Over the past 6 months I have been given the opportunity to volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House in Rochester, MN.This house and others like it are meant to serve as a comfortable place to stay that they can fee at home at while their child is undergoing treatment. The main thought behind this is that the families should be focused on their child instead of worrying about paying for a hotel, finding meals, or traveling miles upon miles to get to the hospital. Every house includes basics such as hot home cooked meals, private bedrooms for each family, and playrooms for children. Some houses have family support services, sibling support services, and recreational programs for everyone that is staying that the house. Families either stay at no cost or are asked to make a donation up to $25 per day, depending on the house, but no one is ever turned away due to inability to pay and the donation fee is waved.
While working at the house I got a chance to do a wide array of activities. The most common was the use of different video games including the Wii and Xbox Kinect, both of which allow the kids to move around and get physical activity while in a safe clean setting. We also made several group trips to the Rochester Athletic Club and the Rochester YMCA where me and several of the teen boys went and played everything from basketball to mini golf. Board games were also a favorite of some of the younger kids especially Uno and Candy Land. I also had the chance to help a certified music therapist and a pet therapist lead several programs.
The main goal of the RMH is to make the families feel as at home as possible during their stay. Another major goal is to help the child and his or her family cope with and understand all of the issues involved with their hospital experiences and aid in them making a full recovery.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Baseball for all
Started in Rockdale, GA in 1998, The Miracle League give all kids a chance to play baseball. The league started with a few simple rules:
¨ Every player bats once each inning
¨ All base runners are safe
¨ Every player scores a run before the inning is over (last one up gets a home run)
¨ Community children and volunteers serve as ‘buddies’ to assist the players
¨ Each team and each player wins every game
The main goals of the league are safety and most of all fun. Once a Miracle League is established the next step is to build a miracle field. Most fields include a custom-designed field with a cushioned rubberized turf to help prevent injuries, wheelchair accessible dugouts, and a completely flat surface to eliminate any barriers to wheelchair-bound or visually impaired players. The design also included three grass fields, which could be converted to the synthetic turf as leagues grew. In addition, accessible restrooms, a concession stand, and picnic pavilion were included in the design. Most leagues are sponsored by the local MLB team who helps with construction and fund raising.
These leagues are especially useful because it gives kids with ranges of physical and cognitive abilities to participate in a team sport. This improves physical functioning and helps teach social skills.
Wrestling not for the meek.....
This past year, for the first time since the NCAA Wrestling National Championship began in 1924, a wrestler with one leg won a division 1 national championship. Anthony Robles from Arizona state won the 125 pound weight class. This is not the first time that person with a physical disability has succeeded in wrestling. Zach Gowen was the first wrestler with on leg to win a high school wrestling state championship. Zach then continued on to become a professional wrestler in the WWE, the largest Professional wrestling company in the world.
Wrestling is a great sport for amputees to compete in because having to be on your feet is only a portion of competing. Having a low center of gravity is very important for the sport so being on your feet is not necessarily needed. The impact of being able to compete on the regular high school team can be a huge social and psychological boost for a teen.
They will surf again
Several weeks ago a movie called Soul Surfer was release into theaters. The movie follows the true story of Bethany Hamilton,a young surfer who loses her leg in a shark attack, on her journey to get back on her board. This got me interested in looking at adaptive surfing and some search and i found a program call They Will Surf Again funded as a part of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. This no cost program travels to beaches around the nation and put on by area voulenteers. It is aimed at people with spinal cord injuries who may have surfed before their injuries or may have never surfed before. A community is allowed to request for the program to come to their town as long as you have a safe, approved beach area. The benefits of participants in this program are profound giving them increased self confidence, social skills, and overall quality of life.
Jungle Book
During the semester we talked about the usefulness of horse therapy but we did not talk about the effectiveness of animal assisted therapy with other animals including dogs, cats, snakes and birds. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is useful for a wide range of populations and ages. The biggest benefits are the mental effects on the client.
For elderly adults who are a part of AAT the biggest benefit can be seen though a lowered sense of stress and anxiety. It can also be very useful in helping them deal with the loss of a significant other. AAT can be extremely useful for all children especially those dealing with autism or cognitive delays. Dealing with an animal can teach the individual social skills like gentleness and appropriate touching. It has shown that having an animal in a room for various types of counseling allows children to open up and feel more comfortable.
