A psychologist, Dr Annie Gaisie has stressed the need for teachers to use innovative methods to understand the minds and attitudes of school pupils.<\/p>\n
According to her, simple innovative methods like dance can help teachers to communicate with pupils and understand them better.<\/p>\n
The psychologist said this at a Social Action Day program organized at Brainy Bairn School at West Legon in Accra.<\/p>\n
Dance therapy\u00a0is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and\u00a0dance\u00a0to support intellectual, emotional, and motor functions of the body.<\/p>\n
Dr Gaisie who participated in the school\u2019s Social Action Day program introduced the therapy to teachers and parents of the Brainy Bairn School.<\/p>\n
She said when children listen to the lyrics of good music and dance, the brain releases \u201chappy hormones\u201d to every part of the body that help a child to communicate anger, stress, frustrations, abuse and more.<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cas they dance, they dance the stress and everything out. It is just like pushing out your anxiety and everything\u201d.<\/p>\n
Head teacher of Brainy Bairn, Akweley Odonkor said the school will adopt the method to help some of its pupils \u201cwho are not forthcoming when it comes to contributing in class\u201d. She was optimistic both teachers and pupils will benefit greatly from the therapy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have many children struggling to settle down, attention seekers\u2026teachers will be able to come up with five minutes dance moves that will cause children to reorient themselves and settle for the day\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n
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By: Eugenia Tenkorang\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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