Re-engagement with learning/Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

                 Open Minds Theatre Company has been championing re-engagement for learning for 5 years.

The company, set up and run by an experienced former deputy head teacher and well qualified Drama practitioner who specialises in community theatre and communications has a track record of taking pupils marginalised by circumstance or behavioural issues and using performance, forum theatre, and mentoring support to alter attitudes to learning and therefore increased attainment.

We successfully address problems with learning, targeting the disaffected, those with low aspirations and those with unstable home lives.

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Some of these skills taught are;

• deal with and resolve conflict effectively and fairly;

• solve problems with others or by themselves;

• manage strong feelings such as frustration, anger and anxiety;

• be effective and successful learners;

• be able to promote calm and optimistic states that promote the achievement of goals;

• recover from setbacks and persist in the face of difficulties;

• work cooperatively;

• compete fairly and lose with dignity and respect for competitors;

• recognise and stand up for the rights of others; and

• understand and value the differences and commonalities between people.

Open Minds supports young people in developing higher levels of emotional intelligence and self esteem using this structure in out-of-hours learning, especially in deprived areas, and for young people aged 11-19 in community based projects. This empowers young people to make positive life choices, avoiding situations were they may be exposed to criminality, drugs, substance abuse or dysfunctional relationships.

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