Our class recently had to create and complete an activity
analysis. An activity analysis is a systematic evaluation of an activity to
determine if it is suitable for a particular client or population as an
intervention. Its purpose is to identify the physical and temporal needs for an
activity, the required physical and mental demands, and the therapeutic benefit
of the activity. An activity analysis can also allow one to determine whether
the activity in question will achieve the intended goals of therapy within the allotted
timeframe and will be appropriate for a specific client. Activity analysis can
be wonderful as an intervention and it also shows you how complex basic actions
can be.
For class today, we were asked to listen to a podcast before class titled The First Cow. The speaker was Abeny Kucha, a woman from southeastern Africa who has an amazing story. Her village was destroyed by war and for years she bounced from refugee camp to refugee camp walking and traveling for over eight years. Luckily she and her family made it to America. Listening to her story really opened my eyes to just how lucky I am to have the life that I have. When they first arrived they were taken to this apartment and told it was their new home… she expressed that the word home meant more to her than most could understand. Her children had never had a home, they had never been able to sleep in peace without any worry. She spoke of how they had no idea what orange soda was or what a fire alarm was, things that you never even second guess or need to think about can be completely foreign to others. She also mentioned how they had two couches in the living room and how no...
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