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Learning Through Drama for Children with Special Educational Needs

  • Saturday 17th March 2012
  • Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
Learning through Drama for Children with Special Educational Needs

Course Tutor: Dr Melanie Peter, Senior Lecturer in Education, Anglia Ruskin University.

This practical course explores the importance of drama for enabling all children - including those with Special Educational Needs (SEN) - to learn through imagined experience. The day is suitable for those working in inclusive mainstream primary settings and those working in special schools.

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Primary Drama Courses

The Tutor

Melanie Peter

Dr Melanie Peter has worked in special education for over 20 years, and is currently Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University where she is in charge of teacher training for Inclusion and SEN. She is widely known for her innovative work using drama and the arts, and has published a number of books based on her research and extensive experience, including 'Developing Play & Drama in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders' (co-written with Dave Sherratt, 2002), and recent articles on-line.

She advises on drama in the curriculum at policy level, and contributes regularly on conferences and training events. A former Advisory Teacher, Melanie has expertise also in movement and dance, and is the educational consultant for CBBC's highly successful early years dance show, Boogie Beebies!

Drama Courses

Since 2005 Drama Resource has offered a range of high quality training opportunities to hundreds of teachers, teaching assistants, drama practitioners, actors and directors. Courses on drama in education explore the role of drama techniques to use across the curriculum. Courses on directing and devising theatre use exciting and creative approaches to developing group performance.  All courses are highly practical and supported by course notes, enabling participants to easily adapt the approaches for their own use.

What They Said

Comments received about this course in 2009, 2010 and 2011:

  • A really useful day that has given me loads of ideas. It has made me excited about teaching drama again.
  • It really enabled me to appreciate how difficult some SEN pupils may find drama and how to work to overcome boundaries.
  • I was amazed by the wide range of activities that can be brought to life using teacher in role.
  • I found the whole day very useful and full of practical ideas. Melanie is an excellent expert!
  • I thought the day was very useful for me as an NQT.
  • I was very impressed with the breadth and depth of Melanie's knowledge.
  • I enjoyed the day and feel full of ideas to take back to Leeds City College.
  • Lots of ideas to use across the curriculum. I now have some ideas the children will love.
  • Gained a lot of ideas on how to engage and control sessions.
  • Thank you for a fantastic inspiring day. Loved every minute of it!
  • Well presented - superb.
  • An inspiring facilitator.

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