For this post, I was required to make a PowerPoint on an occupation that I observed while on placement.
Building Blocks:
The Occupational Therapist (OT) used this activity to assess a student’s ability to concentrate, follow instructions as well as emulate a shape or pattern. The first set of instructions given to the student were to stack wooden building blocks on top of each other like a tower, the second set of instructions were to copy the patterns built by the OT. The expectation was for the seven year old autistic student to copy the shapes and patterns as well as stack at least twelve blocks on top of each other like a tower.
Here's my PowerPoint. Enjoy :)
Building blocks is ‘play’ to children. It is what they consider their ‘meaningful occupations.’ Therefore, this activity will be interesting and exciting to the student and their attention and concentration will be maintained for a longer period of time whereas if a different activity were to be chosen that was less meaningful to a seven year old student, it would be more difficult to obtain the information that is necessary.
Through play, children are subconsciously doing, being, becoming and belonging. These concepts play a large role in a child’s developmental stage as they discover their meaningful occupations.
- “The concept of doing includes purposeful, goal-oriented activities” (Hammell, 2004, p. 301).
- Being can be defined as “existing, living, nature and essence... Being is about being true to ourselves, to our nature, to our essene, and to what is distinctive about us to bring to others as part of our relationship and to what we do” (Wilcock, 1998, p. 250).
- Becoming is to visualize the possibilities of the future and explore what one would like to become over the course of a lifetime (Hammel, 2004).
- Hammell describes the term ‘belonging’ as a “sense of being included” (2004, p. 302) and the necessity of mutual support, friendship and social interaction.
Image 2: Young child building a tower
Image 5: Tower built out of wooden blocks
Image 8: Girl building a tower
Image 9: Two kids playing together with building blocks
Image 10: Little kid building a tower
Images 11 - 13: Building a tower as high as possible out of wooden building blocks
Images 14 - 20: Emulating the pattern built by the 'teacher'
In preparing this PowerPoint I had to take into consideration the safety and privacy of the people in these photos. I had help from a friend who modeled as the student in this scenario. I made sure that I had her permission to make use of her hands for class purposes. I also made an effort to reference the work that I retrieved, whether it was from the internet (photos) or readings. Lastly, I either blurred the faces in the photos or made sure they were not recognizable.
There you go, a little bit of a tough tut to get through, but its here!!
Hope it's not too much of a muddle for y'all to read.
Till next tutorial!!
Sally ~
References:
There you go, a little bit of a tough tut to get through, but its here!!
Hope it's not too much of a muddle for y'all to read.
Till next tutorial!!
Sally ~
References:
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Both hands and a flashlight. (2008, October 14). Building blocks, sequences, memory, and thoughts on thinking. [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=firefox%20&hs=E7V&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1301&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbnid=qOqLauKuxWEFTM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/10/14/building-blocks-sequences-memory-and-thoughts-on-thinking/&docid=F_YZ4lg4PalqhM&imgurl=http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blocks3.jpg&w=450&h=630&ei=QMlVT6iAHomWiQfC5tHSCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=112&vpy=106&dur=3&hovh=266&hovw=190&tx=133&ty=120&sig=106329315366145913349&page=2&tbnh=130&tbnw=93&start=19&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:21,s:19hs=E7V&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1301&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbnid=qOqLauKuxWEFTM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2008/10/14/building-blocks-sequences-memory-and-thoughts-on-thinking/&docid=F_YZ4lg4PalqhM&imgurl=http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/blocks3.jpg&w=450&h=630&ei=QMlVT6iAHomWiQfC5tHSCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=112&vpy=106&dur=3&hovh=266&hovw=190&tx=133&ty=120&sig=106329315366145913349&page=2&tbnh=130&tbnw=93&start=19&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:21,s:19
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Photography by Mark Stevenson. Photos used with permission.
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