Wheelchair track and Field
This ruling gives a whole new group of kids a chance to be a part of high school track teams. Usually it would be very expensive for a family to take their child to specialized meets but now it allows children of all economic backgrounds to compete. This will be very helpful to help increase social skills of all participants as well as promote incision.
New MSHSL rule article
Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming
In the past few years pools have became much more important for exercising and rehabilitation. Each year there is some new kind of aqua therapy. Let's begin with aqua aerobics which is the most common aqua therapy. This is very useful for especially fragile populations because it takes weigh off of joints and a heated pool will loosen up muscles and joints even more. This allows a participant to maintain muscle tone with out putting unneeded stress on the rest of the body.
Another very new type of rehabilitation is called Watsu. This is a type of stretching and muscle relaxation as seen above. This can be very helpful for people with muscular dystrophy and other muscle disorders. The helps keeps joint flexibility that may not be able to be obtained outside of the water. Watsu has also been found to be helpful for pregnant women.
Another very new type of rehabilitation is called Watsu. This is a type of stretching and muscle relaxation as seen above. This can be very helpful for people with muscular dystrophy and other muscle disorders. The helps keeps joint flexibility that may not be able to be obtained outside of the water. Watsu has also been found to be helpful for pregnant women.
What's all the "hoop"-la about?
This past week in class was probably my favorite of the whole semester. We learned all about hula hooping culture and it's possible therapeutic benefits. We began with Ally simply introducing us to how she became so interested in hooping. I was not aware of how popular it was!!!!
We watched the video above which made me surprisingly exciting to begin our activity. To begin with we got to create our own hoop. We used black tubing that can be found at any hardware store. We were told to make a circle with the tubing that reached to our chest. Needless to say i didn't make mine quite that large and it was still by far the largest in the class. Once we had our length of tubing we heated up the ends with hair driers. Once the ends were warmed up we then connected them with an adapter piece.
Now that we had our hoops made we were allowed to decorate them with different colored duct tape. My hoop has gray, blaze orange, and camo tape. Once we finished decorating we went outside and started hooping. I was surprised with how tired i got while hooping. I had a blast.
This activity could be very useful in my career as a CTRS. The decaorating portion of this acitity allows participants to work on fine motor skills and express them self creatively. When you are actually hooping it helps improve participants overall physical fitness, balance and muscle tone.
We watched the video above which made me surprisingly exciting to begin our activity. To begin with we got to create our own hoop. We used black tubing that can be found at any hardware store. We were told to make a circle with the tubing that reached to our chest. Needless to say i didn't make mine quite that large and it was still by far the largest in the class. Once we had our length of tubing we heated up the ends with hair driers. Once the ends were warmed up we then connected them with an adapter piece.
Now that we had our hoops made we were allowed to decorate them with different colored duct tape. My hoop has gray, blaze orange, and camo tape. Once we finished decorating we went outside and started hooping. I was surprised with how tired i got while hooping. I had a blast.
This activity could be very useful in my career as a CTRS. The decaorating portion of this acitity allows participants to work on fine motor skills and express them self creatively. When you are actually hooping it helps improve participants overall physical fitness, balance and muscle tone.
Medical play and arts and crafts
Medical play has often been used to help young children cope with their medical experiences and help teach them about different medical equipment that they may encounter. Over the years medical play has evolved and became something that can be done with older adolecent populations to educate patients and make them more comfortable with different types of equipment. One interesting type of education that has always been a staple in child life departments is bingo with the use of equipment instead of numbers to fill out the card but some studies have shown that for a patient to truly be comfrortable they need to have hands on expericne with it.
The use of medical equipment for creating art allows kids to use equipment that is normally used on them. Allow the children to manipulate g-tubes and IV's shows shows them that these supplies are simply pieces of plastic that are used to treat them and should not be objects of fear.
Another thing that children that frequent hospitals see far to often are syringes used to give them shots or administer bad tasting medicine. This leaves them with the idea that syringes are scary and cannot be fun. Syringe painting allows this scary equipment to be used for fun. In order to do this activity all you need is several syringes, paint in plastic cups, and a couple cups of water to rinse out syringes. paintings can be realistic, abstract or just splatters of paint all over the page. Something important to remember while doing this activity is to make sure that you are using a washable paint as you may make a mess. Also make sure that paint is spread evenly and not gobbed as this will speed up drying time.
The use of medical equipment for creating art allows kids to use equipment that is normally used on them. Allow the children to manipulate g-tubes and IV's shows shows them that these supplies are simply pieces of plastic that are used to treat them and should not be objects of fear.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Coming down the homestrech......
