For more information please visit http://www.psychodramasingapore.org
It is a useful medium for teaching social skills and problem solving to students with diverse capabilities and challenges in a wide range of settings.
This professional training will offer participants the opportunity to learn adaptations of the sociodramatic method that work especially well with groups of children ages five though eleven.
Participants will explore, experience and practice sociodramatic structures and variations of sociodramatic action techniques that work with children such as:
- The Sociodramatic Empty Chair
- Solo Sociodramas
- Sociodramatic Role Reversal
- The Use of the Double
- Sociodramatic Dialogues
- Group Created Stories
- The Use of Newspapers and Current Events
- Rescue Fantasies and Sociodramatic Heroes
- Sociodramatic Scenes for Role Training for New Behavior
- Short Scene Work: Creative Drama and Sociodrama
- Use of Fairytale and Literature (bibliodrama)
Participants will also learn how to:
- Choose the Right Story for the Right Time
- Be an Effective Storyteller
- Design child friendly warm ups to challenging roles and difficult stories
- Devise rules that contribute to the working of the group
- Use action to support pro social behavior
- Address the needs of the quiet child
- Utilize the gifts of the highly verbal child
- Manage the disruptive child
- Set scenes with safety and containmen
THE TRAINER - Rebecca Walters, Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute
WHEN
25 – 27 November 2016 (Friday to Sunday)
6.30pm – 9.00pm (Fri)
9.00am – 5.00pm (Sat)
9.00am – 4.00pm (Sun)
Early Bird registration is until 24 November 2016
Prices stated on eventbrite already include 7% GST
Limited slots available, register today!
For more information visit For more information please visit http://www.psychodramasingapore.org or to contact the organiser, please email events@promises.com.sg or call +65 6397 6994
Organiser Sharmini Winslow
Organiser of Sociodrama and Story in Childrens Groups
Sharmini Winslow graduated from the University of California; Irvine with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, and from Monash University with a Masters in Counselling. Her experience in the fields of the Performing Arts and Counselling has led her to develop a dynamic and innovative form of experiential therapy.
Her past work experience includes Changi Women’s Prison, Raffles Counselling Centre, The We Care Centre, Singapore General Hospital, KK Hospital, The Rainbow Centre, Executives in Corporations and Banks, the Breast Cancer Foundation and Dayspring Girls’ Home.
Sharmini works to release stress in her clients and develop self awareness. Her experience also includes 14 years as a Pilates practitioner. Her recent training includes Psychodrama with members of ANZPA, the Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association. She is actively involved with the 12 step recovery process, using the principle of the Steps in her work with addicts.
Her workshops- “Life is a Dance when you do the Steps” was included at an International conference in Scotland. Sharmini’s eclectic style of counselling and therapy in her Personal Growth Groups includes elements of body work, role play and the creative arts.
