Friday, October 05, 2012
International Assistance
I'm am happy to announce that I just sold my first set of curriculum in South Africa! I had sold in Canada and Ireland previously, but South Africa just sounds so far away! It is very gratifying to know that my work is assisting people literally across the world!
I also recently had sales in Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan. SNAP Curriculum is now being used in over half of the states from Alaska to Florida.
I am so happy to see that people are actually interested in finding new ways to assist their clients. Nothing drives me crazier than staff who resort to "mall therapy" day after day. Yes, it gets clients into the community, but just sitting at the mall can't be considered community inclusion. Sitting at the mall all day isn't providing the clients any skills training and it doesn't provide any opportunity for interaction with members of the community. It just reinforces community stereotypes of "disabled kids on a field trip".
One of the great things about the curriculum is that it can be used anywhere... including the mall. While you are sitting waiting for the bus to show up, there are a number of daily living skills topics that you can be talking about. Talk about shopping skills, then get up and go shopping.
Talk about hygiene and then assist a client in the mall restroom to make sure they wash their hands... and do it properly.
Stuck for ideas of activities to do inside on a rainy day? Take a look at my Indoor Activities book... which is designed to be used in conjunction with the curriculum, but can be used independently of the curriculum as well.
Whatever you do, always look for ways to provide actual training for your clients whether you use my materials or not.
I also recently had sales in Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan. SNAP Curriculum is now being used in over half of the states from Alaska to Florida.
I am so happy to see that people are actually interested in finding new ways to assist their clients. Nothing drives me crazier than staff who resort to "mall therapy" day after day. Yes, it gets clients into the community, but just sitting at the mall can't be considered community inclusion. Sitting at the mall all day isn't providing the clients any skills training and it doesn't provide any opportunity for interaction with members of the community. It just reinforces community stereotypes of "disabled kids on a field trip".
One of the great things about the curriculum is that it can be used anywhere... including the mall. While you are sitting waiting for the bus to show up, there are a number of daily living skills topics that you can be talking about. Talk about shopping skills, then get up and go shopping.
Talk about hygiene and then assist a client in the mall restroom to make sure they wash their hands... and do it properly.
Stuck for ideas of activities to do inside on a rainy day? Take a look at my Indoor Activities book... which is designed to be used in conjunction with the curriculum, but can be used independently of the curriculum as well.
Whatever you do, always look for ways to provide actual training for your clients whether you use my materials or not.
# posted by John @ 9:01 PM 
