Activities for adults with severe developmental disabilities?

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Activities for adults with severe developmental disabilities?

Answer 1

--Outside the house ideas:

-Going to the library, checking out some craft books.

-Go to the mall and go shopping or just look around.

-Go to a nail salon and get a manicure/pedicure.

-Go to a zoo, sporting event, music concert, comedy show, museum, etc.

-Get some coffee/hot chocolate at a coffee joint and people-watch.

-Volunteer at an animal shelter, food bank, or some other place.

-See if there are any places in your area that host social gatherings (dances, movie nights) for people with disabilities.



Inside the house ideas:

-Do an at-home manicure/pedicure/makeover

-Send happy cards to kids with terminal illnesses (check out hugsforhope.org)

-Do some Mad Libs.

-Go outside on a nice day and blow bubbles.

-Everybody loves doing tie-dye!!

-You can always do the baking/cooking thing and then hand the goods out to a homeless shelter or the neighbors. If you've got permission from the family, maybe even have a bake sale. And if she's got use of her arms (or do hand over hand) she can help with stirring and such.

-Do hand over hand painting and coloring.

-Find a recipe online to make your own lip balm.

-Help her make something in time for Mothers' Day (Sunday, May 12)

-Plant some seeds and watch them grow.

Answer 2

Given she is an adult, I would try to find adult TV shows she enjoys. Perhaps a cooking show and than you make what you watched on TV the next time you come. Find small things in the cooking process she can do. Or a craft show - and than do the craft the next time. She can pick out the colors you use and perhaps hand over hand do some of the craft.

Answer 3

I'm sure variety would be appreciated. Instead of a regular movie, what about going to the planetarium? Even if the information about the sky is super boring to her, the visuals are incredible. You could even see about gojng at a down time (like weekday mornings) when they may allow you to play your own music instead of the educational stuff. Maybe something like a butterfly house would interest her? They're basically like humid glass houses with loads of strange plants and hundreds of butterflies. You will probably want to visit ahead of time to make sure the climate (sometimes leaning towards quite warm) would be suitable. In the same vein, aquariums, the zoo, and museums might be interesting breaks from your regular park.



As far as activities to do inside, check out some of the new iPod speakers on the market. There are dogs that dance in time to the music and robots that light up and such. There are less childish ones that are like water fountains and light shows that go in time to the tempo of the music playing.

Answer 4

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Activities for adults with severe developmental disabilities?

I am working with a young adult who cannot speak, walk, or use her hands and is very fragile. I take her out to the movies and to the park twice a week. At home, she mainly watches children's television shows and likes to be read to. However, activities seem very limited because she can only...

Answer 5

If she is able to grasp with your help hand over hand with a jumbo crayon, put together a book that has up to 10 pages, 1.cottonballs for softness,2 sandpaper for roughness, 3 something gel like so on make towards the senses. When you bake show her what you are doing put alittle batter on a spoon so she can feel the texture. Music is great again hand over hand using wooden spoons or lids from a sauce pan. All of these are great for the sensory.

Kris

Answer 6

People who are paraplegics and without limbs find a way to paint by placing a paint brush in their mouths. Try this if she is interested in being artistic. Also look in the phone directory under Social Services, they can be a huge resource.

Answer 7

well baking and also cooking welll how about do have special center

Answer 8

How about activities that relate to her smelling sensory?



If you do take her to the mall is the perfume counter a choice? Have her smell perfume samples or body lotions. If there is a perfume she likes, maybe you can purchase the perfume or lotion when she at home.



Are they able to wear make up, have nail polish or toe nail polish put on her feet?



Once a week I turn on the Shopping network tv shows and see what type of products they are selling on TV. I am like a shopping critic whether I would buy an item or not. You can sit with her and watch QVC or HSN cable shopping to see if you both would buy that item or not.



***you do not have to buy the items mentioned on the TV program. This is all for fun.