Fine Arts alumna becomes editor of Drama Therapy Review

Congratulations to Drama Therapy alumna Nisha Sajnani, editor of the inaugural issue of Drama Therapy Review.

Drama Therapy Review is published in partnership with the North American Drama Therapy Association.

Drama Therapy Review (DTR) is committed to:

-          documenting and disseminating drama therapy research

-          promoting scholarship about drama therapy theory and practice

-          encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue

-          and providing a forum for lively debate in the field.

DTR profiles and critically reflects upon current and emerging practices involving the intentional and therapeutic uses of drama and performance in clinical, educational, community, organizational, and research contexts. 

The primary audience consists of:

-          practitioners, educators, and scholars of drama therapy

-          related arts therapies, mental health professionals

-          community leaders, policy makers

-          theater and allied arts practitioners

-          cultural workers interested in the health benefits and risks associated with drama and performance.

Contributors include eminent theorists, educators, and practitioners in the field but the journal also features innovative work from lesser-known authors. 

Editor Nisha Sajnani earned her master’s degree in Drama Therapy and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from Concordia University. Today she is an accomplished associate professor and the coordinator of the drama therapy/psychodrama program at Lesley University in Massachusetts. Nisha also serves as an adjunct professor of arts-based research in the drama therapy program at New York University.

Read the free issue of Drama Therapy Review Volume 1 / Issue 1.

Included in this issue:

Evaluating the efficacy of drama therapy in teaching social skills to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 

By Miranda D'Amico, Corinne Lalonde and Stephen Snow 

This article reviews a year-long study at the Centre for the Arts in Human Development at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). It analyses the results of a specialised adaptation of drama therapy for a group of preadolescent children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders.