“One particular student was very resistant to participating at the beginning of the program and demonstrated difficulty in regulating emotions; he would spend the sessions laying on the floor or sitting quietly in the corner. Over time, he would participate in small segments most often when character creation was involved. By the end of the program he was participating the entire time and had transitioned from speaking for his puppet to having the puppet ‘do the speaking.'”
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