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REINTEGRATING INTO COMMUNITY
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Teaching Hands
“'Feeling and Knowing the World”
“Teaching Hands” is a program that provides a creative curriculum for community integration and normalization for adult students with learning disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and a spectrum of developmental disabilities.
Method: a holistic approach to curriculum design, teaching and learning
- Engages the visual, tactile, and proprioceptive attentiveness to learn new skills
- Acknowledges the importance of using handiwork and crafts as a therapeutic method in developing the full potential of the creative, intellectual, emotional and social capacities of the self
- Increases somatic awareness to assist self regulation
- Acknowledges goal directed behaviour is essential for successful community integration
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Who are our students:
- Individuals experiencing difficulty in the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood
- Individuals who learn and perform best in a small group setting
- Individuals who seek novel and experimental kinds of art related activities
- Individuals who find joy in working and creating with their hands
Who are we:
- Educators in the field of mental health
- Cognitive behavioral therapist
- Sensory integration therapist
"Sometimes our troubled sons and daughters with special needs require individualized programming to bring them out of a difficult time. I never thought my daughter would be interested in learning how to use a sewing machine."Read more