Student Report 2009

European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) Student Committee

XV Meeting of the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education, ENOTHE

INTRODUCTION

The European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) was founded in 1995 and its goal is to unite the European Occupational Therapy Educational Programs in order to advance the education and the body of knowledge of occupational therapy. One of the specific objectives of this organization is to promote learning throughout the life of OT professionals in the international arena. ENOTHE organizes an annual international conference gathering over 400 attendees each year, between students and Occupational Therapy professors. The congress offers two views: one part aimed at professionals of Occupational Therapy; and the other, aimed at students of this discipline, in order to achieve the goals set by the organization.

This year we celebrated the fifteenth annual ENOTHE Meeting at the University of A Coruña, from the 15th to the 17th of October 2009, a decision which was made at the General Assembly of ENOTHE held on October 19th in Cork, Ireland.

Each year the theme of the Meeting converges with the common theme proposed by Europe. The year 2009 is the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. "Imagine‐Create‐ Innovate". The activities of the year are focused on enabling a propitious environment for creativity and innovation and to become a strong impetus for a long term policy. The event is focused on linking this issue throughout occupational therapy with education, science, culture, research and information.

Highlighting creativity should encourage problem solving and the practical application of knowledge and ideas. All forms of innovation including social and entrepreneurial innovation are taken into account. Artistic creation and new approaches in culture should also receive this attention, as important means of communication between people in Europe. The purpose of the act is to remember that innovation in Spain and in Europe generates ideas, makes the society more competitive and it also offers solutions.

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STUDENT COMMITTEE

THOUGHT AND PURPOSE

From the moment we found out we would be the contact students for the fifteenth ENOTHE Meeting in A Coruña, we had a clear idea: we wanted to use this role to strengthen connections between occupational therapy students in Europe.

We believe it is the best way to grow as a discipline, being a united group, and thereby contribute to change the realities of the clients we work with.

For this reason, the whole team of students that is part of the organizing committee in A Coruña, work to create connections and alliances, in different ways and at different levels:

1 .‐ Between the students themselves at the University of A Coruña: to become involved in the process of organizing the event as a way of learning how to work in a team and nurture themselves with everything that an event like this entails.

2 .‐ Spanish students: as the host country, Spain had the opportunity to show the enormous potential it has, not only to its professionals, but to future generations.

3 .‐ With students from Europe: of which we expected, without no disapointment, to nourish us with their narrative, and to those we expect we nurtured with ours.

The performance of the students has been in assembly, coordinated by a small committee of students who had some specific roles and responsibilities. The organizing committee of students was composed by the following persons: Natalia Yanaína Rivas Quarneti, Betania Groba González, Nuria Vazquez Temprano, Laura Nieto Riveiro, Iria Queijeiro Pérez, Thais Rio Diaz, Lidia Rubio Gayo, Vanessa Suárez López, Candela Presedo Sanchez and Luis Marquez Álvarez. Meanwhile, another group of around 30 students played a vital but distinct role in the process of the XV ENOTHE Meeting: Lidya Abad Itoiz, Iria Abad Rivera, Jessica Abad Rosende, Eva Alba Miranda, Beatriz Blanco Álvarez, Alba Cabanas Iglesias, Sheila Casal Barcala, Yoanna Corral Bergantiños, Rita Díaz López, Silvia Eiroa Santos, Marta Fernández González, Aroa Fernández Novo, Mirtha Flores Cuesta, Silvia Gerpe López, Silvia Grille Lema, Natalia Hermida Carballido, Mª José Hermida Magariños, Alba Laso González, Mª Teresa Lema Pérez, Lorena López Rodríguez, Soraya Mangana Rivas, Alba Mayán Carballa, Ana Mayo Martínez, Tania Muíño Vila, Noelia Rabuñal Fernández, Sonia Reboredo Taboada, Tania Romeu Ces, Marta Sánchez Yáñez, Miriam Soliño Barros, Lucía Teijeiro Lorenzo, Cristina Varela Penas. The student organizing committee participated in the XV ENOTHE Meeting in a dynamic way, trying to apply different creative and innovative tools and techniques. The actions implemented by the group of students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Coruña, have been divided into three groups: those implemented in the period before the meeting, those implemented during the meeting, and those implemented in the period following the conclusion of the meeting.

The dates and timing for the organizing of the Meeting in A Coruña are the following dates:

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• Period preceding the XV ENOTHE Meeting. November 2008‐October 2009.

• Period during XV ENOTHE Meeting.

• Subsequent Period of XV ENOTHE Meeting. October 2009‐December 2009.

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1. PERIOD PRECEDING THE XV ENOTHE MEETING:

Action 1.1: Welcome and presentation of the Faculty of Health Sciences, A Coruña.

The students representing the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of A Coruña developed a welcome letter introducing and welcoming the XV Meeting of The European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (Annex 1 and Annex 2).

Action 1.2: Joint development between students and ENOTHE board of the basis of the student programs of 2009.

The foundation of the student projects of 2009 are based on the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. Thus, from these two qualities, European OT students were encouraged to create a project in which occupational therapy, together with its clients, increased their health. These terms were established in conjunction with the executive director of the ENOTHE, published on the official website of this network.

Action 1.3: Dissemination of information to students of the University of A Coruña.

The student coordinators conducted the meeting and the dissemination of information conveyed by the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) through meetings held during the month of November 2008 with various courses of Occupational Therapy. A triptych was made by the student organizing committee to achieve maximum dissemination in a clear and concise manner among students of the University of A Coruña (Annex 3).

Action 1.4: Meetings and organization of working groups.

The student committee held weekly meetings during the month of December 2008 with the objective that students who were motivated to help in organizing the meeting could have as much information as possible, and from that moment onwards the information could be distributed to students in groups coordinated by a student committee member and formed by representatives of the 4 courses in Occupational Therapy. The second objective of the student meetings was to assign specific tasks to different groups. On Chart 1.3.1. this distribution by groups and assigned tasks can be observed, whilst Annex 4 is attached with the list of students who conformed the meetings.

Student Responsible Number of Activity of Organizing students Comittee Group 1 Space organization and sample of 9 students Laura Nieto students Group 2 Thursday Social Event: students welcome 3 students Iria Queijeiro

Group 3 Saturday Social Event 6 students Thais Río

Group 4 Management and organization of closet 4 students Candela Presedo

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Group 5 Organization and review of Abstracts 7 students Lidia Rubio Nuria Vázquez Group 6 Sunday tourists options 4 students Betania Groba

Group 7 General tourists options 4 students Natalia Rivas

Group 8 Document Translation 2 students Vanessa Suárez

Group 9 Technical Assistance 2 students Luis Márquez

Table 1.3.1. Students organization before the 15 Meeting of ENOTHE.

Action 1.5: Dissemination in the National Student Congress of Occupational Therapy.

Another measure implemented by the student Committee was the dissemination of the celebration of the Fifteenth ENOTHE Meeting nationally, with the presentation of an oral communication at the National Congress of Students of Occupational Therapy held in Talavera de la Reina during the 18th and 19th April 2009. Attached is the full text presented at the conference (Annex 5).

In order to spread and give out information about the Meeting, various actions took place. The information was published at different points and is available at the following websites: ENOTHE (www.enothe.hva.nl), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of A Coruña (http://www. udc.es / fcs / s). Another action undertaken was the publication of information in the National Conference of Directors of University Schools of Occupational Therapy (CNDEUTO), in the Galician Journal of Occupational Therapy (www.revistatog.com), in the Galician Professional Association of Occupational Therapists (APGTO) and in the Spanish Professional Association of Occupational Therapists (APETO).

Action 1.6: Reception of abstracts.

The students were the people responsible of receiving the abstracts of the projects designed by European students and organizing them in a way that would simplify the process of evaluating them. The student abstracts were submitted until June 1st 2009. In that time we received 38 pieces of work from students all over Europe.

Action 1.7: Collaboration in the creation of the evaluation system of abstracts.

It was necessary to develop evaluation criteria to determine if the projects were fit or not to present at the Meeting, and to emphasize on the strong points of the projects and encourage the improvement of the weaker points. These criteria were created by the Faculty of the University of A Coruña, with the active participation of students from the organizing committee.

The sending, receiving and organizing of the abstracts reviewed by the expert committee (occupational therapy teachers from all around the country) was carried out both by teachers and by students of the organizing committee.

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The sending of the feedback from the expert committee to each of the teams of students which undertook a project was done by the student committee.

Action 1.8: Organization Rooms.

During the meeting, all proposed activities had the supervision of the organizing committee and/or room responsibles that could instantly transmit any incident which may have occurred. For this, a schedule was organized with the responsible for each room, what activity should be carried out by that person, and a protocol of action in each case (made by the faculty). Students of the organizing committee were responsible for explaining and managing all these instructions to all students who participated in organizing the meeting.

Action 1.9: Creating EnotheCorunaStudents Facebook profile

The way to contact the student committee of Spain has been, and is, officially by e‐mail. However, a student initiative was the creation of a facebook profile specific to the Meeting of A Coruña. Its objective was to keep all students, the faculty, clients and interested citizens informed in a more flexible way, about the events of the Meeting. This initiative was successful because today (December 2009) the profile has 196 friends, who can instantly be informed about the ENOTHE Meeting.

This also allowed students to engage in the process of creating the Meeting, going to the Web for information, for example the visit of the Executive Director in July ENOTHE 09, who reviewed together with the host team all the preparations, photographs of the meetings and tourist information about the city, amongst other things.

ENOTHE STUDENT GROUP, 15th Annual Meeting, Coruña, Spain

2. PERIOD DURING XV ENOTHE MEETING:

For the different tasks to perform during the meeting the same work structure was used as for the previous period: setting up different groups of students, depending on the different needs, and a representative for each one, as indicated in Annex 6.

Action 2.1: Organization of the registration.

The registration of students attending the meeting took place in two different places. On one hand, it was held at Hotel Riazor on Wednesday and Thursday from 18:00 to 21:00 and from 18:00 to 20:00 respectively. On the other hand, it was held at the headquarters of the meeting, Department of Sociology, on Thursday and Friday from 08:15 to 09:00. Also, students were responsible for handing out certificates to teachers and students on the last day of the meeting. For these tasks we set up a group of thirteen students.

Action 2.2: Information point.

During the three day meeting, an information point was available to those attending, which could come at any time to clarify any doubts in relation to the rooms, schedules, etc. At this information point, located beside the registration table, was a group of eight students and several computers.

Action 2.3: Wardrobe.

At headquarters, the meeting prepared a closet for attendees, which was commissioned by a group of twelve people, organized in shifts, so that there were always at least four people at the closet.

Action 2.4: Meals.

For the handing out of meals there was a group of thirty students, organized in different shifts and located at four tables near the dining room of the faculty. Attached is an appendix which shows how the different shifts were organized and which people participated in this task.

Action 2.5: Welcome Party: clue game, party in Garufa, game in Garufa.

On Thursday night we held a welcome party at the Garufa pub to receive the students who attended the meeting. First, students were called at 21:30 at the Plaza de María Pita where they were given a set of clues to reach the Garufa pub (attached is a separate document with the different clues that were in the game). This game was controlled by a group of eleven students, some of which were at the meeting point (Plaza de María Pita) to hand out the first clue, and the rest at the clue‐delivery points. Another student group, formed by four people, was responsible for greeting the students at the door of the pub and giving them a card with a number, which would later be used to perform a game in the party. (Annex 7)

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Action 2.6: Student Meeting: Facebook proposed as a connection between European students.

During the afternoon of Friday 16th October 2009, the Student Meeting was held. In it, along with one of our main objectives, the connection between students from Europe, the idea of a Facebook profile for the gathering in A Coruña was presented and this initiative was proposed to continue in the coming years. After the debate generated, during which students from different countries participated, it was agreed by majority to transfer this facebook account, in which we would maintain the existing friends, to the students of the organizing committee of the Karolinska University, hosts of the next meeting.

Also, students of Paris proposed the idea of creating a European association of occupational therapy students to facilitate activities such as student exchanges or information of the different countries. The agreement reached in this initiative was to begin to create connections for it and see what happens over time.

Action 2.7: Room Responsibles.

During the celebration of the event and particularly during the parallel sessions which were student projects, 2 students per session were chosen to be responsible of a room. These students had some specific functions that helped the correct functioning in the rooms: to make sure the meeting ran smoothly, to create a folder on the computer desktop to save the presentations of the lecturers, to wait until the presentations reached the Organizing Committee members responsible of saving all information in an external support, to address any issues ... (Annex 8 and Annex 9).

Reports from student project are described in Annex 10.

Action 2.8: Friday’s Party: bagpipes.

During the social evening on Friday, 16 students of the organizing committee were responsible of different functions: giving out gifts for all participants in collaboration with students and organizing the group of occupational therapy students representing typical Galician music and dance. This small group of 4 students of Occupational Therapy of A Coruña played pieces of music with bagpipes, tambourines and sang the lyrics to several typical songs of Galicia with the objective of sharing with Europe a piece of our cultural essence.

Action 2.9: Social event on Saturday 17th.

At 23:30 on Saturday we held a party at the Grietax pub, located in Juan Canalejo Street, one of the most central nightlife areas of the city of A Coruña. Attendees had information previously submitted (Annex 7).

A group of 15 students were in charge of receiving the participants (teachers and students) at the pub. Different games were organized so that people could have a good time and could strengthen the contacts made during the meeting. For this, we handed out cards in which people could write down contact details of others.

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2.10: Tourism Options.

On Sunday 18th October, cultural outings were planned for those attending the Meeting in accordance with the registered requests: Fragas do Eume and Santiago de Compostela. For this, a group of 10 students, coordinated by Professor David Luaces, was commissioned to accompany and support assistants at various times of the day to visit both Fragas do Eume and Santiago de Compostela. Some of the functions performed by these students were: the explanation of the different activities of the day, the times and the meeting points, the dissemination of key information and resolving potential problems.

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3. SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF XV ENOTHE MEETING:

Action 3.1: Development report.

Action 3.2: Summary of abstracts of the students projects.

Then it summarizes the projects of students according to its theme and the sessions that belong.

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Session 1: Paulo Freire

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: FH Campus Wien Country: Austria Occupational therapy in 2020 Students: Sadlonova Martina, Fischer Sandra, Baumgartner Doris, Maier Katharina, Lüftenegger Theresa, Salzmann Veronika e‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The project “occupational therapy 2020” consists of discussion‐results of three groups. Students, teachers and occupational therapists tell their own understanding of creativity and innovation, how they relate this to occupational therapy and talk about their visions and dreams to the item 'occupational therapy 2020'. With this future‐orientated theme they have the possibility to share their creative ideas for the development of occupational therapy and set a base for innovation. The participants are separated in three focus groups to gather a wide spectrum of ideas. The discussions are moderated by an outstanding person who is able to keep a more neutral view. After this talking rounds, the participants have the possibility to bring their creative input on one sheet. The results will be summarized and compared.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We think that creativity (and innovation) is/are the main values contributing to the development of OT. Due to that hypothesis we wanted to ask other OT‐students and OTs how they imagine the development of OT could be during the next 10 years. We want them to tell us about their visions and dreams and maybe they already have a plan to make their visions come true. Hopefully we are able to gain and collect a lot of different creative oppinions which can be shared and compared. After all, the main perpose is that every single participiant should be inspired to make her or his dreams come true. Referring to the words of George Bernhard Shaw (26.07.1856 ‐ 02.11.1950): „You saw and said: WHY? And I saw and said: WHY NOT?“

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

Purpose of our project is getting to know new visions, innovations and dreams for Occupational Therapy in 2020. Creativity is the main part of our discussion‐groups. We are initiating think tanks, where an exchange about variances or advanced for the OTs takes place. In our focus groups there are different professional categories, like students, OTs and teachers from our university. After the discussions we want to find out, if there are different visions, dreams or innovations, or if there are many similar thoughts, between each group. We will evaluate all of the information and present our data at the ENOTHE‐Congress in Courna.

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

We interviewed three focus groups; the members of the first focus group were students of our occupational therapist university, then we interviewed the lecturers of our university and the third focus group were occupational therapist, who are practicing in various institutions. We filmed and recorded the discussions and analyzed the ideas and visions of the three focus groups.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen Country: the Netherlands Connect the dots, between theory andStudents Name: Anne Birmans, Margarete Gasch, Simone practise Liebregts, Laura van Wezel E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Every year there is an introductory camp for the new OT students from Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy in Heerlen. Approximately 40 % of the students following Dutch BSc OT programme are Germans.

The goal of the camp is to bring occupational therapy students (from different cultural backgrounds) and teachers together and let them experience how to work innovative, creative, and find the way how to cooperate while working problem‐based. Within this context, we are going to implement a new creative and innovative component to the standard programme. This means, that the students will be introduced to occupational therapy practice by meeting real clients and engaging with them while doing an occupation. This project will contribute the social interaction between the German and the Dutch students, since the results of the COTEC‐survey, done by OTIS ¹ from Zuyd University, showed that the students require more attention towards this topic.. During our workshop, students will get a first impression of occupational performance problems while doing an occupation with clients and also get a better view on the aspects of language and culture. This happens in a creative way. . Working method for the workshop during this camp: • Students will be working in mixed groups (female/male/dutch/german) of four to six students. Each group of students will have one real client (each client has a different disability, representing common client groups treated in the OT) • Students will get short instructions (like to which factors to pay attention to while interacting with the client, …). • Doing an activity together • Discussion and reflection (the clients tell their groups about their limitations and there will be the opportunity for the students to ask their clients questions, reflections, …).

¹ Occupational Therapy International Students = a club at the Zuyd University, ran by students who are interested in international contacts, issues in context with occupatinal therapy and around Zuyd University

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

As mentioned above, this idea is based on the COTEC‐survey results, which show that students require more international social interaction. Throughout the curriculum, there are mixed groups in which international students have to work together, which is not always easy due to cultural differences. We want to achieve a relaxed atmosphere between the Dutch and German students right from the start, in order to ease the transition into (intercultural) social participation. The yearly introductory camp for the new OT students has an open atmosphere where the students get to know each other and practice to be cooperative, think in a problem‐based manner, and be innovative and creative. Therefore this is a great environment to implement this pilot programme.

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This context offers the opportunity to meet real clients in a relaxed atmosphere and perform creative activities with them, while being socially interactive. This might also have a positive contribution to the students' anxiety towards real clients. By implementing this pilot programme, we give the students a first impression of clients' possible problems in desired daily occupations.

We want to make the students aware of the three aspects (Person, Environment, Occupation) of the holistic vision which is central in occupational therapy.

On account of this, that project fits very well to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The purpose is to bring education and practice closer together, and emphasise on the importance of the different cultures living and working together. That means, that students can work on different competences.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

The method will be active participation in doing occupations with clients, while using creative media.

The pilot will be evaluated through oral and written evaluation by students, teachers and clients.

It takes place on september 2nd 2009 and the outcomes will be worked out and sent by september 5th.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: University College Ghent Country: Belgium Inclusive education Students Name: Sarah Ascoop, Leen De Graef, Wendy Teerlijnck, Evelyne Vincke, Stéphanie Vernaillen E‐mail: ‐ [email protected] ‐ [email protected] ‐ [email protected] ‐ [email protected] ‐ [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Inclusive education is a worldwide movement, initiated in the sixties of the 20th century based on a human right issue: every child, whatever its level of difficulties or disability, should have the right to high quality education together with more able peers and not be excluded from the mainstream because of a certain learning difficulty or disability. Inclusive education is defined as providing adapted, individually tailored education for all children in peer and more or less‐age related groups, across a variety of needs, abilities and level competences. It provides the necessary support within the normal classroom.

Inclusive education demands a simultaneous re‐education in segregationist policies and actions. It’s the creation of an environment for good learning processes for all pupils. It is in this creation that an occupational therapist has to show his creativity to support the pupil, the peers and the teachers. This is an important process to give to teachers that inclusive education is a realistic and a feasible way of educating.

Long‐term objectives of inclusive education are to change teachers’ attitudes and classroom practice: to make teachers more aware of hidden learning potential of people who are “educationally at risk” of low schooling or exclusion, and of their capacity as a teacher to develop better learning experiences and competencies.

It is difficult to set up general guidelines for inclusive education because the staff of each individual school has to base the development of the school on their own creativity and on their innovative capability.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

‐ Occupational therapy wants to create an environment where the client can participate on activities that are important to themselves. ‐ Some children can not go to the school in their own environment because of their handicap or learning disabilities. In fact, the environment has a responsibility. Some of them create problems for the child by not taking their responsibility. ‐ The ICF is an important reference to make other professionals aware of the importance of their own influence as a school on the possibility of participation of children with special needs.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

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‐ To understand the definition, the goals and the basic assumptions of inclusive education ‐ The job of the teacher within the inclusive education and the cooperation with the OT

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

‐ Contacts made with Arianne Van Dorpe ‐ Books: ‐ LEBER, J., In‐clues: clues to inclusive and cognitive education. Antwerpen‐Appeldoorn, Garant publishers, 2006, 77blz. ‐ … ‐ Articles: ‐ Echo's uit de gehandicaptenzorg. jrg 25, nr. 2, 2004, blz 15‐23. ‐ … ‐ Internet: ‐ http://www.inclusiefonderwijs.be ‐ http://www.inclusie.ugent.be/index2.html ‐ http://www.unesco.org/en/inclusive‐education ‐ http://www.gripvzw.be/leerkrachten/inclusie.asp ‐ http://curriculum.pgwc.gov.za/site/40/page/view/314 ‐ …

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Wannseeschule Country: Germany “OT‐ STUDENTS@ RHEINFELDER PRIMARYStudents Name: Johannes Freytag SCHOOL‐ WHAT STUDENTS CAN LEARNE‐mail: [email protected] FORM PUPILS

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Our project is based on 2 assumptions. At first the development of children, especially skills like resilience, self‐confidence and self‐worth, depends on how they are raised and how they experience themselves in occupation. And there is a lack of real children whose can be seen during the OT studys. Our project focuses on the impact of the cooperation between two different teaching styles. We want to evaluate the difference between conventional teaching at public schools and the way occupational therapists approach children and teach them. Therefore one class from Wannseeschule stayed at a Montessori elementary school during their project week and lead the children through different projects. In 3 groups the students developed ideas and planned the activities for the week. During this time some of us built music instruments from cheap material, others played “travelled around the world” with them with the help of games, for example a scavenger hunt or building masks from gypsum and the 3rd group built a marble run with some of the children. During one week the students got in contact with the children and both groups had new and unexpected experiences with each other. We wanted to get to know how the OT background with focus on self‐worth, the expertise how important the experience of activity and occupation is for the development of the children, influences the work with the children and how it divides from the style like the teachers do their work in this school day by day.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

The problem we wanted to reveal is how important the work of OT`s for the development of resilience is, during the education at school. Our topic was to find and catch situations on the film, in which the special behaviour of OT`s divides from the expected behaviour of teachers and where this behaviour forces self‐confidence and the strengthen of personality of one.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

With the results, we want to clarify how this cooperation influences the children, what effect it has on the teachers and what our students learn from that experience. Also, should this project be continued and could there be similar ones between other OT schools and public schools.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

ENOTHE STUDENT GROUP, 15th Annual Meeting, Coruña, Spain

The project to send one of our classes to the Montessori school was arranged by our teachers. So this went on by itself, but in every group there was one member of the Enothe‐group. We decided to accompany this with video cameras, so that we can film important situations. As well we wanted to give a questionnaire to the teachers and the pupils, we hope we can get useful statements for or against OT or OT students at public schools from.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hogeschool Rotterdam Country: Netherlands • Experiencing handicaps. BringingStudents Name: Rosanna Fens occupational therapy to studentsE‐mail: [email protected] in a creative way. Other students: • Willemijn Esselink • Niels de Vette • Daphné van Zijl • Jo‐ Anne Tanner • Liesbeth Kooiman • Lydia van Vliet • Danielle van Loo • Astrid Peterbroers • Linda Meijerink • meike van ijzendoorn • christien moossdorff • Sandra van Waard • Linda Wielewaal • Annelies Bos

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

With our project we would like to let the children, of special secondary school (with a lower IQ) and a standard secondary school, experience what it is like to live with a handicap. We also want to let more people know what we do in occupational therapy. With the students of the special school we want to experience, as students, what it´s like to work with students with a lower IQ. How can we get their attention and how do we get our idea across in a didactic way?

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

Innovation means bringing something new to the market. Creativity is an important part of occupational therapy. Because we are working with a target group that we are not yet familiar with, we need a lot of creativity to bring our ideas across. We´re also being innovative because the project of getting these children to know more about handicaps and therefore also improving the amount of respect they have for them, is new to them. We think our project goes really well with the theme of this enothe meeting 2009. Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

‐ To let the children of these schools experience what it’s like to have a handicap. ‐ To let the respect of the children grow towards these people. ‐ For us to experience what it’s like to work with children of this age, and from a special school. ‐ To make the children see that with a handicap people still can participate in our society, hereby increasing the appreciation they have for them

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

The school of special education ‘Johan de Witt college’ in the Hague. Research of target group with help of teachers, pedagogues and the library.

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Session 2: Nelson Mandela

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: KHBO Country: Belgium Creative fusion through inclusion Students Name: Jeffrey Gheselle, Britt Van Oost, Anneleen Seynhaeve, Joke De Wulf E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The project “Creative fusion through inclusion” aims to involve young people without disability together with young people with disabilities from different countries in non‐formal learning activities. The young people are from Estonia, Romania, Spain, Belgium and Lithuania. Both target groups will be learning how to tolerate and respect each other and how to deal with each other’s strengths, weaknesses and diversity. The project will be situated in education center Destelheide in Dworp. The young people will be involved in several workshops dealing with art and music: painting, playing djembé, flower arranging, chair dancing, making heads, making jewels. During the music workshop they will get the opportunity to try out several specifiek African music instruments and will be taught how to play with them. There will be interesting evening activities as well, in which the participants from each country will be actively involved: Discussion and analysis in regard to the treatment of young people with fewer opportunities in the presented European countries, country‐presentation evening, intercultural game evening, carnival evening……..)

Another goal of the project is to let young people with fewer opportunities make contact with other cultures and enlarge their network of friends and increase their knowledge about art. This way VFG wants to work on their cultural integration as European citizens and raise their awareness of being European citizen.

The project aims to develop solidarity and tolerance among young people in Europe, no matter what their religions or disabilities are. It wants to raise the curiosity of young people about each others culture and diversity and to achieve social inclusion.

VFG (association for persons with a disability) is a social‐cultural organisation, which is recognized by the Flemish government. It has more then 17.000 members and it stands up for the rights of people with a disability, a long life illness or youngsters with fewer opportunities, irrespective of age or sort of disability.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We found it interesting to see in a real situation how many influence creativity has on the daily living of people with a disability. We already discussed this subject in theory in our education as an O.T., but we haven’t had the chance until now to see it for ourselves. The project caught our attention because it involves people from all over Europe. We found this interesting to present this at ENOTHE since this is also an European congress.

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Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

We have chosen to conduct a survey with the participants of the project. By using our survey we want to know what effects creative working has on their activities of daily life. We want to know what skills they learned in the workshops and which of those skills they will be using in their daily activities. We will also survey their feeling of well‐being.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

We are currently working on our survey that we will base on the Human Occupation Model by Reed and Sanderson. We feel that this model gives us the most information on the subjects we want to survey.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: KHBO Country: Belgium Ice skating for persons with physical Students Name: Jeffrey Gheselle, Britt Van Oost, Anneleen restriction (G‐ Skaters). Seynhaeve, Joke De Wulf E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

We have obtained our inspiration from the organization Recreas. This organization stands for recreationally adapted sports. They organize regularly sport activities for persons with mental and physical restrictions.

In Recreas there are several sport branches such as aquaqym, bath minus barrel, movement therapy, G‐footbal…

Our student group want to introduce a new recreational sport,.for this organization and the target group called G‐ice‐skating, that also can be practiced on an international level.

Skating:

Skating is a question of sliding. You have to move on thin, straight irons called skating on ice. Skating can be practiced both on natural ice and on a skating rink.

But what is G‐skating actually? This is a group of skaters irrespective of function level, who cannot practice skating on a regularly basis. They have a mental or physical restriction and therefore they need more attention, more support. and uncomplicated explanations and rules.

There exist also G‐soccer, G‐ korfball, G‐football etc.

The G‐skaters make use of skating supports such as helmets to increase their security. The people who are wheelchair‐tied are pushed by their guide.

This style of skating on ice exist already in the Netherlands. We would like to apply G‐skating also in Belgium. There is an ice‐skating rink in Gullegem nearby Kortijk.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐

A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We chose for a project called ‘G‐skating’ because it’s creative, renewing, but also realistic. This style of skating already exists in the Netherlands, but now we want to launch the concept in Belgium

An occupation therapist is a paramedic profession that aim’s it’s competence at the optimal execution of daily activities concerning residence, work and time off. G‐skating is to be categorized in the time off section. We aim our project mainly to wheelchair persons. By making the correct adjustments and using the right tools it is possible to make an enjoyable and in the meantime safe activity. This safety is

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assured because every person is accompanied by an occupational therapist or carer. The idea behind this project is to let the persons slide on the ice with their wheelchair.G‐skating (or wheelchair skating) is an added value to the OT‐ world because it reaches all standards that stand for a useful and enjoyable day activity. It’s also useful to keep in mind that sports and movement are important for a healthy lifestyle.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

We want to give wheelchair people the opportunity to let G‐skating become their hobby.

We want Belgium people to get to know with G‐skating.

We want to give people a nice activity.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

1. Getting information about the opportunities in the ice rink of Gullegem; 2. Searching for a appropriate group by contacting Recreas; 3. Ask recreas for hints with the organization; 4. Meet the target group; 5. Setting up targets on the basis of the chosen group; 6. Getting experience on the ice rink; 7. Making appointments about the realization; 8. G‐skating with the wheelchair persons; 9. Evaluation of the activity.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Queen Margaret University Country: Scotland Volunteering: An Altruistic Innovation Students Name: Cecily Borgstein, Rachel Walsh and Ciara McCabe E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The focus of our project has been to look into volunteering opportunities and statistics for the 16‐24 age group in Scotland and to see how Occupational Therapy is placed to turn volunteering for this age group into a positive, innovative and altruistic occupation. In this current economic climate with fewer jobs, and especially for those leaving education, volunteering presents a unique opportunity for people to maintain and improve their skills which not only makes them more employable but also encourages them to give something back to society in addition to helping charities and businesses. We feel that Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapists are uniquely placed to facilitate this creative use of time and our services can be used to encourage young people to find meaningful occupation. With Occupational Therapy moving more and more into primary healthcare we can help young people to find significant activities which will maintain and improve their bio‐psychosocial wellbeing and help them to create a meaningful role for themselves in today’s society. It is also a chance for young people to discover what they want out of life and all the opportunities, within and consequentially out of volunteering, that life has to offer. Having all volunteered ourselves we know how positive volunteering can be, and can see how it has helped shape our lives and direct us towards a career we find fulfilling and meaningful.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐

A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We decided to work on this project because we felt that it was relevant to us, both as individuals and with the current economic climate in Scotland. Having all volunteered before and as part of this project and as Occupational Therapists to be we feel that it is something we will be able to help our clients with having had firsthand experience. We know ourselves how positive, creative and innovative volunteering for young people emerging from education and in education can be as we have seen how it has helped us to know what direction we want our lives to take, namely Occupational Therapy. We have also seen how it maintains and improves the bio‐psychosocial wellbeing and we are able to perceive clearly how well we are placed to facilitate this innovative intervention. Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The purpose and objectives of this project are for us to build up knowledge and links about and with volunteer services and opportunities in Scotland that will be useful in practice. Having volunteered ourselves we have a unique insight into the benefits and advantages of volunteering as a meaningful occupation for young people in Scotland. By the end of the project we want to have a good knowledge of opportunities available for young people both in and out of education to volunteer, and how to make them aware of those opportunities.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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The research for this project, especially for the statistics, was mainly done on the internet. However over the course on this project we have, and continue to, build links with other volunteers and volunteer services throughout Scotland, thus giving us an unparalleled opportunistic experience of an intervention so we are able to learn how it can be used to maximum effect to help our future clients.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hogeschool West‐Vlaanderen Kortrijk Country: Belgium Survey about and for carers Students Name: Femke Dendooven, Tineke Furniere, Sofie Nachtegaele E‐mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

As a group of occupational therapy students at Hogeschool West‐Vlaanderen we organized a study in which we gathered all possible relevant information for people who provide volunteer aid by taking care of chronically ill, disabled or deprived persons. We started 2 surveys and we interviewed both doctors and carers. The results of our study can inform carers about relevant information needed for their client once he/she is back in daily living situation.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

It is clear that there still is a lack of information when a person needs help in his daily living. Unfortunately the volunteer aid or care providers don’t always have all needed information. This was the raison we decided to do a study in which we wanted to determine what sort of information is already available and where or how it can be found. First we wanted to find out what kind of information is really necessary for the men and women who are caring for the needy.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

By this study we wanted we wanted to determine what sort of information is already available and where or how you it can be found. First we wanted to find out what kind of information is really necessary for the persons who are caring for the needy.

The results of our study can inform carers about where to find relevant information needed for the quality of daily life of the needy. We started 2 surveys and we interviewed both doctors and carers.

In the first survey we asked the volunteer caretakers which data they can refer to, but also the needed information they couldn’t find. In the second survey doctors and carers were interviewed about the way they inform and what kind of information they supply.

The answers on both surveys give us on the one hand a view on the significance of existing information and on the other the need for more practical information of the volunteer caretakers.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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We've chosen to work by using surveys in order to be able to reach a bigger target group and to have more opportunities to report effectively. We count on the cooperation of all the contacted carers and doctors and that they are willing to participate enthusiastically.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: University of Ruse,Department of Kinesitherapy Country: Bulgaria Let us grow together! Students Name: Alexandra Petrova and Renata Stojkovska E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

More than 8600 children in Bulgaria live in homes for children deprived of parental care.They spend most of their lives in isolation and their first contact with other childrens is in mainstream school. The main problems faced result from the lack of life experiences. School is a huge change in the life of the small person. His/her social role changes from a child who mainly plays and consumes care to a pupil with rights and responsibilities. Our project aims to give the children an opportunity to display responsibility and thus to prepare them for this change. It will enable them to explore their own personal skills and abilities by setting a challenge to take care of something. Planting a flower is an easy way to unlock their sense of responsibility, dedication, love and attention. Any child can be an artist. His fantasy and imagination are enormous. The project will enable them to apply these skills for creativity and ingenuity. The main aim of the project is to help preparation of children raised in isolation for attending mainstream school. The main methods will be creative activities, team work and building partnership. Waste materials (pots for baking peppers), colour paints and brushes, soil and seeding will be used. The tasks to be fulfilled are decorating the pots, planting and growing the flowers. The children will observe how the small seed turns into a beautiful flower thanks to their diligence. This will motivate them to forward their actions with love and responsibility.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

More than 8600 children in Bulgaria (0.65% according to data from 2007) live in homes for children deprived of parental care. They spend most of their lives in isolation and their first contact with other childrens is in mainstream school. The main problems faced ‐ emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, adaptation, result from the lack of life experiences. School is a huge change in the life of the small person. His/her social role changes from a child who mainly plays and consumes care to a pupil with rights and responsibilities.

