Journal article
SENSITIVE ISSUES: SUPPORTIVE STRUCTURES
Helen Cahill
NJ-DRAMA AUSTRALIA JOURNAL | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2006
Abstract
This article reviews findings from inter-disciplinary research into a range of sensitive social health issues and discusses the implications for drama educators when they set out to counter the possible negative effects associated with the stereotyping, glamorising or normalising of risk behaviours. Recommendations include a focus on the use of protective distancing and the employment of anti-naturalistic techniques to engender multiple perspectives through the drama.
Grants
Funding Acknowledgements
In particular, contributing to the development of MindMatters: a mental health promotion resource for secondary schools, funded under the Mental Health Strategy; to a range of drug education projects including Rethinking Drinking, The School Health and Alcohol Education Project (SHAHRPS), Get WISE: Working on Illicits in School Drug Education; and to a range of grief education projects including Seasons for Growth and Literature for Life (2006).