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I went to the Domestic Violence conference at Family Justice Center on October 27, 2023. While I got a lot of good ideas from the conference, there was one in particular that I felt would be great for the residents at my practicum.
One of the breakout rooms was titled “Vison Board”, so since it sounded crafty, it was of interest to me. But it was not just a regular vision board. She had us pick out different images from magazines that just really called to us, and we put them onto our paper. Prior to this activity, we had listened to a very tough keynote speaker’s story and were kind of on edge. We found that this activity really was relaxing in a way, and therapeutic.
So, I felt that a project like this would be great for my elderly residents at Gateway Towers using my social work skill of knowledge of therapeutic interventions. I advertised for it, and bought supplies, including magazine cut outs from online. I used engagement skills and therapeutic skills with the two residents who attended the art project and was still able to build on the importance of human relationships in this time with them.
The evaluation and feedback from the residents that attended was that they enjoyed the project and found it relaxing and insightful to do. Both kept extra of the magazine clippings and said that they planned on doing more of these on their own at home because they enjoyed it and found it therapeutic.
I used the cognitive processes of creating and organization and the affective process of valuing. My theoretic approach that was used in this activity was the Person-Centered Approach by Carl Rogers, which was done by taking this time to understand individual preferences of these residents as well as their experiences which were both shown by this art that they created.