Our project aims to give the children an opportunity to display responsibility and thus to prepare them for this change. It will enable them to explore their own personal skills and abilities. Until now children have been receiving adequate care from the personnel in the institutions. Now we will set a challenge to them to take care of something. Planting a flower is an easy way to unlock their sense of responsibility, dedication, love and attention. Any child can be an artist. His fantasy and imagination are enormous. The project will enable them to apply these skills for creativity and ingenuity.

We are first grade students and this is our first contact with these children. In our studies we will meet more often with them and this project is an opportunity to make our first contact with them exciting. The project will give us a lot of experience for our future ocupational therapy practice. It will be a wonderful beginning of our future profession.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

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Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The main aim of the project is to help preparation of children raised in isolation for attending mainstream school.

Objectives to be achieved: 1. Provide opportunities for developing skills, attitudes and responsibility as a prerequisite for the first grade pupil. 2. Provide opportunites for expression of feelings and emotions. 3. Establish stable relationship with the children and the staff of the Home for Abandoned Children “Nadejda” (“Hope”) – Ruse. 4. Increase students’ awareness of the occupational needs, abilities and limitations of the children.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships.

Methods: Creative activities will be used as the main method to develop children’s painting skills, creativity and imagination. Team work, in which students and children will be engaged, will help developing their communication abilities, building friendship, displaying respect and tolerance to others. Building partnership with the staff of the home is very important for our contacts with the children during the project and in the future.

Materials to be used: Waste materials from plant production will be used – special pots for baking peppers. The internal side of the pot, made of clay, will be serve a flowerpot. Colour paints, paint brushes, soils and seeding will also be needed.

Tasks to be fulfilled are decorating the pots, planting flowers and growing them. We hope that children will feel very special and appreciated having our attention and personal time. They will be happy to produce something on their own and it is a very good feeling. They will be able to put all their love and diligence in the cultivation of the plant. Each day they will pour water into the flower pot so it won’t wilt.The children will observe how the small seed turns into a beautiful flower thanks to their diligence and dedication. This will be a good example to motivate them and to forward their actions with love and responsibility.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: HAWK Hildesheim Country: Germany Community‐oriented health promotion forStudents Name: Anneli Besold, Britta Bettels, Jasmin Dürr, socially disadvantaged preschool children:Sarah Grewe, Claudia Günther, Jens John, Pia Müller, Lucy Cooperation between OT students and aRodgers, Larissa Weidle, Anna‐Sophie Winkelmann nursery school in Hildesheim (Germany) E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The project is based on the “KiGGS” survey on the health of children and adolescents in Germany, which states that socially disadvantaged children show poorer test results in the fields of motor, mental and language skills. These deficits may lead to limited participation in daily life. Accordingly, this project focuses on health promotion for children and their parents in a local nursery school which is located in an area where many inhabitants have a socially disadvantaged background. Our project applies a community‐oriented approach, which is innovative for German occupational therapy. The main objective is to locate community needs and to respond to these by enabling socially disadvantaged children and their parents to perform meaningful activities and by improving their participation in daily occupations as a measure of health promotion. We are using the Canadian Practice Process Framework (CPPF) for occupational therapy as the guideline for our project. We first researched literature and interviewed professionals specially trained in working with families from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, social workers, nursery school teachers and school teachers. The next process was to develop a questionnaire which would establish the requirements of the community and its inhabitants. The final aim of the project is to work closely with parents, informing them about OT, its importance and possibilities in different languages and to encourage them to include their ideas. For example we will explore the importance of play with children and use contributions from different cultures.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

The project is based on the KiGGS survey on the health of children and adolescents in Germany (2006), which states that socially disadvantaged children have poorer test results in the fields of motor, mental and language skills. These deficits may lead to limited participation in daily life.

In connection with the outcomes of the KiGGS survey, our project focuses on health promotion within a community of socially disadvantaged children and their parents in the setting of a nursery school in Hildesheim, Germany. This nursery school is located in an area of the city where many inhabitants have a socially disadvantaged background. The engagement of occupational therapists in health promotion for this client group, which we consider as an important part of the local community, cannot be accomplished within the traditional structures of the health care system in Germany. Therefore we chose a community‐oriented approach (cf. Kronenberg et al. 2004, Townsend et al. 2007) and developed our project on the theoretical background of community‐based rehabilitation (CBR), which is an innovative approach in German occupational therapy.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

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Our project has the main objective of implementing a CBR project in a specific district of the city of Hildesheim to create an opportunity for socially disadvantaged families with preschool children to gain access to information on health promotion. Currently, CBR is a concept that is still little known in German OT and has hardly been applied in practice. It is, however, particularly useful for the area of health promotion and should therefore gain more recognition in occupational therapy in Germany. We specifically seek to determine current community needs and to respond to them by enabling the community of socially disadvantaged children and their parents to perform meaningful activities and by improving their participation in everyday life. As many of the local families involved in the project are immigrants, the project’s aim is furthermore to foster a mutual understanding of cultural diversity and an awareness of the lack of access to occupation based on cultural differences (cf. Suarez‐Balcazar et al., 2006).

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Materials: ‐ Canadian Practice Process Framework (CPPF) for occupational therapy literature on: ‐ culture ‐ cultural awareness ‐ migration ‐ relationship between health and migration ‐ use of the KAWA model ‐ model for nutrition for children and adolescents ‐ eating disorders in childhood and adolescence ‐ people with different social, ethnic and religious backgrounds ‐ results of health survey on child and adolescents motor skills ‐ mental health of children and adolescents in Germany ‐ eating habits of children and adolescents in Germany ‐ cultural competence in occupational therapy ‐ Enabling Occupation (CMOP), (CMOP‐E) ‐ the disadvantages of people from different social, ethnic and religious backgrounds ‐ Initiatives for cultural awareness in the German health care system ‐ prevention of ill health ‐ child and adolescent health ‐ OT treatment for children with different ethnic backgrounds in German society ‐ OT models enabling social equality and social change

Methods: ‐ interview with professionals from community services and schools in different town locations ‐ investigation of different community requirements in Hildesheim ‐ formulation and use of a questionnaire to interview people of different ethnic background to establish client and community requirements and to find out where OT and information about OT awareness is most needed ‐ informing parents about OT in different languages ‐ exploring different themes with parents, including their own ideas and suggestions

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Session 3: Mickey Mouse

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Berufsfachschule für Ergotherapie Country: Germany Circus‐project Students 14 E‐mail: info@etschule‐reutlingen.de

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Our project started with the decision to join this year’s annual meeting in Coruna at the beginning of October. Our interested students of the second year of education sat together and collected ideas to this year’s theme: creativity and innovation. Soon we were of one mind that we would like to found a circus‐project together with a school for special education. Having made the decision we sat together with interested students of the first year of education and talked about how the project was going to be organized. The students of the first year would help us with taking pictures and shooting short sequences of films while we train together with the kids for our circus and the performance at the end. We started to contact schools in Reutlingen and were very surprised about the very positive reaction! Almost every school wanted to realize the project with us. During this process we ourselves trained in different circus‐materials. At the beginning of February we met the grade of school for the first time. It’s a fourth grade and the kids are about 10 years old. Since then we meet them once a week, train with them and have a lot of fun! As often as possible we sit together with our teacher for pediatrics and watch the sequences of films in order to realize what we could improve together with the children. Right now we already train for the performance, which shall take place at the end of July where the kids can show their family, friends, teachers etc what they have learned and how the have improved.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

Our main interested in joining this project was to enlarge our competences. For one we learn a lot about interaction with the kids regarding patience, empathy, flexibility, spontaneity etc. Besides we have got a direct relation to occupational therapy as far as we learn to notice and analyse movingpatterns and behaviour under occupational aspect. Through this observation we learn to respond to the kids and to give them individual support.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

Our main goal is to strengthen the children within their self‐confidence by providing them feelings of success. For this we support the children within their social interaction and convey them fun in movement by initiation of movement as well as offering them possibilities to move. By structuring the project well the children get more space to concentrate on themselves

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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At the beginning of our project our main research was based on our two circus‐experts we have in our group, the internet was also very helpful by getting information about different circus‐materials and circus‐acts. Our school of partnership now is the “Bodelschwingh‐Schule Reutlingen”, a school for special education. The school is interested in an ongoing partnership with our school for occupational therapy even beyond our project just like we are interested in. As soon as the project had started training with the children we used and still use the film sequences to analyse and reflect about us, the children and our performingconcept.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: VIA UC Holstebro, Ergoterapeutuddannelsen Country: Denmark Occupational therapy for childrenStudents Name: Vivi Ann Hviid & Tanja Petersen through interaction with horses inE‐mail: [email protected], [email protected] Denmark

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The project examines how Danish occupational therapists use interaction with horses as a tool to help children with their physical, social or psychological activity problems.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We would like to promote interaction with horses as a creative and innovative occupational therapy treatment for children. Therefore are we interested to find out how occupational therapists in Denmark use horses to develop for example children’s motor ‐ and sensory integration skills.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

1) To explain the creative role of the occupational therapist in the interaction between horse and child. 2) To describe the development process within the child as a result of the interaction with a horse.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

1) Research of two treatment centers, where interaction with horses is used to help children with their activity problems. Methods of research: interview, observations Contacts made: • Occupational therapist: Iben Bjerg Hollesen at Schuberts Minde, Treatment Center for children and teens in Ringkøbing (DK). • Occupational therapist: Anne Lorenzen at Thommysminde Centret, institute for rehabilitation in Jelling (DK). 2) Practical case: Occupational therapy treatment possibilities with regard to interaction with horses.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão Country: Portugal Difference without indifference Students Name: Carla Tomás E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

In the context of an Annual European Meeting of Occupational Therapy – ENOTHE – and bearing in mind the Creativity and Innovation – European Year 2009, a group of students of the Occupational Therapy course of Escola Superior de Saúde de Alcoitão proposed themselves to a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship d cultural awareness and expression.

The project consists on a holiday camp that will be organized by the students of Occupational Therapy in Vila Nova do Ceira – Góis, for 25 children and teenagers with ages among eight and fourteen years old. Fifteen of the children and teenagers will have some kinds of disabilities, while the remaining 10 children won’t have any kind of disability.

The aim of this project is the promotion of the interaction among children and teenagers with or without some kind of disability, who will participate in the same dynamic activities.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

The project presented aims to promote the interaction of all children, having in consideration that each activity is beforehand planned in order to be developed to work the most variety competences.

We will take into consideration the normal development of the child and all of his/her competences and limitations. We look for through the help of Occupational Therapy, an integration of the child in the same holiday camp, without the existence of distinct activities independently of the most variety conditions (physical and cognitive conditions) that the children present. It also looks for the development of competences from the students to direct the entire project following the proposed goals.

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Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

1. To promote the creativity and entrepreneurship of the Occupational Therapy’s students in the execution of activities. 2. To promote the interaction and he mutual help among children with disabilities and children without disabilities in a holiday camp. 3. To develop capacities in the adoption of activities for the participating children. 4. To develop competences in the interaction with children. 5. To promote the welfare and quality of life. 6. To verify the effect of the innovation’s use and creativity for children with some kind of disabilities and children who won’t present any kind of disability in the holiday camp. 7. To develop the physical and cognitive competences in the developed activities.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

The project will expect the partnership of UPAJE for the cession of the place where the holiday camp will happen for eight days. UPAJE will also contribute with the materials to develop the activities, the installations, the food, the accommodation, the individual safe of each participant, as well as the transport of the children to the local. We also wish to get the sponsorship of the Local Town Halls, as well as, Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: ETOS Country: Germany "Occupational cube" Students Name: Sandra Klostermann, Andrea Walther, Beate Möller, Julia Wille, Katharina Würfel, Dorothee Wächter, Rahel Kruse, Julia Kösling, Lea Pieck, Jonas Grzesik, Magdalena Tobergte, Dorothea Bockhold E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Our project is about a toy for children going to an integrative kindergarten. The aim of our project is that these children learn different abilities playfully. For this purpose we have chosen a cube with five sides where the children can practice basal skills (the sixth side stands on the ground).The logical one exercises the handling of numbers, colours and geometrical figures; another consists of a labyrinth which practices fine motor skills; the sensory motor side activates to feel different forms and materials; the sound field stimulates the audible impulse;and the last one practices activities of daily living with the help of various locks. In preparation for the construction of the cube, two of us went to the kindergarten to get in contact with the children and to collect impressions of their needs and preferences. The idea is to build it and give it as a present to the kindergarten so that the children can decide voluntarily when they want to play with it.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We have chosen the integrative kindergarten, because the children often have problems in the described areas. This limits them in their independence, so they might become an outsider and get problems at school. Furthermore the kindergarten accords to the age‐ based learning context. Therefore we selected the cube as prevention. This gives the children the possibility to learn playfully. To sum up our project encourages the development.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

‐learn and improve skills that are necessary throughout the "kindergarten‐age" to encourage the participation ‐practice: basal skills social abilities visual, audibel, tactile perception fine motor skills logical relations problem‐ solving‐ strategies

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

‐mind ‐maps ‐internet and lexicon (definitions of innovation and creativity) ‐teachers (script about creativity) ‐books: "Ergotherapie in der Pädiatrie"

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen Country: Belgium The opinion from young people about the city of Antwerp in an interactive andStudents: creative way. Ine Hendrickx [email protected] Petra Mellebeek [email protected] Talita Van Den Bossche [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The city of Antwerp wanted to know the opinion from adolescents between 12 and 16 years old. Therefore they contacted different associations to work with. Finally they chose to work with the Association Moos who developed an interactive and creative cell with a touch screen, where young people can give an answer on different questions. Moos worked together with some schools for ideas and inspiration and later also contacted Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen. A co‐operation took place between Moos and us, three students of occupational therapy. The basic question was: How could occupational therapy support the project? We gave advice about the different groups we worked with and our first imput was that the cell must be reachable, clear, univocal for everyone between 12 and 16 years old with or without a restriction. This all resulted an interactive and creative cell that they have placed in the city of Antwerp.

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Session 4: Gandhi

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Country: Finland Students The Bites of Culture in Nature Name: Kirsi Hyvärinen E‐mail: [email protected]

Name: Maija Väyrynen E‐mail:[email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

In Finland there are estimated to be 70 000 elderly people with visual disability. These factors create difficulties in participating to cultural activities within the modern Finnish society. In Finland, the change from an agricultural to technological society has been very rapid during the last 50 years so these days elderly people have a very few familiar things around them. Especially over the past 15‐20 years forms of culture have changed a lot.

This project is made in cooperation with Tampereen Seudun näkövammaiset r.y. (an association for the visually impaired). It focuses on the association members who take part in active holiday which is organized by the association. The age of the attendees is between 40‐90 years. The active holidays take place every year in summer at the association’s holiday center. One of the activities is a nature path, which has different themes; this year’s theme is the Finnish culture. The path includes several tasks (e.g. questions about Finnish literature and activitation of the olfactory‐ and tactile senses) which might raise memories and feelings from the past. The nature path takes place twice during the summer. The path and its tasks are planned loosely based on a theory of occupational justice and on knowlegde about the empowering effects of nature and culture.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

In Finland occupational therapists seldom work in the non‐profit sector (e.g. the associations and organisations). We wanted to find out if it was beneficial to use an occupational therapy perspective in activities which actors of the non‐profit sector offer their members or clients. Or could self‐employed occupational therapists offer ready‐to‐use activity packages to the actors in non‐profit sector?

One of us works in this association in the summer and she came up with an idea of how we could use our studies in a work which is not based on occupational therapy.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

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The purpose of the project is to empower elderly and visually impaired people who participate in active holiday which is offered by the association. Active holidays last for 5 days and take place in the associations’ holiday‐ and course center which is situated by a big lake. The house is surrounded by forest and a typical Finnish rural landscape. We want to give them an experience of cultural participation which they may not get in the present society.

Also, we wanted to get information about how the nature path could be used as a tool for empowerment and study whether occupational justice occurs in these kind of activities.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Our partner in this project is Tampereen Seudun näkövammaiset r.y. The contact person in the, association is service counselor Tuija Seppänen. The tutoring teacher in this project is Satu Aittomäki, senior lecturer in occupational therapy.

After the nature path we ask opinions from clients about how they experienced it and whether they have ideas on how to develop these kind of activities in the future. We observe the attendees' performance and engaging in the action while they are on the nature path.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: HAN (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) Country: The Netherlands Student Company ‘ErgoZelf’ offers aStudents Name: Annemarieke & Aafke book for the caregivers of peopleE‐mail: [email protected] with dementia

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The purpose of the presentation we will give is to tell you something about our student company. Jong Ondernemen is an organisation which aims to help as many young people as possible to become aware of entrepreunership. Jong Ondernemen helps students to develop an entrepreneurial attitude as well as putting these skills into practice, learning about both the opportunities and challenges of running a business, during the study the students are following. By the Hogeschool Arnhem en Nijmegen, we are given the opportunity to start up our own student company, which we have called: ErgoZelf S.C. This is our own initiative and not an required project from the school. Also, when we started, it wasn’t our approach to present this on an ENOTHE conference, but we like it very much.

During our presentation we will tell you about the process we have passed through so far. This means that we will tell you about the way we have reached our idea; writing a book for the caregivers of people with dementia, and how we realized this idea. The book we wrote can be really helpful for the caregivers, because we describe the information about dementia clearly. In contrast of the information that is available on internet, in which the caregiver must search his way through the variety of information. We think that the product we offer is innovative, because we describe on an obviousness manner the information that will help the caregivers of people with dementia to maintain or improve their capabilities and quality of life.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

Alzheimer Nederland is an organisation in the Netherlands which aims to help the caregivers of the people with dementia en the patients their selves. The found out in a research[1] that there are 270.000 people with dementia in the Netherlands. 70 percent of those patients have a caregiver who take care of them. 78 percent of those caregivers experience the care as too much, they don’t have time for their selves and they are constantly busy with looking after the people they care about. Because the Netherlands is a country in which a lot of elderly people live and will live, it is trustworthy that the number of people with dementia in 2050 will aggrandize to a half million patients.

