Self-advocacy skills development promotion supported by drama activities in a child with several developmental disorders

Veščine samozagovorništva so ene izmed bistvenih sposobnosti, ki jih posameznik potrebuje za učinkovito in uspešno vključevanje v širše družbeno okolje. Tudi osebe s posebnimi potrebami so sposobne razviti te veščine, a jih je potrebno učiti na njim prilagojen in razumljiv način. Z usvojenimi veščinami bodo tudi osebe s posbnimi potrebami lahko odgovorne za svoje življenje, npr. na področju vključevanja v družbo ali pri izobraževanju. Glavni namen raziskave je bil raziskati možnosti načrtovanja in izvajanja dramskih dejavnosti za podporo samozagovorniških veščin pri otroku z več motnjami v razvoju, usmerjenem v prilagojen izobraževalni program devetletne osnovne šole z nižjim izobrazbenim standardom v drugem vzgojno izobraževalnem obdobju in pri tem prepoznati spremembe pri vsakdanjem funkcioniranju otroka med in po izvajanju dejavnosti s področja samozavedanja, komunikacije, spretnosti vodenja in poznavanja pravic. Veščine samozagovorništva smo razvijali s pomočjo dramskih dejavnosti, ki so bile oblikovane po performativni dramski metodi AV (Ars Vitae), avtorice Alenke Vidrih. Podatki, zbrani z različnim merskim instrumentarijem, so bili obdelani kvalitativno. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da so dramske dejavnosti podprle dečkov razvoj samozagovorniških veščin.Self-advocacy skills are one of the main skills that an individual requires in order to efficiently and successfully integrate in the wider social environment. People with special needs are also able to develop such skills, where they can be responsible for their own lives, individual integration in the society, in education etc., yet it is necessary to teach them these skills in a modified and to them understandable manner. The main goal of this research was to explore the possibility of planning and executing drama activities to support the development of self-advocacy skills in a child with several developmental disorders, who was in the adapted educational nine-year primary school programme with lower educational standards from the fourth to the sixth gradeand follow the changes in the daily functioning of the child during and after activities that promote self-awareness, communication, leadership skills and knowing your rights. We developed self-advocacy skills with the help of drama activities, which were developed after the performative drama method AV (Ars Vitae) by Alenka Vidrih. The data gained through various measurement instruments was assessed qualitatively. The findings support that drama activities helped the child’s development of self-advocacy skills