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My Story, Sing My Song tells the stories of children in residential
treatment, diagnosed as severely emotionally disturbed, who took part
in music and drama therapy with the author. Engaging, informative,
and moving, this book is for general readers, teachers, parents, artists,
therapists, policy makers, and anyone interested in children and the
arts within or beyond therapeutic contexts.
Comments
“The
children whom Jo Salas writes about were all, in one form or another,
profoundly disturbed. And yet she managed to contact them with a model
composed of music, art, storytelling, role playing and various forms
of drama. With delicate insight, deep tenderness and above all, with
creativity, she deals with the magic, too often buried and untouched,
that is to be found in children.”
—Zerka Moreno, psychodramatist and co-author (with J.L.
Moreno) of Who Shall Survive? (Vol. 2.) and co-author of
Psychodrama, Surplus Reality and the Art of Healing
“I was deeply moved by this natural, human and heart-touching
book. The style is so unassuming and clear. How well the author serves
these embattled children!"
—Dr Clive Robbins, Director of the Nordoff Robbins Center,
New York University, co-founder of the Nordoff Robbins Clinics, London
and New York, and co-author of Creative Music Therapy.
“A fine accomplishment with an inspiring, yet usually overlooked,
subject. Jo Salas has written a powerful testament to the raw power
of artistic experience and the redemptive power of creative expression.
She has the poet’s eye for telling detail, the playwright’s
ear for the surprising (and hilarious) rich dialog, and the writer’s
gift for capturing troubled children in elegant, beautiful portraits.”
—Eric Booth, Founder of Juilliard's Art and Education Program,
consultant to The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Institute, and Tanglewood,
and author of The Everyday Work of Art.
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