An occupational therapist has done a research[2] in which she examined the way occupational therapists can help the people with dementia and even the caregivers of those persons. She explored and proved that occupational therapy can be really helpful. Even though, the caregivers experience a lonely and not supported feeling, because they cannot find the information that will really help them. Most of the times the caregivers don’t know where they can find the information. Also, the information is not clearly and obvious enough.

Our opinion is that the entrepreneurship by occupational therapist must grow, because in this way we can make occupational therapy more known. When the amount of enterprising occupational therapists multiplies, these therapists will see more challenges to offer and develop innovative occupational services. Innovative services aim to complete the current offer and will help people to maintain and/or improve their capabilities. Because we have worked on this process, we learned a lot about entrepreneurship. This can help us in the future, for example when we want to build up our own

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business. The entrepreneurship has as positive result that we became very independent. We are convinced that this will be positive for our future as occupational therapist.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

Our main purpose is to get experienced with the entrepreneurship and to relate this to the occupational therapy. We wanted to develop an innovative product that is based on our education and offer this product to our target.

During our marketing research we developed another goal. This is to offer a product which helps caregivers to determine the whole process of dementia and how to deal with this. We did not realized that there are so much caregivers in need. Another purpose we developed is to realize that every caregiver is available to read this book and to implement the information we give.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Earlier we told you that we got this challenge from Jong Ondernemen. Jong Ondernemen is a non‐profit organisation, founded in 1990 as a combined initiative of the ABN AMRO bank, VNO‐NCW (Employers Association) and MKB Nederland (SME Association) in close association with the NOvAA (Order of Accountants), Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Jong Ondernemen aims to help as many young people as possible (pupils and students) become aware of entrepreneurship and develop and entrepreneurial attitude as well as putting these skills into practice, learning about both the opportunities and challenges of running a business, during their study.

Learning by doing is the method of choice at Jong Ondernemen. This is the most effective means to let the participants develop their entrepreneurial skills. Jong Ondernemen has therefore chosen for a form applicable to all the differing educational levels in the Netherlands. A concept whereby the students set up and manage a company for acomply academic year. Every year thousands of pupils and students start up a student company. These companies form an excellent preparation for independant entrepreneurship, or for those who join existing companies, an entrepreneurial attitude which enables them to succees in their chosen function and careers. We build up a marketing research in which we wanted to trace the main issue from our society. We realized this in three ways: first we have noticed what kind of need there was (more clarity about the options for the caregivers of people with dementia). After that we explored in which ways the caregivers receive the information recently. In the end we decided in which way we could offer the information most thoughtful. After this research we made a choice in which direction our product will indicate.

The first thing we did after the research is to start writing the book and to build up our network. We realized this through making contacts with organizations in the whole country. With some of them we made a deal: if they wanted to promote our company and book, they were allowed to write a few words in our book to promote their selves.

Before we can sent the book to the printing office, we needed money. We got the opportunity to sell 150 shares, which have a value of 20 euro. This means we had a business capital of 3000 euro!

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hiepso Country: Belgium Barking dogs do not bite: theStudents: Name: Stéphanie Theuninck, Justine Vanhee, Nena appreciation of a dog in a rest home Verleyen E‐mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The usefulness of a pet in a setting. We want to demonstrate what the usefulness of a pet in a setting. We made surveys to investigate this. We spread them in the region Kortrijk and environs. We will also organize an afternoon in a setting and let the residents tell about pets and give their own opinion. Than we bring a pet into the setting and observe the reactions. To end the day, we let them watch a movie with a pet.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

Why: Within last years the relationship between animal and human have become more and more important. Research workers have, as it happens, shown that animals have a positive influence have on people. Belgium was one of the first which integrated animals for the promotion of the mental and physical health of people. Already in the 9th century there was assigned animals to the initiative to some patients, during their recovery period. Especially many elderly have been very attached to their pets . The animal keeps them company and gives them much pleasure. With our project we want go therefore in search to the appreciation of a dog in the rest house. What does the dog do with the older one and the other way round? Which influences are there? Can the dog help with loss experiences or loneliness? Does the dog have a social function? On all these questions hope we with our project find an answer.

Relation with occupational therapy: We have seen in several places that occupational therapists sometimes use animals in therapy (horses, dolphins, dogs). Sometimes there are pets in a rest home (like birds, dogs), but they can’t always explain why they have one or if it’s better with a pet. We believe that a dog can be useful in a rest house and we also want to invite a dog in occupational therapy. For example we can use a dog in activities.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

We want to prove that a dog in a rest home has a good influence on the residents. We also want to prove that therapy with animals has good results for the attitude of the residents.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

We select a dog to take to a rest house, but we also choose a rest house with residents who can make contact with the dog. We use surveys to know the meaning of a rest house and how they work. We want to be sure that there’s appreciation of a dog in a rest house. For these surveys, we contact all the rest houses in region Kortrijk.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Departement Hiepso Kortrijk Country: Belgium Activationspace Students Name: Vuylsteke Kevin, Nuyttens Tommy, Mestdag Ben E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

We created a plan of an activation space for elderly people and persons with a mental dysfunction. The meaning of the activation space is to stimulate this target group to move and to be active on a funny and a sportive way. Technology, color, mobility, age,..., are some of the keywords within the project. The creation of the activation space is as cheap as possible. In times of economic recession is it very important to work with low budgets. Why would we create an activation space? We find that there are not enough motivating opportunities to activate the elders and persons with mental dysfunctions. We have already had some opportunities to see the working of a rest home and how they activated their residents. Although, we didn’t find this kind of activation very creative, so we are developing a creative way to activate them. We work together with a rest home and the advise of other occupational therapists. The influence of the physical health care is also important. The vision of Wellness coaching to improve wellbeing of the residents makes the hole project pretty new. Wellness coaching as a method of Health promotion and prevention is not yet very known within the health care sector in Belgium. Activation space is not only creating opportunities to be mobile but also to be social with other people of the rest home. It’s our intention to introduce activation spaces in rest homes or private institutions. We are sure that there is interest in this project.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We have already had some opportunities to see the working of a rest home and how they activated the elderly people. Although, we didn’t find this kind of activation very creative, so we are developing a creative way to activate them. Occupational therapy is the base for activation. Activation, activity and occupation are keywords in occupation therapy. Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

With our project we want to show that activation is more than the casual fitness centers and therapy in rest homes, this on a payable and motivating new way. The cooperation with physical therapists, animation, wellness coachers and occupational therapists will be the result that’s we are going to show you at the ENOTHE meeting.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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‐ We use several sources like internet, literature, experience of several therapists to find information about activation with older people, constructions of activation spaces and several pathologies ‐ We search the cheapest way to create a high quality activation space. ‐ We look, search, what kind of jobs are involved with the accompaniment and building of an high quality activation space.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Ergotherapy Purpose art activity with elderly and Country: Turkey children together for providing social Student Name: Hülya Yücel inclusion e‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Purpose activities are important because of supporting geriatric‐gerontological studies in the elderly who are increasing gradually in the world. This project was planned with the aim of preventing social isolation and provide community participation thorough participation in art activity as painting pictures in the elderly in a nursing home. Voluntary elderly selected in nursing home teach painting the students aged 10‐13 years in a primary school nearby. Purpose art activity in ergo therapy program is performed in the school two days a week, each section lasted forty five minutes. The subjects of the paintings are yearly national festival days. Products of the activity are exhibited and sold in kermis at the end of the year. Elderly and children have camping holiday together with the revenue This project shows that community based ergo therapy with amplifying activity variety, making the elderly desire any activity and creating possibilities for them to participate into activities regularly and continuously are topics which must be studied to increase their social inclusion level.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

The elderly’s interests and abilities are decreased because of changes with aging (1‐3). Elderly have risks for anxiety and depression etc. The purpose of social communion such as art is to affect aging positively against these risks (4). Activity participation and community integration in ergo therapy approaches are important issues in the elderly. Primary aims of an ergo therapy program with activities which elderly like and need are increasing quality of life, helping to keep steady the life roles and reaching the goal of the elderly for active aging (5‐7). Meaningful free time in the elderly is essential. The studies are needed for elderly to participate into purpose activity programs and to be aware of this subject in Turkey. SinceTurkey is not a geriatric population, it is not known how to behave yet. This project are worked because of preventing social isolation and provide community participation thorough painting in the elderly in nursing home and it is a merge study.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

This project was planned with the purpose of preventing social isolation thorough participation in painting in the elderly in a nursing home. Elderly and children paint pictures together subjected special festival days and products of this activity are exhibited and sold at the end of the year. Elderly and children have camping holiday with earnings. it is also an inclusion of children an the elderly as a merge study. Elderly’s social inclusion level will be increased with this project.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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Elderly selected in Akyurt nursing home teach how to paint pictures the students aged 10‐14 years in Akyurt primary school nearby. Including criteria for elderly are; having education in paintings before, being disposed and willing to paint, healthy enough in fine dexterity, coordination and concentration. Demographic features such as birth date, gender, autobiography, heredity and independence in activities of daily living of elderly are recorded. Friendship Social Isolation Scale is used to assess social isolation of the elderly (8). Painting pictures is compulsory subject for students. Permission is obtained from parents. Purpose art activity is performed in the school two days a week, each lesson lasts 45 minutes (9,10). This is 9 months project means 2 academic terms. The subjects of the art are national festival days yearly which are 29 th of October, 23 rd of April, 19 th of May and 30 th of August. One of the partners of the project is Ministry of Culture. A prize competition is held among students. Winners have art course during the summer by Ministry of Culture. And products of the paintings are exhibited and sold at the end of the year in the culture hall of Akyurt Municipality. Elderly and children have 3 weeks camping holiday with earnings, where they can paint free pictures in Abant forest is supplied by Abant Municipality. Therefore ongoing partnerships are; Ministry of Culture Akyurt nursing home Abant Municipality Akyurt primary school Akyurt Municipality and Non‐governmental organisations

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Session 5: Rigoberta Menchú

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Schule für Ergotherapie, ev. Krankenhaus, Bielefeld Country: Germany Meaning of cultural events forStudents Name: Friederike Berner, Martin Sandner, Anja people with disabilities Schniedermann, Melanie Zirzow E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The Opening Day of our school can be understood as a cultural event for the clients from Eckardtsheim. This small village is habitat for many people with disabilities who are living in residential homes. We as students of Occupational Therapy and the local relation of our school create a high coherence to them. For this group of people our Opening Day sets up the innovative and creative opportunity to participate in social life. Based on previous own observations of the past years in which we noticed that the clients could participate very limited in the offered activities, we have set our aims to intensify their involvements. On the Opening Day we want our clients and the other visitors to joint venture in the offered tenders. Between the facilities in Eckardtsheim and our school there exist long time relationships which we used for our project. Selecting the assisting students we make sure that the clients are familiar with them to ensure an optimal client oriented situation. For documentation we use photo and video camera.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We worked on the project, because in the past the participation of people with disabilities to our opening day was limited. There wasn’t any one‐to‐one assistance, although necessary. We want to enable occupation of people with disabilities in their own community.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The opening day is an opportunity to include people with disabilities in a cultural event. Our aim is to “realise community”. Our personal aims were to perceive and to acquire skills in escorting people with disabilities and give them the chance to participate active in a cultural event. This should set a highlight in their routine of daily life. In assisting people we wanted to enable occupation in the setting of a cultural event.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

‐ Analysis in form of interviews, questioning of participants ‐ Query of interests

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‐ Ongoing partnerships ‐ Arrangement with residential home staff ‐ Documentations by video ‐ Analysis of videos

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute:Ecole d’Etudes Sociales et Pedagaogiques (EESP), Lausanne Country: Switzerland Rehabilitation dogs Students Name: Yannicke Haenni, Pauline Bossy E‐mail:[email protected]; [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

In this presentation, we will to talk about a new kind of therapy that we got to know in Québec, Canada during our last period of work experience: occupational therapy with dogs. In this way of practice, occupational therapists use dogs as a work tool with different kind of patients (children, adults,…). First, we are going to explain what is this therapy about and how, where and when it began to be used. Therefore, we are going to base our speech on the information we collected during our stay in Québec and on the experiences we lived during the treatment in which we used the dog. Then, we will show a video representing some exercises that are possible to do with people following an occupational therapy treatment. This video is going to be done with a dog to show what can be done. After this, some time for questions and discussion with people attending our presentation is planned.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We decided to work on this project after our four month’s stay in Québec, Canada during which we acquainted ourselves with this new, original and very interesting way to practice occupational therapy. Rehabilitation dogs don’t exist in Europe and in lots of other countries in the world because this way to work is new and not known much. Our purpose is to inform professionals about it and perhaps in that way to introduce it in our country.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Our purpose is to present the dogs of rehabilitation and what is possible and conceivable to do or to establish with them in an occupational therapy treatment. We also would like to explain to people what has already been done in this topic and what could be done in the future. In fact, our main purpose is to introduce this new approach to the present people because we are both convinced of its interest in our profession.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Our contacts for this project are the professionals working with dogs of rehabilitation in the “Centre de Réadaptation de l’Estrie” in Sherbrooke and the association “MIRA” who supply the dogs in Canada.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Departement Hiepso Kortrijk Country: Belgium A house for life Students Name: Schotte Thomas, Vanderbeke Dave & Vermeulen Clément E‐mail: [email protected] Address: Rekkemsestraat 283, 8510 Marke (Kortrijk)

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

As research indicates, we can see that life expectancy is on the increase. This is a result of a growing health industry (antibiotics, vaccinations,…), a better standard of living (improved technology, more spare time,…),… . In common the health care (surgery, nursery, occupational therapy,…) has also grown in a positive way. Although all this improvements, there are still many things that can be done, such as a better living environment, more accessible facilities,…! As people like staying at home as long as possible, homecare has taken in a mainstream in the public health sector. The familiar surroundings seem to be very important for the elder. Sitting in his/her favorite couch, walking and sightseeing in the garden,… . All these things are very valuable to elderly people and they certainly don’t like to give them away in exchange for a rest home or another housing for elder people. It is obvious that living at home at an advanced age is very important and it is a great support for these people to have a standard of live and enjoy each minute. As many homes are inappropriate to the limitations which aging ensued, people are forced to say goodbye to their beloved house and beautiful memories behind. All of a sudden they have to leave everything they possess behind. This often leads to frustrations and a depression is not far away. It is our task as an occupational therapist to cope with this situation and find an appropriate solution! We believe that it is possible to extend living at home on the moment in their lives their house is build. All houses should be build adapted at problems that can be foreseen by aging.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We chose for this subject because we are well aware of the positive influence of being capable to stay at home when you grow older. The idea of a house build at young age, and already adapted to restrictions due to aging, seems innovative. We could not find examples of this kind of house building systems. Creative ideas sprouted by our student group will hopefully bring new insights for cooperation with architects. Since staying at home is one of the most valuable wishes of the elderly client, it has to be one of the main goals to be achieved by the occupational therapist. By this we can add life to years instead of years to life! By developing a house for the future, by cooperating with architects, the occupational therapists can find a new professional field.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

With our project we want to show everyone present at the fifteenth meeting of the ENOTHE student group in Coruña (Spain) that it is possible to make functional and payable homes in which it is possible to extend living at home .

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

‐ Targeted use of the internet and literature to find information about durable, functional and

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payable materials and constructions; and about difficulties arisen by growing older with or without extra pathologies ‐ Making contact with an architecture student/employed architect in order to discuss: ‐ the choose of the materials ‐ making a plan of a ideal house of the future ‐ the price tag of the house ‐ Making contact with occupational therapists who are specialized in terms of living in order to discuss: ‐ the role of the occupational therapist within home adaptations for elderly people ‐ the importance of making adjustments to a home ‐ the possibilities of assistive technology

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Jonkoping university Country: Sweden Older immigrants in Sweden Students Name: Malin Westerberg & Angelica Andersson ……………………………………………. E‐mail: [email protected] & Facilitate integration and [email protected] through occupation

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

We explored the opportunities to implement a project for older immigrants and their life situation in Sweden.

Wilcock talks about that we as occupational therapists must advocate for our clients. Therefore we want to think in a new way, by finding a new arena. We think that it is one way to look at creativity. The creativity is also shown of the persons who the project is about, by the way they solve their problems and how to addressing new things etc.

The arena is on the Red Cross organisation in Jonkoping were they has a meeting place in an area with not so good reputation. Jonkoping university wishes to continue the collaboration in the future.

We believe that an occupational therapist can work with this group in a health promoting way, by discouraging isolation and deprivation from the society, since this is a marginalized group.

Our purpose is to improve older immigrant’s life situation in the Swedish society, and facilitate the integration through occupation.

To reach this purpose we will set up a theme day were we will arrange different activities to improve their becoming.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Older immigrants are a marginalized and exposed group, as we figured out in a previous project. A new language is a big difficulty when you come as an older immigrant to a new country, and it makes it hard to get involved in the society. It can also be hard to change or to adapt to a new culture as they have lived in a different culture their whole life.

We believe that occupational justice is an important aspect that must be discussed for this group ‐ everyone has the right to be involved in meaningful activities that helps the person to develop and grow.

We believe that an occupational therapist can work health promoting with this group, and bring ideas for activities that can make it easier to be integrated and strengthen themselves as occupational beings.

In our project we were inspired by the Lifestyle Redesign program®, that was developed in USA, where the focus is on a healthy aging.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Improve older immigrant’s life situation in the Swedish society, and facilitate the integration through

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occupation

We want this people to grow and develop as in Wilcock´s description of becoming. Older immigrants have big opportunities to do this if they are allowed to learn and embrace the new culture. Instead of deprivation our hopes is that they will have positive experience, dare to handle more and also to be able to handle different problems which may appears in activities in the daily life.

Through this project we hope to establish the connection between the School of Health Sciences and the Red Cross for future involvement.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Our biggest contact in this project is the Red Cross, which we established connection with through an earlier exploratory field study. Our school wishes to continue the involvement in the future that even the organisation is positive to.

