Using Art and Theatre process to tell stories, resolve conflicts and express oneself - Evan Hastings and Myra Saad along with Dr Dayaprasad try to actively explore experiences and interporsonal communication skills along with 25 adolescent boys and girls at a home care centre.
Date: 15/01/2011
Time: 2pm onwards
Venue: Home care centre, Bannerghatta Road.
Bios of facilitators:
Evan Hastings, MA, Adjunct Professor of Education, Lesley University, integrates Theatre of the Oppressed, Drama Therapy and elements of Hip Hop culture into his approach to artistic social healing. Grass Rooted in community organizing, he acts in, directs and produces original performance pieces that grapple with pressing issues while innovative aesthetics demand audience engagement.
Myra Saad is a humanitarian dedicated to using expressive arts for healing. Currently a graduate student in Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling at Lesley University, she also holds a BS in Graphic Design from the Lebanese American University (LAU). She has applied art therapy with various populations such as adolescents in a Boston Public School, adult inmates in Lebanese prisons, and psychiatric patients in a state mental health hospital in Boston.
What is Art/Drama Therapy
"Drama Therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals. Drama Therapy is active and experiential. This approach can provide the context for participants to tell their stories, set goals, and solve problems, express feelings, or achieve catharsis. Through drama, the depth and breadth of inner experience can be actively explored and interpersonalrelationship skills can be enhanced. Participants can expand theirrepertoire of dramatic roles to find that their own life roles have been strengthened. Behavior change, skill-building, emotional and physical integration, and personal growth can be achieved through drama therapy in prevention, intervention, and treatment settings.Drama Therapists practice in a wide range of settings including but not limited to mental health facilities, schools, hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers, adult day care centers, correctional facilities, shelters, group homes, nursing homes, private practice settings, corporations and businesses, and theatres.Participants benefitting from drama therapy span the life spectrum. Client populations may include persons recovering from addiction, dysfunctional families, trauma and abuse survivors, persons with developmental disabilities, people with eating disorders, people with HIV/AIDS, prison inmates, homeless persons, at-risk youth, older adults, and the general public." (artsintherpay.com)
Date: 15/01/2011
Time: 2pm onwards
Venue: Home care centre, Bannerghatta Road.
Bios of facilitators:
Evan Hastings, MA, Adjunct Professor of Education, Lesley University, integrates Theatre of the Oppressed, Drama Therapy and elements of Hip Hop culture into his approach to artistic social healing. Grass Rooted in community organizing, he acts in, directs and produces original performance pieces that grapple with pressing issues while innovative aesthetics demand audience engagement.
Myra Saad is a humanitarian dedicated to using expressive arts for healing. Currently a graduate student in Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling at Lesley University, she also holds a BS in Graphic Design from the Lebanese American University (LAU). She has applied art therapy with various populations such as adolescents in a Boston Public School, adult inmates in Lebanese prisons, and psychiatric patients in a state mental health hospital in Boston.
What is Art/Drama Therapy
"Drama Therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals. Drama Therapy is active and experiential. This approach can provide the context for participants to tell their stories, set goals, and solve problems, express feelings, or achieve catharsis. Through drama, the depth and breadth of inner experience can be actively explored and interpersonalrelationship skills can be enhanced. Participants can expand theirrepertoire of dramatic roles to find that their own life roles have been strengthened. Behavior change, skill-building, emotional and physical integration, and personal growth can be achieved through drama therapy in prevention, intervention, and treatment settings.Drama Therapists practice in a wide range of settings including but not limited to mental health facilities, schools, hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers, adult day care centers, correctional facilities, shelters, group homes, nursing homes, private practice settings, corporations and businesses, and theatres.Participants benefitting from drama therapy span the life spectrum. Client populations may include persons recovering from addiction, dysfunctional families, trauma and abuse survivors, persons with developmental disabilities, people with eating disorders, people with HIV/AIDS, prison inmates, homeless persons, at-risk youth, older adults, and the general public." (artsintherpay.com)
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