Methods: Drama Drama activities are based on games and games pertain to the essence of being a child. Through play, children take on roles that their age does not allow them to exercise in any other settings. This is why play and drama have a vital role in the emotional, cognitive, behavioural and physiological development of children. The importance of drama as therapy increases especially when used in situations where real life constraints are stronger, as in the case of children with special educational needs. Drama offers the child with special needs the possibility to experience life, to engage in emotions s/he would otherwise be deprived of in her/his daily existence.  Children experiment with emotions, roles that allow them acquire complex life structures. Main objectives: - to develop autonomy and independence by making use of one’s own resources - to establish authentic interpersonal relations - to foster an improvement in self esteem - to generate a positive perception (by others) of children with disabilities, particularly with ones with an ‘esthetic’ connotation - to foster the development of the child’s personality by stimulating the specific abilities of each child.

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