Therefore we explore the opportunities to implement an occupational theme day with focus on the older immigrants on this arena.

The group we focused on comes to the group meeting once a week and they are about 10‐ 15 participants in age 65 and older. The participants live in a big residential whit not so good reputation. It is also a place where many immigrants live. One recourse is that in the center of the area you can find a supermarket, dentist and a library and so on.

We did group interviews and observations and tried through this explore their needs. To conduct these interviews we develop questions inspired by “Lifestyle Redesign®” and led the discussions from them. Finally we designed our theme day that is based on the participant’s needs and proposal.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute:Escola Universitaria Creu Roja Country: Spain WORK REHABILITATION IN Students Name: Alba Pérez, Victor García, Frederic Cervelló, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Paula Gómez, Arlet López E‐mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Occupational Therapists have a basic role in the vocational integration of individuals, either to enable people who are at risk of exclusion to be employed or to facilitate the return to the working force of a worker who has been incapacitated due to a job injury or a disease.

A comprehensive work assessment is essential to develop the intervention process. Therefore it is necessary to carry out a job analysis with the aim to identify the activities and tasks inherent to a worker role and the skills needed to perform his job.

The field of work rehabilitation in Occupational Therapy is still developing in our country and there is a need for work assessments from an Occupational Therapist’s point of view. In the present context, Occupational Therapists who need to assess their clients’ abilities to return to work have to design their own assessment tool.

The purpose of this project is to develop a basic work assessment tool. The tool will be designed and, as a pilot, it will be administered in different jobs. If necessary, the instrument will be modified.

The final product will be a work assessment that could be used by Occupational Therapists in the Spanish context.

This tool will be the starting point to develop a comprehensive assessment battery that would comprise all the components that are essential for a vocational integration.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ As Occupational Therapy students we are not aware of the existence of an Occupational Therapy work assessment battery in our country that could be used to identify the capabilities of integration or rehabilitation of our clients, neither disabled people nor people at risk of social exclusion.

The MIEO (Integral Model of Occupational Assessment) is an assessment battery based in the disability, developed by occupational therapists, in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in the Human Occupation (Occupational Therapy) Department. It has been tested in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Chile with good results.

In Spain, the LISMI (Ley de Integración Social the los Minusválidos) is the legal frame that regulates the vocational integration of disabled people. It is felt that it would be useful to develop an Occupational Therapy work assessment tool suited to our context.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

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The purpose of the project is to design a work assessment tool, suitable to be used by Occupational Therapists in the Spanish context.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

The design of the assessment tool will be carried out grounded in the MIEO, developed by the Human Occupation Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

We will also take into account the LISMI (Ley de Integración Social the los Minusválidos), which is the Spanish law for work integration of disabled workers.

Work samples will be used in order to make a more specific assessment.

The assessment will be administered to pilot it and, if necessary, the tool will be modified.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: University College Ghent Country: Belgium The “OBRA” Boat Students Name: Sanne Van de Walle E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The re‐integration of ex‐internees with an intellectual restriction, is a major and challenging objective with many aspects. We, as occupational therapists, are very interested to study this process in detail: innovation, creativity and occupational therapy what can they mean within this major objective?

After some research we discovered the “OBRA” centre. OBRA stands for observation, treatment, relationships and activities and is also the Spanish word for “work”.

The “OBRA” centre works with two target groups: persons with an intellectual restriction at the day centre (Evergem) and internees with an intellectual restriction or with a psychical disorder, located in the prison of Ghent. The “OBRA” centre organises different day activities for his target areas. One of them is the “OBRA” boat.

The goal of the project is to prepare people on the reintegration and return in the society. As proof, the candidates have to show that they are motivated for this useful project and that they can live as much as possible according predefined attitudes. Additionally, the project also tries to achieve that the ‘participants’ work together with people without a disability. We, as occupational therapists, want to do some research on how we can be a mediator to accomplish the objectives of the project and how we can realise the connection between people with a disability, internees with an intellectual restriction and people without a disability.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We, as occupational therapists, want to do some research on how we can be a mediator to accomplish the objectives of the project and how we can realise the connection between people with a disability, internees with an intellectual restriction and people without a disability.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The purpose of the project is the re‐integration of ex‐internees with an intellectual restriction in the society. To bring this project to a good end, the following objectives are to be achieved: • they have to prove that they are able to live according predefined attitudes

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

We are planning to visit the OBRA centre at July the first . There we are going to interview the involved occupational therapist and ‐ if allowed ‐ some participants, so that we can learn about their experiences , methods and best practices.

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Session 6: Pablo Picasso

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Country: Denmark The re‐introduction of creativity andStudents Name: Julie Louise Hartmann innovation in psychiatricE‐mail: [email protected] occupational therapy in Denmark

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Students and teachers worked together within a purposefully ´loose´ format to maximise opportunity for students to explore emotions in a creative process. It was important for students to be challenged to push past their own pre‐conceived boundaries. These challenges have been given to us by Sanne Brocks, who taught us that we have to know ourselves and give part of ourselves, in order to establish trust and respect in the group. We have brainstormed our different ideas of creative activities in psychiatric OT. This has showed how broad this area is. As therapists it’s important to have an open mind to new ideas, in order to make room for innovation. This process has taught us about the boundaries of ourselves and others, and how to cross these in a responsible and functional way. Furthermore we have learnt a lot of specific methods that we can take with us, to our clinical education.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

This project has been offered to us with the purpose of exploring creativity within OT. Creativity, innovation and psychiatry were our main focus. With these words in mind we have entered a lot of creative thoughts and activities, in order to enable us to reintroduce it in OT.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

To increase creative skills of students to enable them to improve practice with patients / clients during upcoming practice placement.

To increase an individual client‐focused approach.

In order to be innovative, students need to build on the knowledge gained on placement and develop creative skills.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

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We established a contact with Sanne Brocks, free lance OT and creative therapist. She has been a big name in Denmark especially within the field of creativity and psychiatric patients. The educational time has been divided into two, a theoretical and a practical part. Sanne Brocks was responsible for the practical education. In her lessons we have through drama, used our body for expression. We have also explored the world of expressive art, such as painting, sculpturing, storytelling and our voices.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Queen Margaret University Country: Scotland An exploration of the use of the WiiStudents Name: console in Occupational Therapy Gail Cody [email protected] Fiona Ronaldson [email protected] Marie Westwood [email protected] Elaine Whyte [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

This presentation will consider the role of the occupational therapy in general and the aims of occupational therapy intervention. Some of the changes in the role of occupational therapy will then be addressed by considering the traditional occupational therapy activities carried out with patients and the more recent activities using games consoles. Next, some time will be spent considering the Wii console itself and explaining how it differs from other games consoles. We will address specifically the biological, psychological and sociological benefits for individuals who use the Wii games console. Using the occupational therapy process of gathering information, assessment, intervention and evaluation, the use of the Wii in two specific settings will be considered. A case study from a mental health setting will be used to demonstrate the potential benefits of intervention using the Wii with a patient who has Schizophrenia and experiences low mood and decreased motivation. Following the mental health case study, a physical setting case study will be considered demonstrating potential benefits of using the Wii with a patient who has experienced a stroke. Potential limitations of the use of the Wii in Occupational Therapy will then be considered.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy:

The aim of an occupational therapist is to enable people to achieve as much as they can for themselves, so they get the most out of life. As we all know occupational therapy is an ever changing profession and can be adapted to meet the needs of our clients. As occupational therapy has changed over the years so has technology, and by embracing this technology an occupational therapist can enable a client achieve their full penitential or can they? As occupational therapy students all with our own Wii consoles, we wanted to find out how this latest technology has a role within occupational therapy. During practice placement all four of us have had the opportunity to see and use the Wii within a therapeutic environment, and see how occupational therapy and technology can embrace one another.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The purpose of our presentation is to show how versatile a games console can be. We aim to show how the Wii can be used as an occupational therapy tool. We hope to show our audience that playing various games on the Wii can be beneficial to both patients and therapists working in a wide variety of different specialist areas. We hope to provide meaningful information to those who have never considered using the Wii in occupational therapy before, and show them that it has a significant place in today’s health care professions.

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

For this presentation, we focussed on literature and studies previously carried out on the use of the Wii console in Occupational Therapy Intervention. We gathered our materials from searching the internet and collecting journal and magazine articles that have been published about the Wii console. Methods involved first hand experience of using the Wii console as an intervention in Occupational Therapy, whilst currently on Professional Practice Placement 2. This has been experienced within a mental health setting and a physical setting which has been demonstrated within our presentation. It has given us the opportunity to explore feedback from patients using the Wii console as therapy which we feel is one of the most vital pieces of research included in this presentation.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Örebro University Country: Sweden Use of creative activities in Psychiatric Care Students Name: Anna Wernoff, Ivona Cetofski E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The purpose of this project was to describe how creative activities are used to motivate clients within psychiatric care in Sweden. Two occupational therapists working in different areas of psychiatric rehabilitation were interviewed. The interviews were analysed and the most essential facts became the foundation for this report. The preliminary result shows that the occupational therapists in the psychiatric care use different creative activities to stimulate the clients’ inner motivation as well as inner creativity. Many of the activities involve crafts and activities like board games, word games and outdoors activities like walks through the town, bicycle tours and barbequing. Many client’s preferred knitting as activity. By using creative activities the client´s are developing other abilities that contribute to a better cope with activities of daily living. These creative activities are used to motivate client´s to get activated. By performing activities that give a visible result the clients develop a belief in her/him and self‐esteem that can be transferred into activities of daily living. The responses from the patients are really god. Many of the patients has no place to go to during daytime and by going to a daycentre they get to interact with other people in similar situations and find a purpose to get up in the morning. The creative solution leads to a higher motivation within the client´s and can eventually help them return to their work/school.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

During our education to Occupational therapists we have encountered several areas that involve the psychiatric care. Occupational therapy is a very useful method in the psychiatric care for many reasons. In occupational therapy we use activity daily both as means and motivation. We are aware of that people who suffer from mental illness are lack of motivation most of their time and this affects their daily lives. The literature describes motivation as a key factor to perform daily activities (Kielhofner G. Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Therapy. 2004). Creativity both when finding motivating activities and when performing them is one way to motivate the client, but how do occupational therapist work and use creative activities in their daily work?

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

Our purpose is to describe how occupational therapists use creativity within psychiatric rehabilitation. ‐Who are the patients? ‐Patient groups, age? ‐How is the clients creativity stimulated trough activities and which activities? ‐How do the occupational therapists take the clients cultural background, way to perform, into account? ‐Are the activities performed in groups or individual? ‐Which creative activities is used?

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Our teacher helped us to get in touch with two occupational therapists who are known for their use of creative activities with their client´s. They are working in two of the largest units within psychiatric rehabilitation in Örebro. We chose to use a qualitative method were our data came from two interviews with the occupational therapists. We had prepared about ten questions to be used as a starting point for the interviews. We recorded the interviews who took place at the two different activity daily centres in Örebro. We listened trough the material and chose the most essential facts to write down and use as a foundation for this report. With permission from the occupational therapists and the clients we also took some pictures during our visits to illustrate our report.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: E.U. Creu Roja de Terrassa. Country: Catalunya (Spain) JOIN US TO ENJOY. Students Name: Nit Bachs, Gisela Barbadillo and Xavier Anta. (Afegeix‐te a la diversió) E‐mail: [email protected], [email protected] (Añadete a la diversión)

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Join us to enjoy is a proposal to create a shared leisure experience between two collectives: Occupational Therapy students and Prodis Foundation residents (adults with mental health problems); both of them located in the town of Terrassa.

The project was born to give an answer to the needs of two collectives: adults with mental health problems and Occupational Therapy students. Its purpose is to set up bidirectional learning and to facilitate an exchange of experiences based on the creation of a leisure night group. This group will be conformed by students and residents.

The project will be developed in the leisure time at weekend. From Occupational Therapy perspective, leisure time is seen as an open door to new experiences, in a way that human relations get the chance to be more friendly and free. By the way, human being is occupational by nature and leisure time gives the oportunity to identify and approach the interests, abilities, roles and values. This makes possible to increase the adaptability to the community, and assure a better quality life.

The leisure night group created with the project will be visible in the town of Terrassa, letting the native people to think over about adults with mental health problems and the consequences of the social stigma.

The Model of Human Occupation has been chosen because of the importance that gives to the social environment as an Occupational Therapy tool.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

A study of the community was carried out and the needs in both collectives were identified.

Adults with mental health problems’ needs/problems.

• Difficulties to identify some interests and abilities. • Difficulties to connect interest and abilities described above with the occupations. • Unbalanced occupational areas (without a real meaningful leisure time). • Poor knowledge and poor meaningful participation in the process of searching for and selecting night time leisure activities. • Difficulties to get an occupational identity in relation with interest and abilities. • Difficulties to develop themselves in a working team, following the established rules. • Limited meaningful participation in the community. • Difficulties to manage in the daily live occupations in the community of Terrassa. • Lack of social support.

Students’ needs/problems.

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• Lack of experience in relation with mental health problems. • Difficulties to finance the University fees. • Low community participation. • Existence of beliefs and value judgments. Stigma. • Lack of an organized, coordinated, directed, evaluated and self‐created social initiative. • Lack of involvement in Terrassa social reality. • Difficulties to bring University’s homework into line with current jobs.

Project needs/problems

• Dissemination of Occupational Therapy as a profession involved in community work. • General diffusion of the project to Prodis foundation and to E.U. Creu Roja. • Active participation and involvement of E.U. Creu Roja (University) and Prodis Foundation. • Finding some financing. • Physical meeting points in the E.U. Creu Roja (University) and Prodis Foundation.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

This project works at three levels: Adults with mental health problems living in Prodis, Occupational Therapy students and the project itself. The objectives for each level are stated underneath.

Adults with mental health problems:

‐ To improve the knowledge and achieve active participation (empowerment) ‐ To provide the needed tools to search for opportunities in the night leisure time. ‐ To involve them in the election of meaningful leisure night time activities. ‐ To participate of their own elections.

‐ To work to balance the occupations. ‐ To approach the style of present life towards the style of life of the group of equal. ‐ To maximize the time spent in leisure time, to achieve the balance in the occupational areas.

‐ To promote the extension of the social net with people of the same age without mental health problems. ‐ To promote friendly relationships with other young people. ‐ To promote activities in the community with other young people.

‐ To qualify for administrating the spending money. ‐ To train in the ability to manage financing issues related to individual and collective activities.

Students:

‐ To demystify some beliefs about mental health problems and social stigma. ‐ To understand closely the daily reality of people with mental health problems. ‐ To promote some additional experiences with people with mental health problems during the Occupational Therapy career.

‐ To develope a social initiative created and led by the E.U. Creu Roja students. ‐ To stimulate the implication of students in the daily comunity life in the town of Terrassa. ‐ To improve the abilities related to planning, organizing, leading and managing the project in a

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creative way. ‐ To increase the students skills, giving them the chance to apply theory into practice.

‐ To improve the economic situation of the students to finance the university’s fees. ‐ To offer it like part of the formative program. ‐ To offer as a free charged subject to the students. ‐ To get the financing for leisure activities. Project:

‐ To promote Occupational Therapy as a significant profession in leisure time. ‐ To promote and get to know this project. ‐ To involve to the university like provider agent of students in this communitarian project. ‐ To begin an active link among Prodis, students and E.U. Creu Roja.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Methods of research:

‐ Study of the community of the town of Terrassa: to get information about community resources and needs. ‐ Study of the community of Prodis Foundation: to get information about clients’ daily activities, pathologies and resources. ‐ Interview with E.U. Creu Roja’s Head Teacher: to get facts related to the economical finance situation of the students.

Contacts:

‐ University: E.U. Creu Roja (Terrassa) ‐ Prodis Foundation (Terrassa)

Partnerships:

‐ University: E.U. Creu Roja (Terrassa) ‐ Prodis Foundation (Terrassa)

Finally, this project was made during the last year of the carrier, so this information it’s a short part of the final project, which it was wrote in catalan language in this original version.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: University College Cork Occupational Therapy Student Website Country: Ireland Name: Sarah Daniels e‐mail: [email protected]

Name: Charlotte Spink e‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐ In the Republic of Ireland (ROI) there are four Occupational Therapy schools. Currently, however, no official occupational therapy student website exists. In response to both a perceived need to provide an adjunct to formal course requirements and an invitation to engage in an activity that compliments ‘European Year of Creativity and Innovation’ (2009), two Occupational Therapy students from the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland have turned an idea into action and created a student‐friendly ‘e’ resource. This presentation outlines the stages in the development of a website for Irish occupational therapy students. By presenting the project in this ENOTHE forum, it is hoped that discussion and ideas will be generated, and knowledge shared between fellow European students. As the website is designed by students, for students, feedback from and dialogue with such a diverse group will provide a learning opportunity for all participants and would be an excellent and creative way of further developing this tool.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy If a resource such as this had been available to us as occupational therapy students, we would have considered it and used it as a much needed and helpful tool. Having identified this educational gap from our own experience we undertook informal research; soliciting the views of other students, opinions of staff, scanning journals and internet searching, which confirmed the belief that a website with a variety of web pages/links would be useful and valued. Using information technology is now part of student culture and use of computers/internet is a familiar occupation, making it student‐friendly and convenient. We also felt that by undertaking such a project we could personally explore creativity and innovation in practice. We felt that this endeavour would provide us with the opportunity for artistic creation. As Chard (2007) notes the methods of today’s creative self expression involves computers, the internet and other technologies such as ipods which are part of the context we now live in. A strong impetus to proceed with the project was the vision that it could be developed further to provide a resource for all of ROI students. Having established the website, it would provide a lasting resource for all occupational therapy students in the future. The project applies to occupational therapy in two main ways. Firstly, from a personal perspective the process of creating such a tool demonstrates some of the knowledge, skills and attitudes valued by the profession such as; creative self‐expression, entrepreneurship, communication, ability to plan and manage activity in order to achieve objectives and fostering participation. Secondly, from the perspective of the students utilising the website, it provides insight into the profession and supports the personal and professional development of future occupational therapists.

