在疫情之下如何運用戲劇元素支援 孩子的情緒 Elements of Drama Applied for Emotional Support to Children during the Pandemic

Abstract

在疫情下家長與自己的孩子在家中容易發生衝突，引致情緒不穩，本文章分享作者應用戲劇元素協助兒童、青少年及家長調節情緒，及建構健康親子關係。文章中敘述適切應用戲劇元素能增進親子有質素的互動，從而令孩子學習情緒調整，當中亦引用外國學者「 容納之窗」的概念分享如何在有質素的互動中達致共同情緒調整及維持個人功能性的水平，文章最後分享作者從實務工作中的兩個富有戲劇元素的遊戲，旨在提升家長及孩子情緒調節的能力及健康依附關係。

During the pandemic, conflicts arise readily between homebound parents and children and result in emotional instability. In this article, the author shares how elements of drama can be applied to help children, teenagers and parents regulate their emotions and foster a healthy parent-child relationship. This article illustrates that appropriate application of elements of drama promotes quality parent-child interaction, through which children learn to regulate their emotions. The author also introduces the concept of “Window of Tolerance” developed by a foreign academic to share how co-regulation of emotions can be achieved and individual functional level can be maintained through quality interaction. The author concludes the article by sharing two games consisted of elements of drama he used in his practice, with an aim to strengthen the emotion regulation ability of parents and children and form a healthy attachment.