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This book explores the benefits of incorporating play and drama into the education of children with autistic spectrum disorders. The authors provide a practical framework for implementing these approaches and discuss the psychology and pedagogy of autism in relation to play and drama. They also provide numerous examples of how these techniques can be applied in everyday learning situations.
Learning through play is a well-established principle that underpins much educational practice, yet it is often overlooked in association with children with autistic spectrum disorders. This book considers the wide-ranging benefits of developing play and taking it into drama with these children. The authors demonstrate how to implement such approaches via a highly practical, structured developmental framework, within which participants may gradually learn to be creative, and discuss the psychology and pedagogy of autism in relation to play and drama, connecting them to everyday learning situations using a wealth of examples.
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