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Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The purpose of the project is to create a professional website for students to pool resources, share information and experiences in order to learn from each other, develop ideas/reflective skills and generate thinking on certain topics/aspects of the profession.

• To work as a team with fellow students, College departments and therapists to develop the website • To initiate and maintain a valuable active resource for occupational therapy students in UCC initially, with a view to extending the web domain to become Ireland‐wide • Funding for: web domain rental, web gatekeeper position

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Initially discussion was held with a Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy lecturer. Fellow students were then canvassed and a web search conducted. A consultation email was sent to staff within the department of Occupational Science And Occupational Therapy followed by a written project proposal.

A computer science student was consulted and recruited to assist with the website design

Past student ENOTHE representatives were also consulted about ideas for funding the project.

A job position will be created for Web Gatekeeper/maintenance person/s who will take over the role in twelve months time. It is envisaged that this will rotate on a yearly basis and if funding can be sourced could become a paid position.

An ongoing partnership will be maintained with Department of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, UCC staff, for advice on appropriate material to upload. At a later date this advice and assistance could come from a nominated person within the professional body (Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland).

Main Findings, Outcomes of Research or Creative Action: ‐ before the 1st of September‐

• Our theory that the creation of such a tool was needed was found to be true. It was received positively by students via our informal discussions and research. • Working on this project has improved our I.T. skills, organisation, information gathering, teamwork and collaboration with other professionals • In working on this innovative and unique project we demonstrated creativity and entrepreneurial spirit by taking the initiative to develop such a resource. • Having established this tool we now have a greater awareness of the many components of occupational therapy education and practice. • This project has enabled us to realise our goal of making occupational therapy information

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accessible and applicable to all occupational therapy student in our university, and with the vision of expanding it nationwide in Ireland. • It is our belief that we have encouraged participation amongst the student population in our universityas well as promoted the profession.

Future Recommendations/ Implications:

• Expand the website to include and represent the Irish occupational therapy student population. • Link with other colleges and countries in order to promote international discourse and collaboration. • Continue the entrepreneurial spirit through the ongoing maintenance and student involvement with the website.

Short personal reflection of the action and the value for your future occupational therapy practice: ‐ before the 1st of September‐ On reflection this project has reiterated and reinforced a number of key points. Firstly, we have learned of the importance of new technology for information sharing, service improvement, continued professional development and networking within and outside the profession. We have utilised available resources, including others’ knowledge and experiences to good advantage. We plan to use this project as part of the bigger picture in improving student interaction and information sharing in order to positively influence future practice.

Personally, a number of worthwhile observations have been made. Firstly, the importance of teamwork, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration has been highlighted to us. Secondly, we have experienced the value of using one’s own initiative and drawing on past learning in our work. We hope to continue the development of these skills and build on our learning in the future as we move towards becoming occupational therapists.

References: ‐ before the 1st of September‐

Chard, G. (2007) Computer Games and Karate: The Arts and Crafts of Today (Editorial), British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(8), 329.

Schmid, T. (2004) Meanings of Creativity within Occupational Therapy Practice, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51, 80‐88.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Country: Sweden Students: Creativity and innovation inTerese Falk [email protected] hand therapy Ylva Åkesson [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Abstract: One of occupational therapy´s unique areas in Sweden is hand therapy. The ultimate goal of occupational based hand therapy is to ensure that the rehabilitation process promotes healing, while also enabling clients to perform meaningful activities both in the clinic and in their daily lives. The Oval‐8 splinter was invented in the northern region (Västerbotten) of Sweden. It can stabilize, relieve and/or correct the small joints of the fingers (DIP and PIP). The main purpose of our presentation is to motivate future and present occupational therapists to try different and new solutions to the disabilities our clients are facing. Especially when it comes to injuries in the hand and the fingers.

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Session 7: Isabel Allende

OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: KHBO Brugge Country: Belgium Students Name: Sieska Martens (Sarah Cattrysse, Barbara De “Beware of paper” a play of peopleLembre and An Vandeviane) with acquired brain injury (NAH). E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

The daycentre “Ter Duinen” for adults with acquired brain injury searched 7 years ago for different forms off expressions and leisure activities. In their search they came to the idea of playing theatre. Under the expert guidance of an occupational therapist and a director they started from nothing and grown out as a fully drama group. This whole process asked a lot of creativity, flexibility and drive. The result is one of their own brainstorming of which each member was treated equally. The actors, therapist and director came together on a regularly base and discussed about the content and form of the play. Each member had an equal contribution to the discussions. In contrary to other initiatives, they play on a high‐quality level. The play was professional developed and they did their theatrical performance in a real theatre. Therefore this project is unique in Belgium. Their latest play tells about the big ‘crash’ in their brains and the search for a solution. Along this process, a lot of them, members and their families, find a better way to cope with their disabilities and changed life’s. This is a creative and innovative way to deal with every‐day‐problems and tell about it to the outside world. We want to tell about the value of such a project and discuss the opinions and experience of each member of the drama group.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

A teacher at school told us about this project. We were curious and had the opportunity to go to their theatrical performance. We didn’t know what to expect, but after the performance we were amazed of het result. We think this play is innovative on the area of contribution from the players as well on the area of the content of the play. The abilities of each player was maximal used. You could see the whole was established by ideas from different views: a director with theatrical experience, an occupational therapist with work experience and the personal experience of the players. This makes the content innovative and unique, but at the same time also recognizable. It is clear that it is based on the way of thinking of an occupational therapist. It was established by a search for different forms off expressions and leisure activities. Thro out this process they worked client centred and they started from what was possible. They had to know how capable their clients are, what their good and less qualities are. So they could be realistic to their client and their self’s . Otherwise there is the possibility you get blinded and fell into a trap. Therefore it is necessary to think flexible and creative. This in combination with the proper guidance and professional knowledge. This all is typical of the way of working of an occupational therapist.

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Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

We want to tell students and their teachers of occupational therapy about the value of starting a creative project with people who have acquired brain injury. The area of leisure may not be underestimated.

A role in a play gives them the opportunity to cope with their issues and talk about it in public. It is also a way of participation. This area really has its benefits. We want to give a short description of how the project is established. We also want to give them a realistic view of the theatrical group their opinions and experiences. You will see it wasn’t always easy for them. We want to emphasize the repeated basic elements which were essential throughout the process. And we will give an overview of the result.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

We just learned about NAH (acquired brain injury) in the lessons “Physical Dysfunctions” of Mrs. Debackere. Our mentor Mrs. Pitteljon talked about a play who was performed in a specific weekend. She told us it would be very interesting to take a look. So we followed here advise.

We made contact with Mrs. Carlier mentor of school to arrange the tickets.

After we brainstormed, we went to see the players and their therapist/supervisor Mevr.Carlier.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Hogeschool Gent Country: Gent “Ex‐prisoners walk of art” Students Name: Collijs Laura E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

Target‐group: ex‐prisoners. These are people who have been in prison for several years. They want to (re)build their life outside prison, but it is very difficult to re‐integrate in society because they were isolated for such a long time. Project: We want to draw up a script to organize an art‐route and we would like to realize this after our graduation. The art route has the objective to give visitors the opportunity to get to know the city from the point of view of an ex‐detainee. The ex‐convicts map the art route. This way, we hope that we can get an image of the places these people go to after their release. At some important places we would expose a work of art, made by one of the ex‐prisoners, possibly accompanied by some clarification. The work of art can be a painting, a sculpture, poetry, music, … This will be discussed with the cooperating ex‐convicts and also depends on the available possibilities (locations, material). Our goal is to make some of the ex‐prisoners the guide of the tour. This way, they can have direct contact with the visitors and they’re able to elucidate their work of art. We’d like to provide the cooperating ex‐prisoners with a professional guide‐course, which can be mentioned on their CV afterwards. Their support in this project can be an asset when applying for a job.

Purpose of the project: We believe that ex‐prisoners deserve a fair chance, as much on the labor market as in the society in general. With this project we try to give them the possibility to express their feelings and to share them with the environment. We want to enable them to take a first step towards society (and the other way around) in a creative way. With the result of this project we would like to create a different look for this group; we want to stimulate reintegration of ex‐prisoners from both sides. After all, ‘reintegration’ is an interactive idea. The society has to be prepared to re‐‘integrate’ people who made mistakes in the past.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

‐ We thought of this project with this target‐group as a challenge for us to realize. ‐ It is an innovative and creative way of occupational therapy with an extra‐ordinary group. Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

Purpose of the project: We believe that ex‐prisoners deserve a fair chance, as much on the labor market as in the society in general. With this project we try to give them the possibility to express their feelings and to share them with the environment. This way they can take a first step towards the society (and the other way round) in creative way. With the result of this project we would like to create a different look for this group. That way we want to stimulate reintegration of ex‐prisoners from both sides. ‘Reintegration’ is after all an interactive idea, at which the society also has to be prepared to re‐ ‘integrate’ people who made mistakes.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐

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Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

First of all we want to know more about our target group: ex‐prisoners. We will make some contacts with all kinds of organisations to know which our the possibilities of ex‐prisoners, where they can find financial help when they come out of prison, ... We also want to make contact with occupational therapists who work in prison. We think that they can be a surplus value in our project and that they can help us to lay contact with ex‐prisoners.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

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Name of the project: Institute: University College of Health Science of Granada Country: Spain TeaTO, a Junior Enterprise Students: Almudena Cano, Diana Delgado, Mª José Espigarez, Belén Chica, Saray Muñoz. BS in Ocupational Therapy. Name: Asociación Juvenil de Estudiantes de la Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud de Granada TEATO. E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

TeaTO is an innovative initiative in the field of occupational therapy with the aim of using theatre to fulfill a necessity of different groups of disabled people from two main approaches. The first one is leisure‐oriented, while the second approach is therapeutically‐orientated. The therapeutic part of this initiative deals with cognitive, physical, social and contextual aspects.

TeaTO initiative is established within the Junior Enterprise network, which means that is a non‐ profitable association which provides the community with a specific professional service, and at the same time combines student training and internships, offering the opportunity to have a first contact with the labour‐market. The Junior Enterprise European Network counts with the support of several academic and professional institutions.

Teato association implements quality courses on occupational therapy related issues which are difficult to find in other training institutions, such as music therapy or sensitive integration. It also promotes occupational therapy and organizes public seminars. However, the main project of the association consists on the creation of a complete drama piece adapted to different groups of disabled people. This project is composed by several workshops: stage building, script drawing, make‐up skills and production. The project will be implemented by university students who will put into practice the knowledge acquired during their education at the same time as they will get into the labour‐market.

This is a unique integration initiative because it brings together a professional occupational therapy service and an opportunity for the students to receive training and working experience in the framework of the Junior Enterprise Network.

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

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consists on the creation of a complete drama piece adapted to different groups of disabled people. This project is composed by several workshops: stage building, script drawing, make‐up skills and production. The project will be implemented by university students who will put into practice the knowledge acquired during their education at the same time as they will get into the labour‐market.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

TeaTO project emerged when we realized that little, if anything at all, was done dealing with drama as an activity in the field of occupational therapy. We work on various abilities through the adaptation of activities pertaining to drama –scenery, make‐up, wardrobe, improvisation, playwriting and puppets. For example, the motor, process, and communication/interaction skills, among others, can be treated, as well as role playing and participation in contexts activities are employed for the sake of treatment.

TeaTO project was designed for the occasion of a competition for Aspirant Junior Enterprises where feasible entrepreneurial ideas were awarded in the different fields of study of the University of Granada. Our project was awarded on November 2008 with the first prize due to its feasibility, innovation and creativity. The implementation of our program on physical and social disabilities was planned during the months from July to September of 2008.

A Junior Enterprise is a non‐profit association that provides certain services to the public. It helps students to have a first contact with the world of work during their study period.

Our project is based on the usage of theatre as a therapeutical tool through the creation of a drama piece from its beginning to its staging. The play will be adapted to groups of people suffering different disabilities and they will carry out several activities. Among them, we include the construction of the stage, the drawing of the script, and the make‐up of performers or the production of the play. Apart from successfully developing such project, the set up of a Junior Enterprise involves some other requirements relating to economic issues and the implementation of programs with various organizations.

These activities will be developed and managed by university students who will put into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired during their study period, thus complementing their training.

The experience provided by the Junior Enterprise in the management of business is a solid basis toward the creation of a future occupational therapy enterprise.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The main objective of the TeaTO initiative is to fulfil the necessities of the disabled groups of the province of Granada using a therapeutic implementation based on theatre and its different elements.

Our specific goals are linked with several branches of occupational therapy: ‐ Psychology and Psycho‐sociology: social integration, team‐work, self‐esteem, emotional development, responsibility and autonomy and social awareness towards disabilities, etc.

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‐ Psychomotor: rhythm, social and verbal expression, coordination and equilibrium, body‐spatial relations, time and spatial relations, etc. ‐ Cognitive: memory, attention, praxis, perception, language, imagination and creativity, etc. ‐ Physical skills: sensitive stimulation, development of muscular strength and ...., etc. ‐ Encouragement of the participation adopting significant roles in life. ‐ Adaptation to different contextual exigency models.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

Our method consists on the performance of a theatre play plus the implementation of several workshops. The participants will be distributed in the various workshops according to their interests and abilities, each group being assigned with a specific function.

‐Music and drama integration workshop. ‐Scenery building workshop. ‐Wardrobe and accessories workshop. ‐Improvisation workshop. ‐Puppet building workshop. ‐Make‐up and hairdressing workshop. ‐ Relaxation workshop.

The timing is scheduled as follows: ‐ Evaluation of abilities, competences and interests of each participant. After the evaluation, the assignation of workshops will be done and they will start. Their execution will involve a day of preparation (a first contact session of about 2‐3 hours and), and finally, each workshop will consist of 5‐ 6 sessions of 3‐4 hours each.

‐ The following stage will be the rehearsal and coordination of the play: a weekly session of 2 hours for the participants to get used to the activities of the workshop, that is to say, design of wardrobe, decoration and personal make‐up appropriate for the topic of the play. All the teams will get coordinated in the line of work. Finally, once the work is completed in each group, teams will be organized for the representation of the play, where the participants will carry out the function they have been assigned with in their respective workshops. ‐ This stage would be preceded by a rehearsal of the complete activity to be developed during the performance.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Country: Georgia “Keep Children the Childhood” Students Name: Qetevan Choniashvili, Tamar Nozadze E‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words):

As we know the theme of the European Year 2009 is creativity and innovation. We, two of Georgian students decided to make project with street children to keep them childhood and involve children in age adequate activities for a little time. We chose to make drawing – pads and in this process would be involved Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Medical Faculty students. It would be a creative workshop from medical students in Georgia, when from useless papers could be made useful drawing‐ pads for street children as creativity requires, because “creativity is part of everyday practice, the use of creativity as a conscious approach; creativity involves risk – taking, creativity needs a supportive environment and creativity is the use of expressive arts in therapy ” (Law M, 1998,Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (2004), 51, pp.81 ‐ 82) Despite making drawing – pads with useless papers , workshop should be organized by secondary materials from our houses: coloured pencils, glues, scissors, etc. In occupational therapy every day practice we see that creativity is necessary for therapist, because his/her work to be more attractive. And what about innovation? This kind of action, participating medical students is innovation in Georgia, because they have never realised such project before. “The term of innovation means a new way of doing something; it may refer to incremental, radical revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation) It took us several steps for completing this project. At first we prepared materials on the concept of creativity and innovation. Then our plan was to organize workshop making drawing – pads for street children and finally realised our project with them.

Rationale (background, problem description):

A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy The problem of street children is still unsolved in Georgia. Nobody cares about them, everyday the number of street children in Georgia grows larger. (http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a=article&id=1407&lang=en) Many street children work in markets and in other busy areas. Some of them wander in the streets or undergrounds and beg for money. Most of them are glue – sniffers and they manage to buy the glue with the money they collect through begging in the street, they have trouble communication with society. (http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a=article&id=2528&lang=en). It is trouble to hear, but unfortunately this is a Georgian reality. The main reason we decided to make the project with street children was that each day of their lives is similar. Even 1st of June, International Children Defense Day, when there are many entertainment programs, Zoo Park, Mushtaedi Park, concerts are free for children. Entertainments and leisure is one of the rights all children should have. (http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=6845). At this time street children sit the same places and continue begging, as they prefer to earn money, because it is only the way to keep themselves.

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The result of observation showed us that most of street children are pre – school and school ages. but none of them go to school. According Georgian constitution about education, every child has fundamental right and duty to get full education to develop their personality and capacity, which is essential to reach success in private and society life. (Georgian law about education, part 1, chapter 9) Besides not going to school to get academic capacities they are not occupied with adequate activities for their age. Early childhood is an important time for learning and development, such as fine motor skills, social skills, etc. (Jane Case – Smith, Anne S. Allen & Pat Nuse Pratt, Occupational Therapy for Children, Third Edition, 1996, Chapter 4, p.59), but street children have no resources for this. We worked with street children to keep and freshen their childhood for a little time, because occupational therapy approach is to enable them to discover, connect with and learn about occupational need, strength and talents. (Frank Kronenberg, Salvador Simo Algado & Nick Pollard, Occupational Therapy without borders, 2005, Chapter 19, p.264)

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved:

Projects purpose is to “Keep Children Childhood” The drawing ‐ pads would be made by Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Medical Faculty students especially for them. Also our aim was to occupy street children by age adequate activities. This action will also increase awareness of wider society to support street children with adequate material for their development versus giving reinforcement for their exploitation though giving money.

