Spirited Hearts the podcast
Welcome to Spirited Hearts® The Podcast with Stephanie Heartfield. This is a space filled with rich, beautiful, authentic, alive and empowering conversations about parenting, motherhood, natural learning, homeschooling, early childhood education and life. Nothing is off limits, and we explore many of life's challenges and struggles, as well as the beauty and joy. Filled with heartfelt and meaningful content, this is the perfect podcast for you if you want to delve into the deep topics of life in an aware space where you are welcome to reflect and enjoy a cup of tea. Steph is a trauma-informed & neuro-arffirming Play Therapist, Counsellor, Early Childhood Educator, Level 2 Aware Parenting Instructor, the founder of Spirited Hearts® a multi-service community business dedicated to providing the most emotionally safe and supportive space to children, families and educators, and The Heartfield Way Mentor Program.
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67. Using Drama to Elevate Social & Emotional Wellbeing with Travis Dowling
In this week's episode, I speak with Travis Dowling co-founded Queensland Theatre for Young People, runs the Acting degree at USQ and is passionate about how drama can positively impact social and emotional skills for young people.
In this episode we discuss:
- the research on drama and wellbeing
- the drama continuum
- how drama is essentially a form of play and can be therapeutic
- bringing more play and drama to the classroom
- the importance of student-led learning
- plus so much more
Where to Find Travis:
Website: https://qtyp.com.au/
Email: info@qtyp.com.au
About Travis:
Travis Dowling has been facilitating workshops for young people for the last 20 years across 300 schools nationally and at organisations outside of schools including Queensland Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Hot House Theatre Company, University of Southern Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology amongst others. Travis has developed and taught programs nationally and is currently running the Acting Degree at the University of Southern Queensland where he is completing a PhD focusing on how the impact on Drama can develop life long social skills for young people.