Drama 2024-25
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2021-22 School Year
August 28, 2018 - May 23, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Teaching Pragmatic and Social Language through drama and plays
We all agree that social and language development is a great need for many of our children.
Our drama program will develop the reciprocal language and cues that are essential for our kids to fully participate in society. While there still be a need to build the generalization necessary for this to take hold, we can hold social events that will put practice into play.
Consultants: Dr Steven Tobias, Center for Child and Family Development
Brandon Wiener, Director of Performing Arts
Registration is now open!
Anticipated start date is November or possibly later- We are taking our time to ramp up after being shut down for almost 2 years!
Place: Thomas Jefferson School
101 James St
Morristown NJ 07960
Time: 7-8pm
Background
The program is a great success and we continue the planning with social and cognitive psychologist and drama instructors to create and identify the essential language and cognitive elements that will be the framework for the content plays/Drama. The hypothesis is that through drama and plays we can create the structure that will enrich the language and cognitive skills of our kids.
We are at the forefront of this programs hypothesis. but believe that it has the potential for success.
While the current research tends to be about play in general as an important component of understand higher concepts of social interaction, there is enough compelling data that crosses between these two research segments for us to hypothesize about its potential with our children.
Here are some links to research that is driving our planning.
Drama on social development click here
Symbolic play for social development Click here
Play impact on cognitive development click here
Essential questions
- Are we really asking kids to gain a sense of self? (Executive functions) Are we after dispositions?
- What social and language skills to focus on?
- What Protocols, Cue’s? In the beginning? Following directions?
- What play or drama might be most effective? Disney, Nursery rhymes??
- How to integrate drama with social language development?
- Delivery through Drama students? What training? What’s essential?
- How to bridge to real world language and interactions?
Venue: Thomas Jefferson School
Address:
Description:
101 James St, Morristown, NJ 07960
