1. OAHSA Annual Meeting March,2010 Midwest City, OK

2.  Scheduled Activities + Unscheduled Activities Create “THE GROWING ENVIRONMENT”

3.  An Interactive Social Environment +  An Interactive Physical Environment

4. CREATE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES THAT TRULY ENGAGE RESIDENTS

5. Depends on Both WHAT YOU PLAN and HOW YOU PRESENT IT APPROACH IS ALMOST EVERYTHING

6. Baker’s Dozen

7. “ Let us entertain you”  Musicians  Educators  Professionals  Humorists  Drama Players  Activity Directors  Others

8. “Everybody needs somebody, sometime”  Theme Parties  Daily Socials  Something at mealtimes  Teams  Spiritual  Discussions

9. “Sportsmanship can be everywhere”  Theme Bingos  Group Crosswords  Jeopardy  Star Toss  Dice Games  Words

10.  “Everybody can Participate”  “Short Skits”  Music  Dance  Painting

11. “Use it or lose it”  Movement / Exercise  Music with Movement  Trivia with Exercise  Walking & Wheeling Club  Use Props  Others

12.  “Looking for Inner Peace”  Diverse religious services  Poems  Articles  Book club  Discussions  Others

13. “You’re Never Too Old To Learn” & “Remember When”  Who AM I?  Group Crosswords  Daily Chronicles  Matching  Jeopardy  Others

14. “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”  High School “Senior to Senior”  Arts Groups  Fraternal Organizations  Non-Profits  Lunch Bunch  WC Lounge  Others

15. “Some People are Born Leaders”  Resident Councils ◦ Self-Government ◦ “Every Vote Counts”  Activity Advisory Committee  Table Captains  Others

16. “By Benefiting Others We Benefit Ourselves”  Resident Buddy System  Stapling, Sorting, and delivering  Clean up  Mini-assistants ◦ Bells ◦ Flowers, etc. ◦ Others

17. “Just Hanging Out With the Guys/Gals  Just Picture It ◦ Tools ◦ Cars  Wedding Dresses  Miss Manners  “Differences between the Sexes”  Others

18.  Art to Art  Grade School Class  Boy & Girls Scouts  Parties ◦ Tailgating ◦ Brain Games ◦ Worm Race

19. “Day by Day”  Impromptu Visits  Invite, Encourage, and Assist  All Staff involvement  Visits while eating  Break Routines  Others

20.  Memory  Movement  Helping  Humor  Interest (Curiosity)  Seeing & Touching (Props)  Smell & Taste  Sound & Talking

21.  Approach-Approach-Approach  Preparation ◦ Activityconnection.com ◦ Internet  Groups of 15 or less  Use Humor in every activity  Adult-Adult-Adult  Exaggeration but respectful

22. “It’s Their World, We’re In It”  Work in teams of 4 or less  Put a higher functioning with Lower Levels  Be very careful with questions directed toward one person  Keep possible resident problem behaviors away from each other  Challenging but not too difficult

23.  “Boring Activities (Same old Bingo)  Juvenile Approach (Children)  Lack of Staff enthusiasm (Bad Attitude)  No flexibility (Rules)  Severe Problem Behaviors (Virginia)  Non interest residents coming (Nida)  Other (Discussion)

24.  Smiles and Laughter  Truly Engaging Residents  Interactions between residents  Foster Friendships  Giving warm fuzzies to each other  Learning and growing  Compliments to staff

25.  Scheduled & Unscheduled Activities can Create a Growing Environment  Our Job is to Offer Meaningful Activity Opportunities  Success depends on What You Plan and How you Present it.  A “Bakers Dozen” should be a part of your Activity Categories  DDozen

26.  Use the “MMHHISSSTTT” approach to grow your activities  Evaluate your programs by looking at “Program Killers”  Consider your “Signs of Success”  Use Activityconnection.com  Look to always Improve  Work hard but have lots of fun

27.  VP of Rowlett & Laker  Activities Assistant at Brookdale  Coordinator of the 90 Hour Activity Course  Activitydirectorcourse.com  Presenter for In-services and Conferences  317-750-8652