A four-day developmental drama workshop was held at a rehabilitation center for blind persons. The purpose of the workshop was to create an enjoyable experience for 12 visually impaired adolescents and to test whether the dramatic process could enhance this group's acquisition of social skills. Pretest-posttest measures were taken to detect changes in behavior that may have been the result of the drama program.
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