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Dec 9, 20203 min read
Found objects for older adults with anxiety
Found objects have been some of my favorite materials to experiment with. Found objects allow for ultimate versatility in application,...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Found Objects
Media Process: Found object collage Population: Older adults Disorder: Dementia Dementia in older adults can present itself in a variety...
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Found Object Art Process with Older Adults with Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia)
For the Found Object process, I revisited an experiential led by Michele Rattigan during our Summer Foundations course. In this...
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Sewing with Older Adults with Depressive Disorders
Sewing is a struggle for me. I am not detail oriented, and I am impatient with techniques that require precision. I found it difficult to...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Cultivating Changes with El Duende process
Mini El Duende for older adults with substance use disorder · Each step a different material or technique? · Tape painting as a mask;...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
The Threads of a Story
Sewing for an older adult with medical trauma · Can work with many participants- into a quilt, or round-robin · Rhythmic, meditative,...
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Hand-knitting for older adults with somatic symptom disorder
I always loved the cozy warmth of wearing scarves, the elegant way they frame the face and add some colorful flare, helping to complete a...
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Both sides of the body, both sides of the brain: Older adults and therapeutic knitting
I used knitting to explore two-handed processes that engage bilateral body and brain function. Yarn is a medium that I used extensively...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
The clay body, trauma, and rehabilitation
Media: Clay and Ceramics Population: Adults to Older Adults Condition: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders This time, I began with a...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Knitting: Older Adults w/ Neurocognitive Disorders
Media: Knitting/Crochet Population: Older Adults Disorder: Neurocognitive Disorders Reflection: This week, I engaged in finger knitting...
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Found Objects+neurodevelopmental disorders+older adults
Anytime I think of found objects artwork, I think of a friend saying, “Trash Art,” and I absolutely love that. That saying one person’s...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Knitting/Crochet + neurocognitive disorder+ older adults
I was pretty excited that we were going to engage in Knitting/Crochet since I automatically associate it with our cohort and how it...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Zines with older adults with bipolar and related disorders
Media: Zine Population: older adults with bipolar and related disorders I don’t know that I can say too much yet about the zine creation...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
El Duende-Week 5
Journal 5 El Duende Population: Older Adults Diagnosis: Neurocognitive Disorders Having done an El Duende over several months before, I...
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Knitting and Crochet-Week 3
Journal 3 Knitting & Crochet Population: Older Adults Diagnosis: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders For this week I chose to knit a...
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Clay Manipulation & Older Adults
One of my favorite art therapy publications is Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff and Morgan Gaydos’s work using clay manipulation with Parkinson’s...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
#5 El Duende with Older Adults and Bipolar Disorder
Reflective Writing #5: Mini El Duende Population: Older Adults Disorder: Bipolar II Disorder When creating my Mini El Duende I used a...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
#1 Papermaking and Older Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Reflective Writing #1: Papermaking Population: Older Adults Disorder: Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer’s Disease...
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Found Object Art for Older Adults with Neurocognitive Disorders
I stumbled upon a beautiful quote online that made me think of found object art: “I am a mosaic of everyone I’ve ever loved.” I think...
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Embroidery for Older Adults with Anxiety
I chose to embroider. This experience was meditative, repetitive, rhythmic, kinesthetic, and sensory. I enjoyed feeling the tension of...
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