Therapeutic Arts and Crafts

Last week it was my group's turn to present, and our focus was on TR and arts and crafts!  The activities we had the class participate in were the making of collage journal covers, fabric bracelets, edible "haunted" houses, chain art, and group murals.  The rational behind our presentation was to find activities that illustrated the benefits of TR (emotional, physical, social, and cognitive).  What I learned from helping facilitate this presentation that will help me in my professional development is to always be flexible and not to give up when unexpected bumps come up because programs going exactly as planned is the exception rather than the norm!  About myself, I learned again the joys and trials experienced in working as a group.  I tried to strive for excellence by just focusing on doing my part and not worrying about if I felt that I did more than others because the success of the presentation was the most important.  In doing this, I noticed all of the hard work that others had put into the presentation and seeing their commitment and hard work really helped me take my eyes off of myself!