For my media project material, I had buttons. I turned this simple item into a "button garden" complete with a cookie sheet full of soil, button "seeds," and plastic gardening tools. I did this because my client Dennis has suffered a stroke and now has left neglect. He wants to return to one of his favorite activities (gardening), so doing activities with this button garden can be enjoyable while also benefitting him in many ways. It can improve his finger and wrist flexibility, bilateral coordination, object release, dexterity, safety awareness, strength, balance, ROM, and more.
The most significant thing I learned from this project is that you can make anything into something meaningful. Having something as simple as buttons but making it into a whole setup that is meaningful to the client just shows how much you can do when you really put thought into your interventions. I feel that one way I have changed is by realizing I can be creative. Before now, I have always said I'm not creative. But, now I believe that everyone is creative in their own way. We shouldn't belittle our abilities just because they're different from someone else's.
Completing this assignment has impacted me in a way that I will remember for future courses and in clinical work. It has made me realize even more how important it is to make our interventions and activities occupation-based. This concept became more real for me as I was working with my materials. I thought about how boring it would be if I just asked Dennis to count and pick up buttons. Adding in a simulation of one of his favorite hobbies (working in his garden) was something so simple yet I know would be so affective and meaningful to him.
Below is a photo of the button garden and a link to my media project video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUdo3YKLJE
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