A busy round of keynote speeches and presentations in Greece, Czech republic, Romania, Ireland, Portugal and Malaysia. Topics have included definitions and history of dramatherapy, play therapy in practice, working with excluded children, working with people with personality disorders, symbols and archetypes.
Retirement I think means that I have stopped my institutional work in hospitals and clinics and develop the work that is still part of my vision in new spheres and new countries. The older I get the more choices that I have!

In ancient times a great warrior and his wife gave birth to a beautiful baby. However the baby was born with pure white hair and his father thought he might be a demon and that people would mock him.

He decided to abandon the baby on a mountain and left him there with great sadness. The child was rescued by the glorious Golden Bird who took him to her nest and cared for him with her own chicks. The child grew strong and big and himself became a warrior even stronger than his father.

10 - 22 January Israel - dramatherapy workshops in Tel Aviv, Tel Hai and Arab village, and story telling with Israeli storytellers
24 - 30 January Lebanon - 'Dramatherapy in war torn societies', University of Lebanon.

13 December Romania - design new studio for workshops and summer school 2008.

15 - 18 November Portugal - inauguration of the Portuguese Dramatherapy Association; Sue to give keynote speech and workshop
27 November - 9 December Malaysia - workshops in Kuala Lumpur and Penang for clinicans, teachers and community workers. Return visit to Temiars in the rain forest (see Sue's PhD).

4 - 7 October Art Therapy and Dramatherapy Autumn School, Oslo with Ase Minde 'Over the Rainbow: symbols, archetypes and The Wizard of Oz'
8 - 16 October Training Courses in Romania: 'Archetypes and Shadow in Dramatherapy and Play Therapy, Open Lecture on Dramatherapy and Play Therapy, 2 day training for Department of Child Protection 'Creative Care', supervision group for professionals
20 - 21 October UK Supervision Training: 'supervision on supervision'

7 - 9 September Keynote Speech at Annual Conference BADTh 'The Dramatic Body' - Sue giving Power Point presentation 'Theatre of Body and Neuro-Dramatic-Play' - text available on www.suejennings.com after November
25 - 30 September Prague, Czech Republic, Dramatherapy training programme, second year.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

You will remember that I sent a proposal for editing a manual/handbook on the development and practise of the creative arts with people with special needs and disabilities - based on our collective experience in Romania over the years

Some people responded enthusiastically - some hesitantly - and some not at all - so I put it on the shelf for a while. The following is a discussion on the topic and my ideas.

I just wanted to let you know about my recent trip to Romania with Mairie and co from the Aurelia Trust. We went over in August for another tabora where over 100 young adults and staff went to the beach for two weeks. 16 of these young adults plus their staff were from Casa Ionut and Aurelia where you did the training last year.

The young adults all appeared to have dramatically improved and were in great form however the biggest change I noticed was in the staff. They seemed to be alot more relaxed, happier and bonded.

You used to IE, so you should know that Firefox is just like IE, with a few exceptions. So is Mozilla, except there are a few more exceptions there, and some of them major. Firefox is much better than microsofts browser. Maybe you should speak to a friend about it. It has many bells and whistles that you can attach to it. It is promoted all over the internet, with GetFirefox buttons, and many people sharing what they think is useful with addons for it.