Drama Therapy for Neurodivergent Children & Teens

THE AUTISM ADHD PODCAST

Holly Blanc Moses

Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Adhd, Speechtherapy, Autism, Autismawareness, Occupationaltherapy, Child, Therapy, Parent, Parenting, Education, Behavior

4.8 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Join Liz McDonough and I as we chat about how drama therapy can be effective for neurodivergent childrens and teens. In this episode, we are covering so much goodness including-

✅ Supporting communication

✅ Reducing anxiety

✅ Boosting confidence

✅ Building creativity and interests, and

✅ Supporting social interaction

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Autism, ADHD podcast. I am so happy that you join me today. I want to take a moment and ask for your help. Please take just a second and give the podcast a five-star review.
0:19.5	This will help me continue the podcast and keep bringing you helpful
0:23.7	information. Thanks so much again for taking the time to give that five-star review. Now let's get
0:30.3	started. Welcome Liz McDunna to the Autism-A-D-HD podcast. So nice to see you, Holly. I've been waiting for this. I'm very excited. I am so excited to. This is going to be a great episode. And it's a topic that we've actually not covered before. So that's exciting too. So I'm going to introduce you really quick. Liz McDonough is a
0:55.3	nerdiversity trainer and national speaker on her groundbreaking theater-based approach to working
1:00.9	with nerd divergent students and clients. She is an MFT and drama therapist. And of her
1:07.8	23 years of clinical experience, the last 17 have been exclusively with
1:13.6	Nerd Avergent Children, Teens, and Young Adults.
1:16.3	Liz's greatest joy has been co-creating and directing original theater performances,
1:21.8	as well as running improv groups.
1:24.2	Her company and action provides drama groups for nerd divergent children and teens,
1:30.2	both in person and online, and the nerd diversity training to educators and providers, which is
1:37.7	amazing. So how did you get into theater and supporting Nerd Avergent Kids?
1:48.6	Well, yeah, it's, well, theater.
1:51.1	I fell in love with theater probably in middle school.
1:56.6	They were putting on the sound of music and I was all excited about it and had been rehearsing
2:02.5	the songs and watching the movie. And then I, you know, finally went to audition. And I guess I was
2:09.8	so nervous that I was singing off key and they asked me, well, do you paint? I'm like, why are they
2:16.7	asking me if I could paint? They're asking me if I could paint the set. And I was like, oh, do you paint? I'm like, why are they asking me if I could paint?
2:18.2	They're asking me if I could paint the set. And I was like, oh my God, I was crushed.
2:22.3	Like, I didn't even get in the chorus or anything, but I was determined. Like, I just, it was just a
2:28.5	be in my bonnet that wouldn't let go. So I kept practicing, you know, got into high school, still didn't get into anything.
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