Rebels with a Cause de Mario Cossa

Rebels with a Cause: Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques

Mario Cossa

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 sep 2005

Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups. Utilizing techniques found in psychodrama, sociodrama, drama therapy and sociometry, Cossa offers step-by-step guidelines on running a group development program and summarizes in easy-to-understand language.

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Notă biografică

Mario Cossa is a certified Trainer, Educator and Practitioner in Psychodrama, and Fellow of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. He is a leading Drama Therapist and Theatre Educator, specializing in work with adolescent groups and trauma survivors, who has conducted training workshops in psychodrama, action methods and applied drama all over the world.

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Acknowledgements. Foreword by Zerka Moreno. Preface. Introduction. Part I: Warm-up: Philosophical and Theoretical Basis. Chapter 1: Adolescents in Action. Chapter 2: Viewing Adolescence from A Developmental Perspective. Chapter 3: The Therapeutic SpiralTM as a Framework for Working with Adolescent Groups. Chapter 4: Leadership and Group Norms. Part II: Action: Utilizing Action Techniques at Various Stages of Group Development. Chapter 5: Action Techniques for the Beginning Stage. Chapter 6: Action Techniques for the Transition Stage. Chapter 7: Action Techniques for the Working Group. Chapter 8: Action Techniques for Termination. Part III: Sharing: Other Applications of Action Techniques and their Implementation. Chapter 9: Adapting Action Techniques to the Population and Setting. Chapter 10: Practical Considerations for Developing and Implementing Adolescent Action Groups. Appendix A: Sample Information Pack for Participants and Families. Appendix B: Sample Intake and Permission Forms. Appendix C: Sample Group Norms. Appendix D: Other Ideas for Opening and Closing Circles, Warm-ups, Cool-downs, and De-roling. References. Index.