Using elements of dance-movement psychotherapy in activities for preschool children with communication impairment

This thesis deals with the topic of physical activities in kindergarten for children with impaired communication skills, the possibilities of enriching these activities with dance-movement psychotherapy approach. The theoretical part contains an analysis of the psychomotor development of a preschool child and the opportunities of movement activities in the context of kindergarten attendance, the most common diagnoses of children with impaired communication skills, as well as dance-movement therapy and its principles (with a focus on children with impaired communication skills). The aim of the practical part of the thesis is to create and test in practice a program focused on the possibility of children's self-expression through movement, dance and music. Such formed programme is implemented in a kindergarten for children with impaired communication skills and the experience with this programme (observation, feedback from children, feedback from teachers) is recorded, evaluated and possible adjustments in movement activities are proposed