Methods and Materials:

The preparation period lasted for two weeks. First of all we observed the environment for four days, where street children spend their whole time and saw about twenty child. We had semi – structured interview and asked them about their daily activities, what they enjoy doing, what they would like to do, etc. Some of them like role plays, making rings, ear – rings, drawing, etc. We found out that they have no resources for drawing…At last we decided to make drawing ‐ pads in creative way! After this 6th of June we made Power Point presentation for medical faculty students in one of university rooms. Our presentation and discussion lasted for 15 minutes. We explained our target that we were going to make a project with street children in Tbilisi. We told about their rights and duties, what they are doing and what they have to do. We told them that we were going to organize workshop 9th of June to make drawing ‐ pads for children. We asked for student to bring useless, reminder and empty papers from their note – books, which were ready to throw out.

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We organized students for workshop to stitch and decorate binding of drawing ‐ pads. 9th of June we prepared environment for workshop one of university auditoriums. We brought scissors, paper knives, coloured pencils and crayons, cartons for binding and ribbons for stitch. Other students brought papers and coloured pencils. There were 15 students involved in workshop. Some of them were cutting papers, some of them were drawing and decorating bindings, others were stitching.

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Our workshop lasted for 3 hours with coffee brake. Besides drawing ‐ pads we needed coloured pencils for children and for supporting we went to McDonalds. We introduced our project plan to the manager. McDonalds’ staff discussed our offer and we got answer from them in two days – they gave crayons, balloons and colouring papers for 20 children. At the same period we were searching information about street children and O. T role within them, also about creativity, innovation, children’s rights, etc. from occupational therapy books and internet. For preparation the project we were supervised by occupational therapists: Nino Rukhadze, Maiko Wuladze and Ana Arganashvili.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation

Name of the project: Institute: ADERE Country: Paris “Processus creatif” Students Name: Verine Margot, Yeung Davina, Pyskire Jeanne, Duwig Marion, Avignon Marine, Jouanneau Elodie E‐mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

“Processus creatif” (in French) is a year long project held during the first year of OT studies at ADERE Paris. To start off the project, we need to choose any word that inspires us and from which we need to reflect on and create an object. We have a calendar to follow namely, we need to hand in a first draft to explain our reflection process and a photo of how our object looks like at this particular point in time. All throughout this project, we need to note down all our emotions (frustrations, breakthrough etc…) pertaining to our objects. Finally, at the end of the year in June, we have an oral presentation in front of all our peers and a panel of jury consisting of 4 teachers to present our object and explain our creative process.

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

We believe that on occupational therapist needs to be creative in their ways to provide therapeutic care to their clients. Furthermore, he/she needs to empathize with clients who will be creating objects in OT. Throughout the “processus creatif” project, we learnt how to detect our feelings and our creative process which will thereafter enable us as future OT to propose an adequate activity to our clients because we went through this process of knowing our creative flow. Moreover, we will be able to be provide therapeutic care more efficiently.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

We chose this project because it was a very interesting and enriching experience to us. So we want to be able to share it with other OT students from all over Europe.

Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships • Questionnaires to actual OT students in ADERE, Paris. • Interview with students and the panel of jury.

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OUTLINE of the project on Creativity and Innovation Name of the project: Profession: Occupational Therapists The river of Marcos. Name: Sonia Montes Bernardo Cristina Esmerode Iglesias Cecilia Touceda Rey Paula Cobas García e‐mail: [email protected]

Short Abstract (250 words): ‐ before the 1st of June 2009‐

This short was made with a lot of enthusiasm by a young group of Occupational Therapists, in order to show their concerns about the discipline and share their experiences with other professionals and students. The best experience during their time as students was meet the protagonist of the short, Marcos, who taught them the essence of Occupational Therapy, the "hook", how to connect with the people, to focus on skills, to listen people to let the potential flow... Marcos speaks and shows them all his achievements along the years and he explains that the practice of Occupational Therapy, by means of exploration, competition and achievement, have a final reward. The film has the intention to convey the true essence by the real protagonists of the discipline. It tries to show how with constancy and positivism in life, everything can be achieved. Occupational therapists guides people to the occupations, but they are who really has to desire it. This is the perfect combination to get the achievement, in this case, become autonomous. Marcos is a perfect example of all the above; he could be considered as an Occupational Therapist without the career that give us a master class about the discipline. This beautiful experience, related in first person, full of significant images and phrases, provide a different and enriching experience of occupational therapy.

"We should not worry about living long years, but to live well, because live long time depends on destination, however live successfully depends on your soul. Life is long if we feel fullness, and life becomes full when the soul has recovered its possession "(Seneca)

Rationale (background, problem description): ‐ before the 1st of June‐ A short description of why you worked on the project and the relation with occupational therapy

This Project arises immediately from the protagonist, Marcos, and his life´s vision. He was one of the persons that more teach and transmitted us during our practices as students of Occupational Therapy. Our intention is transmitting this vision to many other persons, students and professionals, which are in narrow relation whit this discipline.

Purpose of the project; objectives to be achieved: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Description of purpose; objectives to be achieved

The project aim is to show the vision that the users of occupational therapy have about the discipline because they are the most important people in the profession’s development.

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Methods and Materials: ‐ before the 1st of June‐ Short description of methods of research used, contacts made, ongoing partnerships

The method used is the recording of images with a video camera. Then we will carry out a careful selection of material to make a montage with the "Magix Photo CD and DVD" program.

Main Findings, Outcomes of Research or Creative Action: ‐ before the 1st of September‐ “The quality of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts”. Marcos is a boy who shows us the life´s values and the overcoming of day after day to achieve the most important thing, be happy. We have established a simple relation between Kawa model of Occupational Therapy (through the river metaphor), and Marcos life, overcoming the difficulties (rocks), to be through doing.

Future Recommendations/ Implications:

Marcos can be an example for many people. He is an example of morality. He can contribute to the rest of the society the keys to obtain the happiness in the life. Some of them might be look inside, and listen the spirit of oneself.

Furthermore, it is a simple and pleasant way to approach and understand the Kawa Model.

Finally, note that the content of this short film can be useful as a potential resource in social awareness campaigns.

Short personal reflection of the action and the value for your future occupational therapy practice: ‐ before the 1st of September‐

This short film shows the life (river flow) of Marcos, a person who has an incredible vital energy, a great capacity to overcome and an immense desire to live. He is an example for all…

His opinion about topics related to the treatment that people with functional diversity receive should be taken into account by the society.

We must understand that each of us are persons, independently of our personal characteristics, persons with rights and duties, and especially with freedom, freedom of thought, choice , action, culture, values, self‐determination, …

Mark Marcos provides us a dose of morality and humanism, filled with humor.

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Annex 1

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XV Encuentro ENOTHE

15-17 de Octubre de 2009

Año Europeo de la Creatividad e Innovación

Queridos compañeros estudiantes de Terapia Ocupacional

Es un honor para la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de A Coruña, España, ser la anfitriona del XV encuentro ENOTHE, y en especial para nosotros, los estudiantes, por ser éste el único evento europeo que nos reúne. Es un placer invitaros a formar parte del mismo.

Cómo sabéis 2009 es el año Europeo de la Creatividad y la Innovación y España tiene mucho que decir al respecto. Somos la tierra de grandes genios como Picasso, Dalí, Cervantes, Lorca, Ramón y Cajal o los inventores del chupa-chups, la fregona, el futbolín o la guitarra española.

De acuerdo a nuestra historia, innovando y creando es como ha crecido la Terapia Ocupacional en España desde su llegada en la década de los 60, hasta el día de hoy, donde sus resultados brillan más que nunca. Nos sentimos orgullosos de poder mostrar el trabajo de calidad de tantas y tantas personas por crear e innovar con el fin último de facilitar el cambio de realidades.

Para ello contamos con un entorno único, Coruña, la ciudad de cristal, antiguo pueblo marinero, hoy convertido en ciudad, que brinda su paisaje, monumentos, historia, cultura, vanguardia, arte y tradición a este evento con toda la ilusión y cariño que una ciudad puede ofrecer. Aquí, donde nadie es forastero, como dice nuestro refrán, se celebrará el encuentro, momento de compartir experiencias, conocimiento y esperanzas de alumnos, profesores y profesionales para seguir recorriendo este camino común. Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar-Antonio Machado.

Octubre de 2009, es una oportunidad de aprendizaje y crecimiento. Para nosotros los estudiantes supone también la ocasión de preparar y presentar nuestros propios proyectos relacionados con el tema del año desde la perspectiva de la Terapia Ocupacional.

Con todas estas posibilidades, la diversión está asegurada. Esperamos veros en octubre. Nuestros mejores deseos.

Betania Groba González y Natalia Rivas Quarneti

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad de A Coruña, Campus de Oza 15006 A Coruña

Comité de Estudiantes: [email protected]

XV Meeting ENOTHE

15th-17th October 2009

European Year of Creativity and Innovation

Dear fellow students in Occupational Therapy

It is an honor for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of A Coruna, Spain, to host the XV meeting ENOTHE, especially for us, students, as this is the only European event that brings us together. It is a pleasure to invite you to be part of it.

As you already know, 2009 is the European Year of Creativity and Innovation and Spain has much to say about it. We are the land of great geniuses such as Picasso, Dali, Cervantes, Lorca, Ramon y Cajal, or the inventors of lollipop, mop, table football or the Spanish guitar.

According to our history, Occupational Therapy has grown innovating and creating since its arrival in the'60s, until today, when its results shine more than ever. We are proud to show the qualified work of so many people to create and innovate with the ultimate aim of facilitating the change of realities.

To do this, we have a unique environment, Coruna, the City of Glass, a former fishing village, now turned into town, which offers its landscape, monuments, history, culture, avant-garde, art and tradition in this event with all the enthusiasm and affection that a city can offer. Here, where no one is a stranger, as our proverb says, the meeting will be held, and it will be time to share experiences, knowledge and expectations of students, teachers and professionals to continue walking this path together. Hiker there is no road; it's made by your own footsteps, Antonio Machado.

October 2009 is an opportunity for learning and growing. For us, the students, it also means an opportunity to prepare and present our own projects related to the theme of the European year from the perspective of Occupational Therapy.

With all these possibilities, the fun is guaranteed. We hope to see you in October. Our best wishes.

Betania Groba González and Natalia Rivas Quarneti

Faculty of Health Sciences University of A Coruna, Campus Oza 15006 A Coruña

Students Committee: [email protected]

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22/12/2009

ENOTHE 2009 European Year of Creativity and Innovation October, 15-17th A Coruña Spain

2009 Creativity and Innovation We have much to say about it in Spain,

This is the land of great geniuses and inventors

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Picasso

Spanish guitar

Dalí

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table football

Ramón Y Cajal

Mop

Gaudí

Lollipop

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And Occupational Therapy has grown with the same spirit in this country

This is its history

Once upon a time …

…a lovely woman travelled and travelled until arrived to Madrid,Spain.Then, in 1961, the seeds of a great tree were sowed, The Occupational Therapy tree …

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…it started to grow and become bigger...

Professional Associations Meetings Student 2008/09 annual Degree in Students Professionals Congress OT Workshops Professional Books of Bolonia Colleges OT Process: White Magazines Book of OT

... So big so big that it began to give its fruits ...

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And now it's time to share them with all European trees!

Therefore…

Welcome to the City of Glass !

A Coruña

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City where no one is a stranger (Popular).

You can take a look from Atlantic Ocean Balcony (Popular).

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…see some monuments…

And a World Heritage Site?

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… Also you will be able to approach our culture, our traditions ...

…our gastronomy , of course…

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… and even, if time allows it, our beaches

See you at University of A Coruña!

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We invite you to continue making this wonderful tree bigger and bigger!

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

J. W. Von Goethe

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ENOTHE 2009

October, 15-17th A Coruña Spain

Students Committee [email protected]

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Páginas web de interés ¿Qué papel tenemos X V los estudiantes? E n c u e n t r o E N O T H E www.enothe.hva.nl/ Es un honor para la Facultad de 15- 1 7 Ciencias de la Salud de la Univer- www.udc.es/fcs/enothe2009 O c t u b r e sidad de A Coruña ser la anfitriona del XV encuentro ENOTHE, y en www.udc.es/fcs/es/AETOG/index.html 2 0 0 9 especial para nosotros, los estu- A C o r u ñ a diantes, por ser éste el único evento europeo que nos reúne. Para más información dirigirse a: [email protected] Para ser participantes del mismo, los estudiantes pueden presentar ¡ANIMAOS A PARTICIPAR! un proyecto (bases publicadas en la web ENOTHE), que será posteriormente revisado y seleccionado para ser expuesto en el encuentro. Además, los estudiantes de TO de A Coruña, como anfitriones, tenemos la oportunidad de participar en todo el proceso de construcción del evento, incluidos los días de ce- lebración del mismo, desde la orga- nización. Nosotros somos los encar- Año Europeo de la gados de gestionar todo lo relacio- Innovación y la nado con el alumnado europeo (recepción de los estudiantes, even- Creatividad tos sociales, alojamientos, revisión de proyectos...). Facultad de Ciencias de la ¡Todos somos parte imprescindible Comité organizador del XV Salud Universidad de A Coruña de este encuentro! Encuentro ENOTHE A C o r u ñ a Qué es la ¿En qué consiste ¿Qué importancia este encuentro? tiene para nosotros?

La ENOTHE es la Red Eu- Se trata de un acercamien- Este encuentro nos ofrece ropea de Educación Supe- to entre estudiantes y pro- la posibilidad de: rior en Terapia Ocupacio- fesores de TO de todas las  Establecer vínculos con nal. Fue fundada en 1995 universidades europeas en otros estudiantes y profe- y tiene como objetivo gene- el que se comparten expe- sores de Europa. riencias y conocimientos. ral unificar los Programas  Favorecer el contacto con Europeos de Educación en Este encuentro ha viajado otros estudiantes y profe- Terapia Ocupacional con por toda Europa durante sores de España. el fin de avanzar en la sus casi 15 años de histo-  Conocer cómo son los estu- educación y el cuerpo de ria, siendo los últimos des- dios y la práctica profesio- conocimiento de la Terapia tinos Cork, Irlanda (2007) nal de TO en otros países. Ocupacional (TO). y Berlín, Alemania (2008).  Intercambiar experiencias, En el año 2009 la sede del conocimientos y opiniones. XV encuentro será A Coru-  Mostrar los avances de la ña, cuyo tema principal será la creatividad y la in- disciplina en España. novación.

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ALUMNOS TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL INVOLUCRADOS EN ENOTHE 2009

1. Rita Díaz López 3º 2. Alba Cabanas Iglesias 2º 3. Silvia Grille Lema 3º 4. Lorena López Rodríguez 3º 5. Beatriz Blanco Álvarez 2º 6. Alba Laso González 2º 7. Silvia Gerpe López 3º 8. Mª José Hermida Magariños 3º 9. Soraya Mangana Rivas 3º 10. Lidya Abad Itoiz 3º 11. Yoanna Corral Bergantiños 3º 12. Silvia Eiroa Santos 3º 13. Miriam Soliño 3º 14. Lidia Rubio Gayo 15. Ana Mayo Martínez 4º 16. Marta Fernández González 4º 17. Mirtha Flores Cuesta 4º 18. Cristina Varela Penas 4 19. Aroa Fernández Novo 4º 20. Natalia Hermida Carballido 2º 21. Alba Cabanas Iglesias 2º 22. Luis Márquez Álvarez 2º 23. Mª Teresa Lema Pérez 2º 24. Jessica Abad Rosende 2º 25. Marta Sánches Yánez 2º 26. Lucía Teijeiro Lorenzo 2º 27. Alba Mayán Carballa 3º 28. Sonia Reboredo Taboada 3º 29. Tania Romeu Ces 3º 30. Noelia Rabuñal Fernández 3º 31. Iria Abad Rivera 3º 32. Sheila Casal Barcala 3º 33. Eva Alba Miranda 3º 34. Tania Muíño Vila 3º

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Título: ENOTHE. European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education. Nombres y filiaciones de los autores: Natalia Yanaína Rivas Quarnetti, estudiante de 4º de Grado de Terapia Ocupacional (TO) en la Universidad de A Coruña (UDC). Betania Groba González, profesora de la Diplomatura de Terapia Ocupacional de la UDC. Laura Nieto Riveiro, estudiante de 4º de Grado de TO en la UDC. Nuria Vázquez Temprano, estudiante de 4º de Grado de TO en la UDC. Dirección: Universidad de A Coruña, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Pavellón Modernista, Campus de Oza s/n 15.006 A Coruña.

INTRODUCCIÓN: ENOTHE, Red Europea de Terapia Ocupacional en Educación Superior. Probablemente todos los terapeutas ocupacionales de España o futuros profesionales de esta disciplina conozcan esta red temática; pero seguramente también la sientan lejana como nosotras hasta hace unos meses, y todavía no vean la importancia que tiene su participación en los encuentros anuales de esta red, y con ello, en el futuro de nuestra disciplina. Por ello, desde que en el pasado curso académico se acordara que la sede del XV Encuentro ENOTHE fuese en España, en concreto, la Universidad de A Coruña, comenzó un trabajo de aproximación y descubrimiento de la propia red así como del encuentro anual y su funcionamiento. Para ello, se formó un comité organizador del encuentro, dividido en profesores y estudiantes, que trabajan de manera coordinada con el fin de conseguir que la celebración de este evento repercuta en el colectivo profesional de TO con todo su potencial. Las líneas de trabajo del Comité de Estudiantes se han centrado en dos aspectos fundamentales: implicar al estudiantado local en la organización del encuentro y animar al resto de alumnos de Europa a participar en el mismo. Con este objetivo, se han venido llevando a cabo diferentes acciones y a diferentes niveles: • Local: presentación de información general sobre ENOTHE y sobre la transcendencia de este evento en diferentes formatos (tríptico, CD, presentación power point), reuniones con el conjunto de alumnos de TO de A Coruña. • Nacional: elaboración de una comunicación para presentar en el IX Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de Terapia Ocupacional, reuniones con alumnos de otras universidades españolas. • Internacional: presentación del XV Encuentro ENOTHE y su sede, A Coruña, en formato power point en la página web de la ENOTHE.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: El material utilizado consistió en: aula del Edificio de Grado de TO de la UDC, delegación de estudiantes, 2 ordenadores, material fungible, bibliografía e internet. La metodología llevada a cabo fue la siguiente: • Primera conformación del Comité de Estudiantes: elección inicial de dos representantes de alumnos para asistir al XIV Encuentro ENOTHE en Berlín. • Grupos de discusión entre alumnos de TO, profesores de la UDC y la directora ejecutiva de la ENOTHE, Hanneke van Bruggen. • Elección de dos personas de contacto con la dirección ejecutiva de la ENOTHE. • Conformación final del Comité de Estudiantes. • Grupos de discusión internos, búsqueda bibliográfica, entrevistas con diferentes profesionales de la TO.

