Théâtre-en-Rond et éducation thérapeutique : une rencontre autour des compétences d'adaptation.

Introduction: The intention of the Theatre in the round is to develop self-confidence, opinions confrontation, cooperation practice, creation process, and all things that purchase adaptation competences in TPE. Aim: To practice Theatre in the round with children living with an haemorrhagic constitutional disease and their siblings to reveal everyone their ability to create something new, to recreate. Method: ten children attended a workshop lead by two artists and two nursing teachers. Leaders have used words circulation, sensory perceptions, spatial perception, and function concept as tools. Results: Final show contributed to observe skills as stress management, interpersonal relationships, and to make choices; individual interview, feeling of competence scales, indicate an improvement of self-confidence and self-assurance. Conclusion: Theatre in the round is a useful approach to achieve adaptation competences for children living with an haemorrhagic constitutional disease and their siblings. By enhancing creative process that will allow the children to extrapolate their own health standard and to confirm their choice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]