School Health Curriculum Support

“If you think you can, or if you think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford

A variety of particular skills and coping strategies are taught on a client-need basis and embedded through Role-play and Scenario Training.

Gender-based, independent units of inquiry and discovery, that can be taught at any time throughout the school year to support:

Dealing with Bullying              Friendship Skills Conflict Resolution Transforming Anger             Transitions           Assertive Techniques Building Self-Esteem                   Anxiety Management

Performance skills are life skills and Drama has long been referred to as a ‘rehearsal for life’.
Acting and presentation methods are traditionally used to build and improve:
Confidence, communication skills, command of language, developing imagination, physical freedom, responsibility, sensitivity to others, empathy skills, concentration and relaxation;
All, powerful elements of good stage presence and desirable in any human!

Role-play in particular, is an important tool for exploring and embedding techniques and is an important part of training also in Corporate and Therapeutic fields.
For modelling ideal responses, rehearsing simulated situations, allowing participants to take risks, identify patterns and experiment with new behaviour in a safe and structured environment.

Do I deal with criticism and difficult people without losing my temper?
Do I cope with anxieties about exams, moving home, preparing for my future?
Can I identify my strengths and weaknesses in times of conflict?
Do I communicate in a clear, calm way to negotiate or mediate?

How can we identify rigid thinking patterns and feeling stuck in habitual emotional responses?
Role play to identify communication style, recognise negative feedback loops, judgements, trigger points,
How can we remain flexible in adjusting to change?
Making clear requests. Letting go of results, expectations. Identifying and acknowledging our own needs and needs of others, reframing beliefs
How can we get what we need in a confident, non-aggressive way?
By operating from a strong sense of ‘self’ identity and belief system, improving communication skills, non-violent communication.
How can we negotiate, mediate and resolve conflict in a non-judgemental way?
By understanding different points of view and dealing with criticism and difficult people. Emotional distancing, meta perspectives, focusing our ‘cultural lens’.
How can we access our strengths under pressure?
Relaxation techniques, grounding, stress management, accessing and anchoring strengths/inner resources, dealing with other’s emotions, naming what you see
How can we embed these skills in our body language and non-verbal communication?
Claiming space, identifying and playing with status, visual and gestural cues for being heard, presence in silence and in public speaking
How do we know it works?
By putting it into practice through ROLE PLAY
Professional actors used to embed techniques in scenario training. Mask work to secure a safe environment for client.
Assignments based on experiences of client, in school environment

Training is led by Grainne Delaney (MA Drama & Psychology), Drama and RAP teacher, with wide experience in Stress Management (MABPhys), Solution Focused Therapy, Multiple Intelligences, Process Orientation, Workshop Facilitating and Performance.

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