This master's thesis highlights the role of creative methods in extracurricular activities. In postmodern social work, creative methods represent one of the most important complementary tools, as the social worker must respond in as many ways as possible, given the diversity and uniqueness of the interlocutors with whom she co-creates in the processes of support and help. Creative methods can be used in different ways, in different contexts, and with different target and age groups of people. The paper presents the use of creative methods to promote and strengthen the child's inner potential, flexible thinking and life skills, which contributes to personal development and better personal opportunities in coping with life's challenges. In the theoretical introduction, I theoretically explore and explain the concept of potential, continue with the development to social work, and then define extracurricular activities. I describe the rest of the theoretical basis of the master's thesis in the context of the Portret Presentation Society, which implements creative methods for elementary school children in the Creative Methods in Everyday Life program. I connect the theoretical basis of the program with the program activity of theater activities and examples of good practice in the application of creative methods. In the empirical part, I qualitatively analyze and synthesize the data I collected myself or together with my colleagues in the Portret Presentation Society through evaluation questionnaires and interviews with children - on the topic of creative methods and on the topic of strengthening children's improvement in connection with their theater activity. I found that the children felt comfortable in the group; that they recognized the skills and certain personality traits they had acquired or strengthened during the activity; they also recognized the usefulness of the skills they had acquired outside the theater space, in other contexts of their activity, for example, at school, among peers, and others. I was also interested in how parents later recognized a child so engaged in theater activities. I found that most parents are good at recognizing the sources of their children's strength and resilient behavior.
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