Overview

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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Author:   Dave Sherratt ,  Melanie Peter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   David Fulton Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781853466977

ISBN 10:   1853466972
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   15 March 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Why play?; Play and learning; Play and children with ASD; Learning to play; Taking play into learning; Drama: Play as learning; Play in Practice.

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Dave Sherratt coordinates provision for children with autism at Mowbray School, North Yorkshire, and is a tutor on autism at the University of Birmingham. Melanie Peter is a lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Suffolk College (an accredited college of the University of East Anglia) and a freelance consultant in the arts and special education needs. She is also a tutor on autism at the University of Birmingham.

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