RESULTADOS: Los resultados obtenidos hasta el momento a nivel local han sido positivos; esto se refleja en el hecho de que actualmente están en marcha siete grupos de trabajo, en los que están involucrados un total de 50 alumnos. Sin embargo, los resultados a nivel nacional e internacional y, en definitiva, los resultados finales de todo el trabajo realizado no podrán ser vistos hasta octubre, mes en el que se celebra el XV Encuentro ENOTHE.

CONCLUSIONES: Nuestra experiencia como estudiantes nos mostró que los alumnos conocen, en mayor o menor medida, lo que es ENOTHE y su relevancia como institución. Sin embargo, también comprobamos que, generalmente, se desconoce el papel tan importante que los estudiantes pueden desempeñar en su funcionamiento, especialmente a través de la participación en los encuentros anuales de esta red. Ante esto, nos planteamos que la mejor manera para que los estudiantes descubriesen el papel tan significativo que juegan en las celebraciones anuales del encuentro ENOTHE era difundir y propagar la información sobre la red y su funcionamiento mediante diferentes acciones. Después de llevar a cabo algunas iniciativas ya mencionadas, se concluye que, acercar el encuentro al resto de estudiantes y mostrarles el potencial que supone para el colectivo de TO, hace que, hasta ahora, se estén consiguiendo los resultados deseados: involucrar a nuestros compañeros en la participación y la organización de este evento.

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COMISIÓN ORGANIZADORA

Coordinadora general: Inés Viana Moldes Coordinadoras de los estudiantes: Natalia Yanaína Rivas Quarneti y Betania Groba González

TEMA RESPONSABLE Relaciones institucionales y Sergio Santos del Riego y Jorge Teijeiro Vidal protocolo Medios informáticos Javier Pereira Loureiro Comunicación y prensa María Ares Sanmartín Fotografía Nereida Canosa Domínguez Nuria García Gonzalo Preparación de la documentación Encarnación Díaz Martínez Thais Pousada García Organización del traslado de la Laura Nieto Riveiros Documentación Thais Pousada García Organización del registro Coordinadoras de estudiantes, Punto de información Thais Pousada García, Vanessa Suárez López, Luis Márquez Álvarez, Soraya Mangana Rivas y Elba Iglesias Jove Organización de las salas Adriana Ávila Álvarez Dotación de materiales en las salas Nereida Canosa Domínguez Recogida de las presentaciones en las Iria Queijeiro Pérez salas Nuria Vázquez Temprano Percheros Candela Presedo Sánchez (Silvia Grillé y Lorena López) Alimentación Carmen García Pinto (Teresa de Andrés Gabete, Carmen Hervás del Valle, Mª Pilar Calvo Leira, Mª Luisa Simón Sanjuán, Isabel Francisco de Miguel) fiestas y juegos de los estudiantes Thais Río Díaz Iria Queijeiro Pérez, Laura Nieto Riveiros, Nuria Vázquez Temprano, Vanessa Suárez López, Candela Presedo Sánchez y Luis Márquez Álvarez Fotocopias de documentación Luis Márquez Álvarez pendiente Recepción del grupo de “O Pelouro” David Luaces Gudín y programación cultural del domingo Visitas clínicas Nuria García Gonzalo (Betania Groba González, Thais Pousada García, Encarnación Díaz Martínez , Teresa de Andrés Gabete) Certificados Laura Nieto Riveiros y toda la comisión

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INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

Dear fellow students

The XV ENOTHE Meeting is coming closer and closer. We are really excited and hoping you will like everything we have prepared for the event! This is a very special moment for us because it is the only meeting for OT students from all Europe!!!! Here we specify some details about your projects and funny options where we can introduce each other and begin to walk this path together. We are looking forward to see you all in there!!!!!

Un abrazo/ A Hug

Student Committee: Natalia Rivas, Betania Groba, Laura Nieto, Nuria Vázquez, Iria Queijeiro, Thais Río, Lidia Rubio, Candela Presedo, Vanesa Suárez, Luis Márquez.

SOCIAL EVENTS

Thursday 15th: Reception:

1.- 21:30: Meeting point: Plaza de María Pita. (Beside the statue). 2.- Discovering the way… 3.- 22:00: Second gathering in Garufa Pub (Calle de San Francisco 8, A Coruña)

Saturday 17th: Closing

1.- 23:30: Party in Grietax Pub, which will be reserved exclusively for ENOTHE participants (including teachers and professionals! if they want to!) from 23:30 until 02:00. Then it will be opened for the general public. (Calle Juan Canalejo 6, A Coruña).

STUDENT PROJECTS

Please bring with you your presentation in a stick or DVD. We will collect all of them (even if you had sent it before by email) during the Student Meeting (Friday 16th, 16.15- 17.15) Salón de Actos: Room 1 Look for students coordinators: Natalia Rivas and Betania Groba

GOOD LUCK!!!!

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THURSDAY, 15th OCTOBER Parallel Sessions: Morning, 11.15‐13.15 hs

ROOM RESPONSABLES 1 María José Hermida + Marien Rodríguez 2 Lydia Abad + Berta Gándara 3 Laura Nieto + Fátima Lado 7 Alba Mayán + Vanesa Rogel 10 Raquel Feal + Teresa Vázquez 18 Nuria Máximo + Yoanna Corral

THURSDAY, 15th OCTOBER Parallel Sessions: Afternoon, 14.45‐16.45 hs

ROOM RESPONSABLES 3 Paula Pérez + Mª Pilar Taboada 5 María José Hermida + Marien Rodríguez 6 Lydia Abad + Berta Gándara 7 Alba Mayán + Vanesa Rogel 10 Raquel Feal + Yoanna Corral 18 Silvia Bello + Georgina Piñeiro

FRIDAY, 16th OCTOBER Parallel Sessions: 14.15‐15.45 hs

ROOM RESPONSABLES 1 Luis Márquez + Marta Sánchez 2 3 Paula Pérez + Mª Pilar Taboada 4 Mª Carmen García + Teresa de Andrés 5 María José Hermida + Marien Rodríguez 6 Lydia Abad + Berta Gándara 7 Alba Mayán + Vanesa Rogel 8 Cristina Varela + Aroa Fernández 9 Thais Río + Sara Riveiro 10 ** Raquel Feal + Natalia Hermida 11 12 13 Soraya Mangana + Mª Teresa Lema 14 Nuria Máximo + Silvia Gerpe 15 16 17 18 Silvia Bello + Georgina Piñeiro

** LA SESIÓN DE LA SALA 10 SE REALIZARÁ EN OTRO LUGAR. SE INFORMARÁ POSTERIORMENTE.

SATURDAY, 17th OCTOBER Parallel Sessions: 14 – 16 hs

ROOM RESPONSABLES 1 Nuria Vázquez + José Antonio Loureiro 2 3 Paula Pérez + Vicky Someso 4 Univ. de Vic + Silvia Grillé 5 Mª José Hermida + Marien Rodríguez 6* Univ. Miguel Hernández + Berta Gándara (dos salas) Univ. de Málaga + Lydia Abad 7 Alba Mayán + Vanesa Rogel 8 Univ. Católica de Murcia + Georgina Piñeiro 9 Iria Queijeiro + Teresa Vázquez 10 Univ. de Granada + Bárbara Mansilla 11 12 13 14 Univ. Autónoma de Barcelona + Jessica Abad 15 Univ. Católica de Valencia + Arancha Rey 16 Univ. Castilla La Mancha + Cristina Núñez 17 Univ. de Salamanca y Esc. Univ. Padre Ossó + Silvia Bello 18 Univ. Rey Juan Carlos + Silvia Gerpe

** Errata en el programa: la sala 6 contiene dos actividades, por lo que será necesario utilizar dos salas.

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Estimados Responsables de Sala:

La Red Europea de Terapia Ocupacional en Educación Superior (ENOTHE) y la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de A Coruña agradecen su participación en este XV Encuentro. Su labor contribuirá a evidenciar el máximo nivel de calidad y rigor de la Terapia Ocupacional en España.

INFORMACIÓN RELEVANTE

1. La comisión organizadora del evento ha designado a dos personas responsables de sala en cada Sesión Paralela y en las Asambleas.

2. Cuarenta minutos (40’) antes del inicio de la sesión paralela o asamblea, Ud. deberá encontrarse con el miembro de la comisión organizadora responsable del funcionamiento de las salas en el Punto de Información. Su nombre es Doña Adriana Ávila Álvarez. Asimismo, deberá estar presente en la sala asignada 30 minutos antes del horario de inicio de la actividad académica‐científica programada.

3. Como responsable de sala, su labor consiste en facilitar todo lo necesario para que la sesión ocurra sin dificultades.

4. Una tarea fundamental será la de crear una carpeta en el escritorio del ordenador que se titule de la siguiente manera:

ROOMNº_FECHA_TIPO_PERIODO (nombre en mayúsculas, espacios con guión bajo y sin acentos)

NÚMERO SALA FECHA TIPO PERIODO 1 . . . 18 15OCTOBER SP ‐ Sesión paralela M‐Mañana 16OCTOBER AS ‐ Asamblea T‐ Tarde 17OCTOBER

EJEMPLO: ROOM10_15OCTOBER_SP_M

5. Previamente al inicio de la sesión, la presentación del/de la conferenciante será guardada en la carpeta creada en el apartado anterior. A continuación, le ofrecemos un ejemplo de cómo presentarse y solicitar el documento. “Good morning/afternoon, I’m/We are ……………………………………………..

I/We have to save your presentation in this folder for ENOTHE”.

6. Al finalizar la sesión, Ud. deberá aguardar hasta que lleguen los miembros del Comité Organizador responsables de archivar toda la información en un soporte externo. Sus nombres son Doña Iria Queijeiro Pérez y Doña Nuria Vázquez Temprano. En la sesión paralela del sábado habrá 15 salas simultáneas, por lo que pudiera ocurrir una ligera demora en este proceso.

7. Una vez transferida la información, se apagará el equipo SIN ELIMINAR la carpeta creada. Esto último ocurrirá al final del evento, cuando el comité europeo disponga de todas las carpetas y presentaciones guardadas en su poder.

8. Se procurará que el conserje del edificio acompañe a los miembros de la comisión organizadora para que proceda al cierre del aula.

9. En caso de cualquier incidencia, uno de los responsables de sala deberá ausentarse de la misma y comunicarse inmediatamente con el comité organizador ubicado en el Punto de Información y en el hall del edificio.

Por cumplimiento de la confidencialidad de los datos y de la seguridad de los equipos informáticos, queda terminantemente prohibida la introducción de un USB ajeno al conferenciante o a las personas responsables del comité organizador anteriormente mencionadas.

Estamos seguros de que su trabajo será desarrollado exitosamente. Asimismo, deseamos que el contenido de la sesión sea de su agrado y enriquezca su formación.

Muchas gracias.

Profesora Inés Viana Moldes Responsable del Comité Organizador XV Encuentro ENOTHE. A Coruña, 2009

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Template Minute Taking

Title of Session:

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Minute given to: Organizing Committee

1. Please take notes of the session:

2. What were the points of discussion?

3. Have you discovered an innovative and creative method of treatment in occupational therapy at the project, which is effective and useful for other Occupational Therapists or caregivers?

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Title of Session: Session 3: Mickey Mouse; the opinion FroM young people About the City oF AntWerp in An interACtive And CreAtive WAy

Date: 17.October.2009

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader: Ine Hendrickx, Petra Mellebeek, Talita Van Den Bossche, Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium

Name of Minute Taker: María José Hermida Magariños

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Minute given to: Organizing Committee

1. I did not understand this project at all. Neither the powerpoint presentation, nor the oral part.

The titles of the projects were dictated and the person who wanted to vote for it would raise their hand. Raised hands were counted and the voting continued with the other titles.

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Title of Session: Session 3: Mickey Mouse; Circus-project

Date: 17.October.2009

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader: Julian Geibel, Deligeridou Panagiota, Elena Weiß, Franziska Scharmer, Hanna Wanderer, Jeannette Stanka, Johanna Maier, Judith Schier, Lena Ilgenfritz, Melanie Ergenzinger,Svenja Bogenschütz and Vera Springer, Berufsfachschule für Ergotherapie, Reutlingen, Germany

Name of Minute Taker: María José Hermida Magariños

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Minute given to: Organizing Committee

1. Notes of the session: The Circus‐proyect was done with students from a special education school. For the presentation, videos of how the circus project works were shown: the games, the children's participation, the role they have in the school with their parents and the joy they had whilst practicing.

2. This group was congratulated for its innovation and for the positive results obtained from this project.

3. The intervention in the school is very positive for the OT's work sinceit is one of the most important environments for children, and a place where they feel comfortable and integrated. These points improve their participation and improvisation in their activities.

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Title of Session: Session 3: Mickey Mouse; Occupational therapy for children through interaction with horses in Denmark.

Date: 17.October.2009

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader: Vivi Ann Hviid and Tanja Petersen, VIA UC Holstebro, Ergoterapeutuddannelsen, olstebro, Denmark

Name of Minute Taker: María José Hermida Magariños

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1. The presentation of the project was based on a presentation accompanied by photos in which the benefits that animals have upon children with difficulties in their activities were shown, specially with horses.

2. The rest of the groups congratulated the occupational therapists for their project.

3. Work with animals from Occupational Therapy is an important resource to study because of its benefits with people, in this case with children, it's very good for their motivation.

Therapy with animals is done with children, but the family can also participate, creating a positive environment for the child.

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Title of Session: Session 3: Mickey Mouse; Occupational Cube.

Date: 17.October.2009

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader: Sandra Klostermann, Beate Möller, Rahel Kruse and Magdalena Tobergte, ETOS, Osnabrück, Germany

Name of Minute Taker: María José Hermida Magariños

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Minute given to: Organizing Committee

1. In the presentation of the Occupational Cube we were shown the elements which form the cube and what application each side of the cube has. The powerpoint included photographs to show each of the elements. One of the sides was made to train Activities of the Daily Living: on this side there were, amongst other things, shoe laces to knot up. The rest of the sides were made for: logic exercises, in which there were colours, numbers and geometrical shapes to use and to work with. A labyrinth for fine motor. Audition was also included to work like the children. The last side had different shapes and materials to work with tact and sensitivity.

2. Having the presentation finished, the rest of the groups congratulated them for their imagination and creativity.

3. This is another way to work with children in a fun way, working different aspects which help improve their autonomy. Each one of the sides has a specific function, but it also joins the other functions, so that the child improves in the activities of the daily living.

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Title of Session: Session 6: Pablo Picasso. The re‐introduction of creativity and innovation in psychiatric occupational therapy in Denmark.

Date:

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader: Julie Louise Hartmann, VIA University College, Aarhus, Denmark.

Name of Minute Taker: Vanesa Rogel y Alba Mayán

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Minute given to: Organizing Committee

1. In this session the students explained the work done with their teachers in the psychiatric area. They explained their experience and they showed us different drawings made by their clients, to whom they asked to represent their lives in a river.

2. One of the questions asked was how they could interpret the drawings, to which they answered that they did not interpret them, since they knew a lot of things from their lives, they could guess which part of the river corresponded to each part of their lives.

3. Yes, because it is a way by which the psychiatric patient can indirectly represent his/her life.

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Title of Session: Session 6: Pablo Picasso. An exploration of the use of the wii console in occupational therapy.

Date:

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader : Gail Cody, Fiona Ronaldson, Marie Westwood and Elaine Whyte, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (Scotland), United Kingdom

Name of Minute Taker: Vanesa Rogel y Alba Mayán

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1. In this session the student s explained the use of the Wii console in Occupational Therapy, in mental health.

3. Yes, because the use of consoles is modern, so it is innovative when you include it in OT intervention.

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Title of Session: Session 6: Pablo Picasso. Use of creative activities in psychiatric care.

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Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader : Anna Wernoff and Ivona Cetofski, Örebro University, Sweden

Name of Minute Taker: Vanesa Rogel y Alba Mayán

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Title of Session: Session 6: Pablo Picasso. Creativity and innovation in hand therapy

Date:

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader : Ylva Åkesson Umeå University, Sweden

Name of Minute Taker: Vanesa Rogel y Alba Mayán

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1. In this session the student explained a system used in Sweden for hand therapy. This system is placed on the fingers and it can stabilize and/or correct deformities. She also showed different models in which the system looked like a ring.

3. Innovative because its appearance is not like a usual splint, it looks like a ring. But if the fingers are swollen, this system is not the most adequate to correct the existing deformity.

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Title of Session: Session 6: Pablo Picasso. Occupational therapy student website.

Date:

Time of Session: 14:00‐ 16:00

Name of Presenter/Leader : Sarah Daniels, Charlotte Spink, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University College Cork, Ireland

Name of Minute Taker: Vanesa Rogel y Alba Mayán

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1. In this session the students explained the use of a web page in which students shared information. And also the need to advance this resource so that all European students could share.

3. It is an interesting path of information, so that students can be in touch with other European students and with European OT.

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