In this episode I talk to dramatherapist Dr Joan Moore about how dramatherapy gives fostered, and adopted children who have been through so many changes and experienced multiple losses along the way, of important relationships, belongings, pets the ‘stage’ and metaphoric distance to play out stories, and make meaningful change.She explains how dramatherapy gives caregivers/parents and those in education the tools to support children more effectively than just talking to them.Drama therapy is an embodied practice that is active and experiential. This approach can provide the context for participants to tell their stories, set goals and solve problems, express feelings, or achieve catharsis. Drama therapy uses play, embodiment, projection, role, story, metaphor, empathy, distancing, witnessing, performance, and improvisation to help people make meaningful change. Dr Moore is the author of the book Therapeutic Stories for Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Families and the forthcoming book that will cover resolving past trauma in children under 5 and will be published by Routledge.Joan E. Moore is an author, dramatherapist, play therapist and adoption support provider with foster, adoptive and kinship families. She works mainly in the family home, applying her "Theatre of Attachment" model of life-history therapy. Joan has written several books and articles and completed a doctoral study at Leeds Beckett University, which focused on using story and drama to support these placements and is described in Narrative and Dramatic Approaches to Children's Life Story with Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Families, published by Routledge. She supervises creative arts therapists and delivers training. Having a background in social work with children and families and Youth Justice, Joan has undertaken Expert Witness Assessments of siblings, children's care needs, parents, and assessments of prospective adoptive parents and foster and kinship carers.  Connect with Dr Joan Moore: http://www.adoptedchildtherapyservice.co.uk/index.phpYou can read my book, Helping Children Cope with Loss and Change: A guide for professionals and parents (Routledge).www.amandaseyderhelm.comTwitter @The KidDecoderInstagram @amandaseyderhelm

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