Sat, Oct 27
|EMU, Marshall Building - Rm 209
Hands-On Therapeutic Game Workshop
Learn and apply simple low cost ways to use computer games. Practice various interventions to engage your clients using circuit boards. Only a basic comfort using a computer required. Workshop topics are adaptable to multiple settings and populations. 3 contact hours awarded for participation.
Time & Location
Oct 27, 2018, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EMU, Marshall Building - Rm 209, 831, 801 W Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA
Guests
About the event
Schedule
Sign in, set up computers, form groups
First half
- Learn design principles to make client experience fun and therapeutic
- Explore materials for therapeutic game interfaces
Second half
- Brainstorm with your group interventions from a typical scenario
- Create and iterate various interfaces with your group
- Game demonstration
Instructor
Jennifer Schank, is a coauthor of the article “Making it Work: Examples of OT Within the Maker Movement” in OT Practice’s September issue and a recent graduate of EMU’s OT program. She blends her previous career working in the technology sector and love for occupational therapy by leading therapeutic technology workshops to occupational therapy students and the community.
Tickets
Workshop Event
Please bring your computer to the workshop. 3 contact hours awarded for participation. Further details will be sent in confirmation email.
$50.00
Total
$0.00