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This School Saved My Life

Therapeutic Possibilities for the Dramatic Arts in Education

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Mike [not his real name] is a large, broad, lantern-jawed young man who looks a bit like a young Elvis Presley, a bit like Marlon Brando. He has inquisitive and wide-set blue-gray eyes, and, offstage, a diffident, even apologetic manner.

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  1. Waldorf Teacher Education, Sunbridge Institute, USA

    Stephen Keith Sagarin

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  1. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA

    Diane Caracciolo

  2. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA

    Courtney Lee Weida

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Sagarin, S.K. (2017). This School Saved My Life. In: Caracciolo, D., Weida, C.L. (eds) The Swing of the Pendulum. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-224-4_11

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