This past week in class we finished up our group long activities. The groups topics that were included Team Activities, Drama/Fine Arts, and Relaxation activities. The first group lead activities that emphasized the need for team work. The first activity was called "birdie on a perch" and was much like paired musical chairs. You would walk around until the music stopped and then raced to not be the last team to jump into your partner's arms. (Needless to say my team won!) My favorite activity done by this group was a blind folded obstacle course in which one person in a pair was completely blind and the other was the sighted guild. This activity would be useful for teaching about visual impairments and how helpful a sighted guide can be and how important communication can be. It is important that the participants know the safety risks involved in moving around blindfolded.
My group was the next one to go with our Fine Arts activity. Our first activity was an creative informertial in which each group was given a random item and had to sell it as if they were from a different world and did not know what it was (much like the clip above from the little mermaid at the 3:30 point). Our next activity was wheel chair dancing which went very well. In this activity we paired up the students and had one person be in a wheelchair and the other be standing we then put the pairs into groups of three and gave them time to choreograph their dances. Needless to say there were some pretty creative dances. We did not have time to do my activity but hopefully I will be able to tell you about it next week. My favorite of these was the wheelchair dancing because it could be very useful to teach advocacy to all populations.
The final group did relaxation exercises. We started out by making stress balls out of balloons and sugar. Next we did some mental imagery, deep breathing and progressive relaxation exercises. These exercises would be very useful for at-risk groups, chemical dependency groups, or anyone because everyone feels stressed every once in a while.
My group was the next one to go with our Fine Arts activity. Our first activity was an creative informertial in which each group was given a random item and had to sell it as if they were from a different world and did not know what it was (much like the clip above from the little mermaid at the 3:30 point). Our next activity was wheel chair dancing which went very well. In this activity we paired up the students and had one person be in a wheelchair and the other be standing we then put the pairs into groups of three and gave them time to choreograph their dances. Needless to say there were some pretty creative dances. We did not have time to do my activity but hopefully I will be able to tell you about it next week. My favorite of these was the wheelchair dancing because it could be very useful to teach advocacy to all populations.
The final group did relaxation exercises. We started out by making stress balls out of balloons and sugar. Next we did some mental imagery, deep breathing and progressive relaxation exercises. These exercises would be very useful for at-risk groups, chemical dependency groups, or anyone because everyone feels stressed every once in a while.
Long activities day 1
This week we began our long group activities. The three groups topics were arts and crafts, challenge activities, and music activities. My Favorite activity was done by the arts and crafts group and was called book altering. I am not usually the kind of person that is big on doing artsy activities but i really enjoyed this activity. This activity is very good for any population because it is what ever you make it.
To begin the activity we were told to pick out any book we wanted from a cart of old books. I originally grabbed a book of historical French poetry, but once was told what we were doing i decided to choose a book written in English so i could actually read the words. :) We were then told to rip out some of the pages to make room for our alterations. I really enjoyed just being able to rip apart some of the book because this is something that you usually can't do. (Note: while doing this part with younger or at-risk populations to make sure that the book is no completely torn apart and there is still some remaining book parts remaining to create with.)
The first station was black out poetry where you use a marker to black out certain words on the page to make new sentences into a poem (this is why i changes books, I'm not too good at french). Another station was bubble painting where you mix paint and water to thin it out then blow bubbles of paint onto your pages. You could also do regular painting, coloring, decorating with magazine clippings, and everybody's favorite paper mache. The last station was the one that I considered the most creative, window making. This activity created a picture frame within your book by cutting out a block of pages making a hole in the book. you could then decorate the first page of your frame and place a picture with in the frame or store a significant personal item in the hole.
I could see using this activity with pretty much any population over the age of 6. Since there are no guidelines for what your book needs to look like, you can use this with all cognitive and physical abilities. The major precaution to be aware of is the safe use of supplies and any sensitivities that a participants may have to paints, glues and other supplies.
I love that this activity allows it to be personalized and allow the participant to express themselves. By simply using different colors or magazines can allow you to tailor the activities to different ages or genders by using sports, teen, nature, etc. to fit everyone. This can also be a great activity to open up discussion about the participants feelings or what they are making represents. I would really find this activity useful to working with kids and teens going through medial treatments or pain therapy.
