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Various specifics of theatrotherapeutic intervention in work with client diagnosed with Asperger syndrome
Various specifics of theatrotherapeutic intervention in work with client diagnosed with Asperger syndrome

Author(s): Martin Dominik Polínek, Dominik Lipovský
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Psychology
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: theatrotherapy; nclusive theatre; plastic-cognitive style of movement; qualitative research; Asperger syndrome

Summary/Abstract: Following text aims to describe certain specifics of theatrotherapeutic process, which are based on subjective perception of its partakers. The specifics are formulated on the basis of qualitative research methods, using participant observation, case study and interview with client-actor diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. The research follows a theatrotherapeutic process that has been evolving for over two years inside an inclusive theatre, which primarily works with method of plastic-cognitive style of movement,a specific artistic and rehabilitation approach evolved by Moscow psychologist and director Natalie Timofejevna Popova.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2 (15)
  • Page Range: 81-89
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English