Part 1: Week 6 (06 - 09 February)
Part 2: Week 22 (29 May - 01 June)
Application deadline: 01 November 2017
Goals:
- Learn several different ways of communicating - preferably together with a companion/family member
- Learning to interpret information through tactile senses (touch and movement)
- Increased participation in local networks and communities with others
- Increased body awareness
Theme/ course content:
- Exercises in different ways of communicating, such as tactile signs, alphabets and haptic communication, preferably with your own companion/family member
- Stimulation and awareness of the tactile sense through creative activities
- Awareness of the use of any residual vision/hearing functions in the activities
- Practise interpreting information via smell and taste
- Physical activities
- Awareness and exercises for attendants
Course organisers and contact persons:
Aashild Klopan, aashild.klopan@eikholt.no
Kari Schjøll Brede, kari.s.brede@eikholt.no
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