One way, used increasingly in educational and counseling settings, involves short dramatic sketches. Anderson s collections of skits, to be published in October 2001, covers such issues as suicide, alcoholic parents, sexually transmitted diseases, and shoplifting. The skits are open-ended solutions to the dilemmas presented arise from guided discussion.
Skits are photocopiable and include provocative questions that help facilitate the discussion.
Doris Anita Anderson , currently a writer and reviewer for Safe Learning magazine, taught English at the intermediate and high-school level for the San Bernardino Unified School District for more than 30 years. She is a graduate of Walla Walla College and received an advanced degree in English composition from California State University at San Bernardino. Resource Publications, Inc. strives to help people reach their fullest potential on both personal and professional levels, primarily by providing leadership resources for use by leaders in education.