Abstract
Drama as a form of psychotherapy, or expressive therapy, putting down roots in the Czech Republic ever deeper. Yet developmentally delayed as against Great Britain, the USA and the Netherlands, which can be regarded as the birth of the country's drama.
It was founded after the Second World War as a therapy Amersfoote orphaned children who lost their parents in the war. Currently applied in Western countries in institutions for people with intellectual disabilities in psychiatric clinics, to be used in children with learning disabilities and behavior among youth predelikventní and others.Using techniques dramaterapeutických dealt Charyparová (2008).
The object of interest was the use of drama techniques when working with a specific group in our facility for people with intellectual disabilities and their impact on the development of social skills of these individuals.