THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE
Student Name:Jessica LuongoDate:10/04/2017 Age Group: Grade 4
Purpose:
Purpose:
It is important for me to consider Child As
Reason for developing
limitations. I needed to adjust the difficult of the
therapeutic experience. This
lesson to help him to be able to participate in the
could be in response to an
classroom activities in a way that fits his needs. I
observation, discussion with
needed to simplify the the classroom materials.
the site supervisor, etc.
Observation
As part of the grade four curriculum, they are to
- Document what you saw and
begin to learn french as a second-language. As Child
heard
As learning abilities are different from those of his
- Document non-verbal
peers lessons are needed to be modified to fit his
communication (i.e., body
needs. Therefore, I have to decide to take it upon
language, facial expressions
myself to create an activity to help teach him his
and voice tone)
months in french. By doing this he will develop a
- Document in detail: who,
sense of success as the activity will match his needs
what, where, and when
and it will be in the form of an activity he is use to
- Documentation should be
completing.
written in past tense,
objective, and in anecdotal
format
OR
Discussion
Document the discussion
between you and your site
supervisor that led to the
planning
What I have planned is English-French Months
Matching.
Therapeutic Objectives:
1. He will gain a sense of success when he learns
Therapeutic Experience his months in French.
What are you planning in 2. He will gain a sense of normalcy as he learns
response to your purpose? the same topics as his peers.
- Label your experience (e.g. 3. He will gain a sense of independence as he
Painting with cars). learns to complete the activity on his own.
- What are your 3 therapeutic
objectives? (eg. Sense of This experience will involve the child and myself.
normalcy, control, It will take place at the childs desk in the childs
independence, etc) classroom during french class.
Describe the experience: Materials:
- Who will be involved in the - English-French Months Matching cards
experience?
- Where will the experience Implementation:
take place? 1. I will set out the materials on the childs desk.
- List the materials and 2. I will place only 6 of the cards on his desk at a
resources you will use time, to eliminate any unpredictable
- Describe the movements and frustration.
implementation of the 3. As he is matching the months, I will ask him to
experience, with a step by say the month in english and then in french to
step description see if he understands it.
4. I will repeat this activity throughout his french
- Describe any precautions
classes that way he can get a better recognition
you needed to take with the
of the months in another language (French).
activity, or any restrictions 5. While he completes this activity I will use
that existed, effecting the behaviour recognition to motivate him. I will
child(ren)s ability to say Good job Child A or look you found a
complete the task match.
(Precaution eg. Child has a
type of blood cancer, so he/ Precautions or Restrictions:
she has to be careful not to As the child has additional needs, there are
get a cut; Restriction eg. limitations to his learning abilities, which will limit
Child has an IV in his/her to his ability to focus on an activity for long periods
dominant hand, limiting use of time. A precaution I will need to take is the
childs mood. If I see he is overstimulated, I might
of the hand)
wait to do the activity with him until he is in a calm
state. A restriction might be that he has not learnt
the months in french yet, therefore he might have
some difficulty matching.
Reflection:
- What went well? Provide
examples for how you know
it went well.
- What didnt go well? Provide
examples for how you know
it didnt go well.
- What did you learn?
- What might you do
differently next time you
implement this same
experience and why?
- Did you have to make any
adaptations or
modifications? If so, what
were they?
- What type of experience
might you plan to extend on
this one?
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