Introduced in the 1990s on Korean educational sites, educational drama drew attention when it incorporated art into education with the goal of education using theater . Educational drama allowed learners to understand the world and themselves with the emotions and perceptions they felt in the dramatic situation, and the process is as open as a play, giving learners the pleasure of learning. However, the open structure has resulted in the
emergence of special behavior learners , which has often hindered free activity and expression. They interrupted and dismantled classes by venting their emotions or causing trouble. As a result, they have emerged as a heated issue in the fied of education drama, but no research has been done on them yet. This paper analyzes the patterns and causes of special behavior learners and explore how to respond in class. First, the behavior type was diagnosed by special behavior learners . To this end, the study was conducted based on the four types of individual internal goals classified by psychologist Rudolph Dreikurs, which categorized special behavior learners as students who are overly interested , students who want to retaliate , students who misuse their strength and weapon learners . The survey of teachers and lecturers was useful in investigating and classifying the existence of special behavior learners . Educational drama and drama therapy have similarities in terms of aiming at a different me than ever and aiming to unfold seeing the world anew These similarities are sufficient conditions for the natural synthesis of educational and theatrical treatment. And if drama therapy is to objectify distorted subjectivity due to psychological internal injuries, enabling social life, then educational drama is different in that it focuses on the subjectivity of learners across the objective world and encourages individuality and singularity. These differences were the main basis for treatment for special behavior learners in educational dramas and the reason for application of drama therapy. Therefore, this study set up a liminoid space in the area where educational drama and drama therapy are taught for the application of theatrical therapy in educational drama classes. It s a borderline between education and therapy, and it s like a kind of threshold. The space opens the moment a special behavior learner acts to interrupt the class. Within this boundary, the application of drama therapy will take place, enabling a return to educational drama. In this regard, special behavior learners can be regarded as liminoid . As an example of the therapeutic approach of liminoid space, this study gives the actual case of learners who misuse power which is one kind of special behavior learners . Student who misuses power has created an alternative story by applying the method of Narradrama by Pamela Dunne. Through the play, he ascertained how big a wave the misuse of power brought, and changed as he created an alternative story and recognized the consequences of power in various aspects. Using this therapeutic approach, not only did the special behavior learners change, but the whole group s understanding and communication depth changed, creating a deep sense of community. The above results require teachers to recognize the existence of special behavior learners in the educational drama scene from a new perspective. That is, their behavior should not be perceived as a hindrance to the class, but as a place where new attitudes, perceptions, actions and methods of trust are re-checked and generated. This is the liminoid space. This study is meaningful in its first attempt to solve problems in educational drama by experimenting with mutual cooperation in educational drama and drama therapy. It is also meaningful in that it is a research to positively influence the future improvement of educational drama classes by specifically presenting educational drama using a therapeutic approach.