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Teaching Social Skills Through Sketch Comedy and Improv Games: A Social Theatre Approach for Kids and Teens including those with ASD, ADHD, and Anxiety [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 144 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 228x150x10 mm, kaal: 220 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2018
  • Kirjastus: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1785928007
  • ISBN-13: 9781785928000
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 144 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 228x150x10 mm, kaal: 220 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2018
  • Kirjastus: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1785928007
  • ISBN-13: 9781785928000
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Introducing a Social Theatre™, this book provides guidance on how to deliver fun and transformative activities to develop social skills in teenagers and children. Drawing on ideas from Social Thinking®, CBT, mindfulness and assertiveness training this book develops games, skits and short plays which can be adapted to suit children and teenagers including those who are gifted, typical, and those with mild to moderate cognitive abilities. These activities will help participants become more assertive and flexible as well as improving confidence, focus and self-esteem.Social Theatre™ can be used in small groups, in class or throughout the school, as well as in group therapy sessions. It provides a new and inclusive way to teach social skills and collaborative learning and is especially useful for those with anxiety, ADHD and ASD.

Learn how to develop social skills in children and teenagers with fun and entertaining activities based on improv comedy and sketch writing. Based on 17 years of experience and research, the games and group exercises in this book will help children and teens develop social awareness, confidence and joint attention. Includes example scripts.

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Shawn has crafted a work that is immediately applicable while also being transformational in its approach. It combines the practice of improv and comedy with the theory behind Social Theater and offers a GPS on how, when and why to use each activity. You can't go wrong! -- Izzy Gesell MS Ed, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) Improvisational theatre games are increasingly finding a place in group psychotherapy, and this is a wonderful resource for clinicians working with children and teens, particularly with kids whose social skills may be impaired by attentional or anxiety problems. -- David Carbonell, Ph.D., psychologist and founding member of The Therapy Players, comedy improv troupe, Chicago, USA Shawn Amador is a brilliant pioneer in the field of improv and social skills training! In her book she provides many gifts to practitioners of all levels: an eloquent historical perspective, step-by-step guides to using improv in therapeutic settings, and detailed explanations of the emotional and cognitive influences. -- Kristin R. Krueger, PhD, clinician, researcher and member of the Therapy Players

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A collection of activities based on improvisational theatre and collaborative comedy sketch writing which will help children and teenagers develop their social skills
Breakdown Chart by Social Thinking® Profile Level and Target Skills 8(2)
Preface 10(2)
Acknowledgements 12(1)
1 History of Social Theatre™
13(10)
Social Theatre™ in Classrooms, Afterschool Programs, and Therapeutic Environments
14(1)
Research-based Practice
15(5)
Modified Improv Games for Different Ability Levels
20(1)
"My Idea" Versus "Our Ideas" as Building Blocks
21(1)
Setting the Purpose and Motivation
22(1)
2 The Creation of Groups
23(9)
Social Thinking® Social Communication Profile: Helpful in Developing Social Theatre™ Therapy Groups
24(5)
Small Group Format (for Therapy Groups)
29(2)
Classroom Group Format
31(1)
3 The Collaborative Script-writing Process
32(8)
Important Trends to Remember
32(1)
First Step Brainstorming Rules
33(2)
Second Step Two Questions to Brainstorm
35(1)
Third Step Preparation for Evaluating, Increasing Cognitive Flexibility
36(1)
Fourth Step Group Ideas from Brainstorms
37(1)
Fifth Step Validating Each Other's Ideas While Evaluating, and Re-writing
38(1)
Sixth Step Role Assignment
39(1)
4 Activities/Skits to Teach Joint Attention and Focus
40(11)
The Martha Game
40(1)
Playing Boo
41(1)
Mirroring
41(1)
Foundation Improv Activity
42(1)
Background of Slow Motion Snowball Fight
42(1)
Slow Motion Snowball Fight
43(1)
Dance Party
44(1)
Mindfulness with Others: Scarf Juggling---1-2-3 Throw
44(2)
Blanket Folding
46(1)
Self-monitoring and Adjusting Behavior through "Room Chi"
47(1)
"The Buzz Kill"
47(1)
Go White Sox????
48(1)
That Magic Isn't Real!!!
49(2)
5 Practicing Recognition of Social Cues
51(17)
Using Stage Levels
52(1)
Conversational Reciprocity Improvisational Game
53(1)
Practicing and Understanding "Awkward"
53(1)
Question-Comment format from Superflex Curriculum®
54(1)
Teach the Skill of Entering a Group
55(7)
Chairs!!!
55(2)
Why Did You Do That?
57(1)
Wanna Hang Out?
58(2)
Match the Feelings (Pairs with "Stop Chasing Me!")
60(1)
Stop Chasing Me!
61(1)
Feelings Recognition Sequence
62(6)
Call Me When You're Down
62(2)
By Accident or on Purpose?
64(1)
By Accident or on Purpose?
65(3)
6 Practicing Self-Regulation Skills
68(16)
"Emotional Coping" Exercises
68(1)
Feelings Charades
68(1)
Levels of Emotions
69(1)
Feeling or Action?
69(1)
Voice Levels Activity
70(1)
Understanding, Teaching, and Discussing Cognitive Distortions
70(4)
The Missing Bunny
72(2)
Being Flexible
74(2)
The Small Change
75(1)
Magnification and Minimization
76(5)
Matching Reactions Improv
77(1)
Big Problem or Little Problem?
78(3)
Chain Reaction and "Projection"
81(3)
Chain Reaction
82(2)
7 Practicing Perspective Taking
84(7)
Using Magic to Teach Perspective Taking
84(7)
Magician's Code
85(2)
The Puppeteer Improv Game
87(1)
Hello Jello!
87(4)
8 Performing When Anxious and Shy...and Clowning!!!!
91(11)
Decreasing Performance Stress Levels
91(1)
Clowning, a Powerful Tool, with Caution
92(1)
Setting Rules for When Clowning Should and Should Not be Used
92(1)
Graduated Exposure and Character Development
93(9)
Catch That Fly!
94(1)
Leap Frog
95(1)
Hide and Seek
96(1)
Scary Movie
97(2)
Clown Surgery
99(3)
9 Being Confident to Defeat Bullying
102(17)
Practicing Styles of Communication and Assertiveness Skills
102(17)
Styles of Communication Activity
103(1)
If You Want to be Cool
104(3)
Invisible Girl
107(3)
7 Ways to Defeat a Bully
110(5)
You, Me, and Individuality
115(4)
10 Social Theatre™ How Can I Use It?
119(5)
School-wide and in the Community
119(1)
In Classrooms and Community Programs
120(1)
In Group Therapy, Clinical Settings
121(1)
Performance and Confidentiality
121(1)
In Smaller, Non-clinical Groups
122(1)
With Individuals in Educational or Community Settings
123(1)
Appendices 124(9)
References 133(4)
Index 137
Shawn Amador is a school social worker who runs an afterschool comedy troupe, and is a part time therapist. She lives and works in Illinois.