To begin the activity we were told to pick out any book we wanted from a cart of old books. I originally grabbed a book of historical French poetry, but once was told what we were doing i decided to choose a book written in English so i could actually read the words. :) We were then told to rip out some of the pages to make room for our alterations. I really enjoyed just being able to rip apart some of the book because this is something that you usually can't do. (Note: while doing this part with younger or at-risk populations to make sure that the book is no completely torn apart and there is still some remaining book parts remaining to create with.)
The first station was black out poetry where you use a marker to black out certain words on the page to make new sentences into a poem (this is why i changes books, I'm not too good at french). Another station was bubble painting where you mix paint and water to thin it out then blow bubbles of paint onto your pages. You could also do regular painting, coloring, decorating with magazine clippings, and everybody's favorite paper mache. The last station was the one that I considered the most creative, window making. This activity created a picture frame within your book by cutting out a block of pages making a hole in the book. you could then decorate the first page of your frame and place a picture with in the frame or store a significant personal item in the hole.
I could see using this activity with pretty much any population over the age of 6. Since there are no guidelines for what your book needs to look like, you can use this with all cognitive and physical abilities. The major precaution to be aware of is the safe use of supplies and any sensitivities that a participants may have to paints, glues and other supplies.
I love that this activity allows it to be personalized and allow the participant to express themselves. By simply using different colors or magazines can allow you to tailor the activities to different ages or genders by using sports, teen, nature, etc. to fit everyone. This can also be a great activity to open up discussion about the participants feelings or what they are making represents. I would really find this activity useful to working with kids and teens going through medial treatments or pain therapy.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
KUZ FRABA
Last week in class we reviewed the importance of relaxation for both the client and the CTRS. There are several different types and uses for relaxation therapy. One of the first therapy's is called laughter therapy. In this treatment participants are given situations where they laugh to relieve stress. Another laughter therapy is laughter yoga. This incorporates laughing as a substitute for breathing while doing yoga techniques. Although this may work for some people I was not a very big fan of it. I feel that this kind of treatment would be best for children or a group of adults who are comfortable around each other. This would be a difficult act to facilitate for adolescents.
Another important modality that we looked at was meditation. I learned that it is important to take into account a patients religious beliefs and inform them everything that is included in their meditation. If they are not comfortable tell them they may find comfort by discussing this with their religious leader.
The final, and my favorite, relaxation technique is mental imagery. This is made useful by way of deep breathing techniques but also allowing the client to use their own mental power to guide themselves. This type of therapy would seem to be useful for all age groups and be especially helpful as a part of re-motivation therapy. I especially liked the usage of calming videos or sounds.
Another important modality that we looked at was meditation. I learned that it is important to take into account a patients religious beliefs and inform them everything that is included in their meditation. If they are not comfortable tell them they may find comfort by discussing this with their religious leader.
The final, and my favorite, relaxation technique is mental imagery. This is made useful by way of deep breathing techniques but also allowing the client to use their own mental power to guide themselves. This type of therapy would seem to be useful for all age groups and be especially helpful as a part of re-motivation therapy. I especially liked the usage of calming videos or sounds.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Virtual School
Last week we had a guest speaker to talked about the benefits of online schooling for elementary school through high school. I had always seen virtual schooling to be somewhat infective way of schooling. one of the biggest issues that I had with it was that it is that i thought that the schooling would lose the social aspects of learning.
As I learned more about the school, I found alot of helpful aspects of this style of schooling. This can be very helpful for children with high needs including the need for constant medical attention or have some sort of learning disability that makes it difficult to learn in a traditional class room.
As I learned more about the school, I found alot of helpful aspects of this style of schooling. This can be very helpful for children with high needs including the need for constant medical attention or have some sort of learning disability that makes it difficult to learn in a traditional class room.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
PUPPETS
Last week in class we watched an instructional video about how to work the puppet from the show "Kids on the Block". The video was interesting but seemed to kind of drag on.
We then had a discussion on different types of puppetry such as shadow puppets. I think that shows like this could be great for different populations. I learned that the usability of puppets really depends on the subject matter covered as well as the age group and situation of the audience.
We then had a discussion on different types of puppetry such as shadow puppets. I think that shows like this could be great for different populations. I learned that the usability of puppets really depends on the subject matter covered as well as the age group and situation of the audience.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Last week in TR my group gave our presentation on Adaptive hunting and fishing. We focused on types of adaptive equipment, different state laws, and groups that help lead hunts for people with disabilities. My part of the presentation focused on all the different kinds of adaptive equipment that has been invented to give people with physical disabilities a chance to hunt as independently as possible.
