Paula Crimmens has pioneered the use of drama therapy in special education in her adopted country New Zealand where she has been resident since 1996. She has a Masters of Arts in Creative Arts Therapies and is currently piloting a project to provide drama therapy to groups of at-risk children in primary schools in Auckland funded by the Ministry of Education.

JKP publications by Paula Crimmens

Storymaking and Creative Groupwork with Older People

Paula Crimmens

1997, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-440-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp

Keywords: group psychotherapy, older people, person-centred, storymaking

Drama Therapy and Storymaking in Special Education

Paula Crimmens

2006, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-291-5, royal, 208pp

Keywords: ADD, Asperger syndrome, autism, child development, dramatherapy, intellectual disabilities, psychodrama, special education, storymaking