It was great to work alongside Bishop Hucles Creative Therapists to facilitate a Drama Therapy session with around 8 individuals with various stages of Dementia.
The session began with reading poetry and interpreting words and emotions through Drama - ie/movements to express words. Through prompt words, we began exploring and putting together another poem. This worked really well and each individual participated either through language or body language - ie/smiling.
It was fantastic to see how poetry can be delivered in many ways and in comparison to working with Gary Glazner at Alzheimer's Poetry Project. Both are so effective but it is apparent with what backgrounds the facilitators come from.
The individuals from todays session at Bishop Hucles certainly got alot of the session....