I would group the two major types of adaptations as location adaptations and shooting adaptations. Locational adaptions include the used of hunting blinds or even lifts like the one shown above
that allow the hunter to get high into the tree alone. Some other adaptations include different types of tripods and mounts. My personal favorite was a computerized system that can be controlled by a joystick and fired with a puff system that causes a shot to be fired by blowing through a straw
We also watched a couple movies about people who have various disabilities but do not let that hold them back from doing extreme sports
I would group the two major types of adaptations as location adaptations and shooting adaptations. Locational adaptions include the used of hunting blinds or even lifts like the one shown above
that allow the hunter to get high into the tree alone. Some other adaptations include different types of tripods and mounts. My personal favorite was a computerized system that can be controlled by a joystick and fired with a puff system that causes a shot to be fired by blowing through a straw
We also watched a couple movies about people who have various disabilities but do not let that hold them back from doing extreme sports
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Today we are gonna be talking about Powerpoint. Powerpoint, Powerpoint, Powerpoint....
For those of you that aren't office fanatics this video is what my title if referring to! :)
Last week in Innovative Activities we had group presentations on how to make many common activities more adaptive. The first group informed us about adaptive boating, including everything from Kayaking to sailing. The coolest adaptation I saw was the the Puff-Sip kayak that allows some one with quadriplegia to control the paddle with different breath combination on a specialized tube. We had the opportunity to hop in our kayak/canoe/table with a partner and practice our different strokes as we went "Just around the river bend!"
The second group discussed therapeutic horse riding. I learned that there are way more physical and mental benefits than I thought. I learned that it can be very helpful when working with amputees such as wounded warriors to help them relearn how to walk since the gait and pelvic movements of a horse are nearly identical to ours. I also gained more insight into the social interaction benefits of children with autism.
The third group discussed different adaptions for arts and crafts. I was aware of many of the items that were available but what really interested me was the number of great artists with disabilities. My favorite was the man who started doing pottery after he became completely blind and had never seen anything that he had made. Another was a young man who leaned the to paint by learning the differences in color of the paint by feeling their consistency.
The final group of the night talked about how you can adapt high ropes courses to accommodate people with disabilities. With how hard it seemed for me to be able to do high ropes, I was amazed with how easily and avoidably a course could be adapted with just a couple sets of pulleys.
Be ready for next week to hear all about my group presentation!!!!
Last week in Innovative Activities we had group presentations on how to make many common activities more adaptive. The first group informed us about adaptive boating, including everything from Kayaking to sailing. The coolest adaptation I saw was the the Puff-Sip kayak that allows some one with quadriplegia to control the paddle with different breath combination on a specialized tube. We had the opportunity to hop in our kayak/canoe/table with a partner and practice our different strokes as we went "Just around the river bend!"
The second group discussed therapeutic horse riding. I learned that there are way more physical and mental benefits than I thought. I learned that it can be very helpful when working with amputees such as wounded warriors to help them relearn how to walk since the gait and pelvic movements of a horse are nearly identical to ours. I also gained more insight into the social interaction benefits of children with autism.
The third group discussed different adaptions for arts and crafts. I was aware of many of the items that were available but what really interested me was the number of great artists with disabilities. My favorite was the man who started doing pottery after he became completely blind and had never seen anything that he had made. Another was a young man who leaned the to paint by learning the differences in color of the paint by feeling their consistency.
The final group of the night talked about how you can adapt high ropes courses to accommodate people with disabilities. With how hard it seemed for me to be able to do high ropes, I was amazed with how easily and avoidably a course could be adapted with just a couple sets of pulleys.
Be ready for next week to hear all about my group presentation!!!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Red Light, Green Light
I'm back again bloggees. Last week in IATR we started out with the final group doing their short activity. In this activity we got into groups of three. One person was the model and chose a pose. The second person was the artist who had to mold the third person into the same pose. The only catch is that the artist was blind folded hand could only use their hands to figure out the exact pose and recreate it.
After that we talked about the game "Red light, Green light" and what the goals are for the game including: being able to listen to directions, have motor control, and process information. We then had to come up with an activity that included these goals. My group chose a rock, paper, scissors game with actions instead of hands. Personally I wanted to do a modified version of the Hokey Pokie but i just like dancing.
