B12 process drama an ingenious assistant to integration

Process Drama: An Ingenious Assistant to Integration
By Cassandra Richardson and Christopher Rabideau
- Newcomer Art Project

Goal of Today’s Presentation
Insight what it’s like to be a newcomer with barriers.
Brief explanation of the NAP programme
Brief Insight into process drama and its workings.
Revealing the benefits of using process drama with newcomer youth
Engaging in process drama ourselves as a group by experiencing what newcomer youth experience in NAP.
Having massive amounts of fun!

Food for Thought
Integration
Facilitator’s benefit from utilizing process drama with newcomer youth
What is the overall benefit for newcomer youth

The Newcomer Art Project
About 2 years old
Utilizes creative means (like process drama)
Offers homework support
All girls, 13-25 years of age

Snap Shots in action

What is Process Drama
A creative method
Educative tool
Fosters real life experiences
Fosters creative and imaginative thinking
Could be a source of therapy
Can deliver a theatrical performance

Unpacking the Newcomer Backpack
Significance of the backpack
What’s in it?
You can’t keep it 

Buzz the SAFE WORD
BOGGLES

Warm up

What did you discover while working on Link’s story.
Did you learn anything new about yourself?
What can we do to help someone like Link in our own classroom or school?

Choose one of the topics below:
As your character how do you feel about Link. Do you like him/her? Why or why not? If you were Link how do you feel about others?
If Link was in your class what could you do or say to help him/her?
If you were Link what could you do to feel better to help yourself through this?

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