Remember those crazy camp skits when the actors made up their lines on the spot?? Bring some of that high-energy awesomeness to your speech therapy sessions. Read more to find out how!
Improv actors need lots of skills to pull their shtick off. Their lines need to be in-context and on-target with a real focus on the actions and lines of the actors around them.
In a 2015 Tedx Talk with over 138,000 views, Jennifer Hunter conveys to her audience that improv acting is similar to real-life interactions in many ways. Hunter describes it as an “in the moment response to the stimulus of the environment and inner feelings https://libido-de.com/levitra-…n-10-mg/.”
This makes it a great therapeutic activity for students with autism.
Just last year, The ASHA Leader highlighted a week-long-camp based in University of Indiana called ‘Camp Yes And.‘ An interdisciplinary team comprised of psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers joined in the hopes of fostering change in youth with autism.
I googled the words ‘Yes, And’ discovered that it is a commonly-used-phrase in improv skits. ‘Yes’ is a statement of agreement with what the previous speaker has said and ‘And‘ enables you to build and add to their statement.
Take a look at this video series pictured below that will get you familiar with the concept of ‘Yes And’ and lots of other similar improv activities to use in class.
Lacy Alana has developed a curriculum called ‘Improv for Autism’. You can explore her website by clicking here.
We are excited to be hosting Lacy Live via webinar in October. It is a free event so click here to join now!