We then watched a video of "Project Runway" (which personally I didn't care for much) in which the designers had create a fashionable outfit out of supplies found in a hardware store. We were then told to come up with a similar activity that would be therapeutic to the population we were given, stroke. We decided to have our patients build Halloween costumes out of house hold materials such as cardboard boxes and used paper towel rolls. We set goals for each participant to have to articulate their ideas multiple times through out the activity, as well as use the affected side as much as possible.
At the end we were given assignment to come up with a presentation about how to make hunting and fishing more accessible for people who have had strokes.
All in all i guess what i took away from this class period was that activities and games such as tag can be easily adapted to fit various populations and do not need to have definite rules all the time.
I thought I would include a story from this past weekend at Relay for Life. I was trying to give directions of how to get out of town to some of my friends and had told them to "go through the stoplight". A older gentleman overheard me say this and was quick to correct me and tell me "You'll get in trouble if you go through a stoplight. What you should do is go through Go-light."
After that we talked about the game "Red light, Green light" and what the goals are for the game including: being able to listen to directions, have motor control, and process information. We then had to come up with an activity that included these goals. My group chose a rock, paper, scissors game with actions instead of hands. Personally I wanted to do a modified version of the Hokey Pokie but i just like dancing.
We then watched a video of "Project Runway" (which personally I didn't care for much) in which the designers had create a fashionable outfit out of supplies found in a hardware store. We were then told to come up with a similar activity that would be therapeutic to the population we were given, stroke. We decided to have our patients build Halloween costumes out of house hold materials such as cardboard boxes and used paper towel rolls. We set goals for each participant to have to articulate their ideas multiple times through out the activity, as well as use the affected side as much as possible.
At the end we were given assignment to come up with a presentation about how to make hunting and fishing more accessible for people who have had strokes.
All in all i guess what i took away from this class period was that activities and games such as tag can be easily adapted to fit various populations and do not need to have definite rules all the time.
I thought I would include a story from this past weekend at Relay for Life. I was trying to give directions of how to get out of town to some of my friends and had told them to "go through the stoplight". A older gentleman overheard me say this and was quick to correct me and tell me "You'll get in trouble if you go through a stoplight. What you should do is go through Go-light."
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Actividades a corto
Last week in class, all of the groups took turns presenting our short activities.
My group was the first group to go. We did a creative painting activity using both everyday and obscure items including fake leaves, feathers and sponges. The activity went well except there was some difficulty distributing the supplies and paint because of the room set up. Other than that the activity seemed to be well enjoyed. We discussed that you may want to give specific guidelines for what to paint when working with specific populations like youth-at-risk to make sure that paintings are apropriate.
This activity would be very useful with geriatrics patients to help them trigger memories
My group was the first group to go. We did a creative painting activity using both everyday and obscure items including fake leaves, feathers and sponges. The activity went well except there was some difficulty distributing the supplies and paint because of the room set up. Other than that the activity seemed to be well enjoyed. We discussed that you may want to give specific guidelines for what to paint when working with specific populations like youth-at-risk to make sure that paintings are apropriate.
This activity would be very useful with geriatrics patients to help them trigger memories
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
A Day in the Computer Lab
In this past weeks Innovative Activities class, we met in WING to learn how to research. With the help of one of our UWL librarians we learned how to start researching for our special population project. We learned how to choose key words and use different online library data bases provided by the university. For my topic I'm choosing the use of therapeutic recreation and family outings to help with children and families of children undergoing cancer treatments.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Week one: Tape Art
This past week in Innovative Activities we did a tape art activity. We used a couple you tube videos as our inspiration and basic instructional guidelines for how to begin our masterpieces. Our instructions were to create any thing that we wanted that used an (appropriate) body part and some how could be related to the field of TR. For my groups sculpture we decided to do a angler fish, ya know the fish with the light on it's head from Finding Nemo. We started off using a balloon for the main body and gloves for the tail and flippers. Side note: we weren't the only group using the balloons and the sound of putting cling wrap around balloons literally almost drove me insane. ANY WHO....we kept with the Nemo them we gave our fish one flipper bigger than the other. At the end we were wrapping my hand for some reason and the it ended up looking kinda like a neck and head so we decided to add it on and make it a sea turtle instead. At the end our group disgussed what problems we might encounter if doing this activity with physical rehab patients. We said that the main issues may be mobility, ability to stand and move around the project, and lack of fine motor skills to work with the sticky items. We also said that even though these may be barriers, they also could be helpful to for rehab.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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