Welcome

Planning My Day and Looking After Myself

It might help to have a pen and paper beside you or somebody who can take notes

Who are we?

Imelda- I work with Blossom Ireland planning things and thinking of ways to help young people with a disability to be able to do the things they want.

• What do I miss at the moment?

• Something I am working on:

• What am I doing while I am at home?

Ellie:

I am an occupational therapist. I work at the Down Syndrome Centre, I help young people set goals and learn how to achieve them, so they can be as independent as possible.

What is Occupational Therapy?

What I am doing while I’m at home:

What I am working on:

What do I miss at the moment:

Why are we here?

To try and help you make your day a little better while you are stuck at home!

What will be chatting about today?

Planning your day

Looking after yourself

How can we plan our day?

Schedules can be Pictures or wordsSchedules are good if it makes you feel safe when you know what is going to happen

Activity Boards

• These are good if you don’t like a full schedule but sometimes need some help choosing what to do with your time

I’m Bored again….

Activity Boards can look like this

Things we need to do to keep well and happy

Things you want to do?

Play and Leisure

Play and Leisure

Play and Leisure

Video call

Change the way you enjoy a hobby

• Choose a hobby you enjoy

• Think how you can continue to enjoy this

• Do you need different space or equipment?

• Ask your teacher or family for help

Self-care – Can I learn something new?

Self-care

Learn a new skill

• Choose 2 activities to practice at home

• Do you need help or support to do this?

• Ask your parents or Blossom to help

• Work backwards

• Break down the steps

Examples of Learning New Skills

Finding your choices

• Some things we can’t choose at the moment – like not going out

• We always have some choices though make sure you find them

Choices

• It is very important that we have some choices

• People telling us what to do all the time can make us feel like we have no control

• You need to use your voice or pictures or sign to let people know what you want

How can you replace things?

• Lets think……

• A meet up with a friend

• Going to Eddie Rockets with friends

• Swimming

Meeting Friends

Video chat

Blossom can give you step by step instructions on how to use these:

Think of somebody you miss you would like to have a video call with…

Going to Eddie Rockets

Swimming

Create your own occasion

• We need things to look forward to

• Chat with friends over a video call, phone or text

• Have some favourite food and a chat with a friend

• Organise a game with friends online by video

• Play sports in a new way

• Do a class online

How can Blossom help?

Blossom can send you lots of pictures by email so you can make your own activity boards and plan your own day.

Find what works for you

• You don’t have to have a schedule for home.

• It can help you to plan your day after the corona Virus is gone though.

• Schedules can change and that is ok.

Moving Keeps you Healthy!

• Your brain needs movement to help you learn and concentrate

• Every hour while you are awake make sure you do some movement

• Have a mix between lots of energy or something small

Big Movement Breaks

Small Movement Breaks

When did you get moving and when did you have a break usually?

• Do some school work in your day

• Keep in contact with people who help you

• Set new goals and challenges

Education

Try to keep check of how you are feeling

If you’re feeling too slow, try:

If you’re feeling too fast, try

• What makes your body too slow?

• What makes your body too fast?

• What might help you feel just right?

Times to relax – a few times a day

• The more relaxation times we put into our day the better we can cope with things

• It helps us to not get so angry or upset

• Ellie will talk about how to keep yourself feeling in control

Making Time to Relax

Asking for help

• We all need help to do the things we would like to do

1. Choose something you would like to do

2. Ask a family member to help us get the items or set things up

3. You can ask using pictures or words or by using pointing or gestures

First choose and then ask for help if you need it

Choose

Ask for help if needed

We all need help from others sometimes!

Thank you for listening!