What is Sociodrama?

Ongoing Professional Training

Sociodrama uses drama to simulate what happens in life in order to:

• explore social issues
• develop greater understanding between groups and individuals
• problem solve and make decisions
• experiment and try out new options
• rehearse new roles and strategies and predict outcomes

Sociodrama is concerned with social learning in a group. A sociodramatist will base their work around an understanding of the roles people play, the systems within which they work and the social forces which impinge on the situation being examined. The aims will include encouraging people to develop new roles for themselves. Action Methods offer a wide range of techniques and approaches that draw on role theory, role training, sociometry and sociodrama in order to come up with highly successful training, planning and group management practices. Sociodrama and Action Methods can be used to assist in:

• communication
• negotiation
• conflict management
• team building
• action research
• strategic planning
• predicting outcomes or rehearsing implementation
• exploring group, community, cultural and political concerns

Participants practise these methods as they develop their own skills for working with staff in their organisations.

Who is it for?

• managers
• trainers
• educators
• group workers
• organisational consultants
• anyone with curiosity and interest in working creatively with people