Introduction meeting with group with disabilities

Introduction meeting with Group with Disabilities

Aim:

To get to know the participants - students and service users
To try different activities so as to assess abilities and interests

Meet and greet
Name tags with stickers
Students introducing themselves to service users in one to ones
Page in the centre on which the name of the service user's name was added with details of their interests
Model magic foam given to all to experiment with; white, yellow red and blue.
Marbling inks were use to create instant results
Remote control car painting used to engage the service users in a different approach to painting
Goodbye and when we will see them again

The different activities gave everyone an insight into the abilities of the participants; general dexterity, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive skills, colour recognition, texture agreeably and rejection, cause and effect response, symbolism constructs, tolerance for mess, engagement with process and product, group-work dynamics, patience displays, attention seeking, concentration and developing areas of interest.