| Topic How can Applied Theatre projects support the wellbeing and resilience of young people within secondary schools? – Helen Nelder, Applied Theatre practitioner and drama teacher
Date Monday 17 February 2020 Time 1:15pm arrival for 1:30 – 3:15pm (with informal networking afterwards) Location TBC of-young-people-within-tickets-90182687847 Session Summary Helen Nelder’s MA research into Applied Theatre projects, the Academic Resilience Approach (ARA) (Hart and Williams, 2014) and mental health care provision for children and young people in schools, led her to examine the potential of Applied Theatre practices to create opportunities for relational resilience and to support young people to understand and address their own issues and concerns in secondary schools. In doing so, she hopes that such projects will be part of long-term social investment in schools, teachers and c hildren.
This session will give a brief definition of Applied Theatre and its connection through a social inclusion perspective with the ARA. Drawing on the theory and practice of Paulo Freire, contemporary theatre projects – ‘Brainstorm’ and ‘The Happiness Project’, and practical drama schemes of work, the session will highlight the potential (and problems) for projects in secondary schools from Helen’s experiences as a drama practitioner. If you like what you see and you want more, More, MORE, why not subscribe to our mailing list? Sign up here. The Resilience Forum is co-organised by the UoB Centre of Resilience for Social Justice and Boingboing, and is for ANYBODY (with a pulse!) involved with or interested in resilience research. |
| Expires 2/18/2020 |