Daily Program Schedule down below
Safety & Person-Centered Focus
Monday, June 22, 2020
Theme of the Day: Safety In the Heat
Check in with all!
Happy Monday! Ask everyone to share what they did over the weekend.
Staying Healthy in the Sun!
Prevent Heat Illness or Stroke
More tips when someone is in trouble
Show us your gear for going out in the sun. Gather it up and show us how you look when you're ready for a sunny day.
- hat
- water bottle
- sunglasses
- sunscreen
- lip balm
Keep that water bottle handy. Presenters, randomly have everyone drink water this morning.
If you, or a friend, has Epilespy you should know...
(Slide Show) Presenters use Present button for full screen viewing.
What are your favorite summer foods? Play the crazy recipe game.
Go to the Ingredient wheel first...
and choose 3-5 summer food ingredient for your recipe. Someone can write them down if you want.
Then, go to the cooking wheel and choose a cooking technique for each ingredient. Add twists and instructions to make it funnier. Warning: 3 of the ingredients aren't really food which should make it extra funny.
Check the things you will do and have to be safe in the sun. Presenters you can use the annotation tool with those who have it available.
June has a lot of things it marks. Look at this list. Which item is most meaningful to you?
***TAKE A BREAK!!
Get up, jump around, stretch, use the restroom.... and look away from the screen for a bit****
Heat safety is important. What do you remember from what we talked about eariler?
Another safety issue this summer is different from all the other summers. We can't get together with friends and family like we're used to. But that doesn't mean stupid old Corona Virus has to ruin our good times. Let's get creative. Here are places we can go. How can we be socially distant and still enjoy?
- Park
- Pool
- Back yards
- Movies
Remember to stay safe, watch for signs of heat stress and DRINK DRINK DRINK WATER WATER WATER.
Community & Civic Education
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Theme of the Day: Civic Education
Check in with everyone
How's your morning going?
Ocean of Plastic
Did you know that oceans are not plastic free?
More tham 500 trillion pieces of plastic are floating in the water.
Shark Cam!
Take a trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium!
Geography — Maps & Globes
This is a song that explains how to read maps and globes.
DANCE BREAK:
Go See California Spots Using Google Maps
How?
- Go to Google Maps
- Search for a place you want to see
- Then grab the little walker icon on the lower right
- Drag-Drop the walker over the spot you want to see
- Then click to move down the street and drag your mouse to look around.
Places you can go see: PRESENTER: When you get to a location drag the mouse to turn around and look at things.
- The State Capital - SACRAMENTO outside
- The State Capital - SACRAMENTO inside
- Disneyland! in Anaheim
- Hearst Castle in San Simeon
- Solvang - a Danish Village
- The Queen Mary in Long Beach
- The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
- What do you want to "travel" to in Google Maps?
<Move your body—Get out of that chair>
Listen to the audio file that explains basic ideas about civic duty.
Discussion
- Has anyone here voted?
- Did anyone here write to the governor last month to help people with disabilities?
- You can write, call and email to give your opinion to people in the government
People have strong feelings about fairness and they can disagree. The protests you've seen in the news are about changing how police officers are chosen, trained, and supervised so that communities feel safe, no matter who lives there. Many people want change to make things fair. Other people think no change is needed.
This topic is very important for people with differabilities.
Those of us with differabilities may not speak easily, get nervous, or behave unusually when stressed out. So we can't always explain our situation to police officers in the community. The Hope Whittier Media Group filmed this training for us. Watch the role play to learn how to respond to an officer in the community.
(if you want to stand up while you watch that would be good for your body)
It's important to know that an officer may stand at a distance, ask us to sit down on a curb, or request our ID. Also, some officers may not realize how independent you are. They may assume you are supposed to be with a caregiver all the time and ask where that person is.
<this role play can be done standing as well>
We can practice in case we are ever in that situation. Try it now.
Presenters, pose the questions and have people say the best way to answer.
- What is your name?
- What are you doing out here?
- Do you live here?
- ID please.
- Someone reported loud noises. Was that you?
- I have to ask you to stand back.
- Do you have a nurse or helper?
- Where are they?
If we have trouble speaking or get easily stressed out, it can be helpful to carrry a card that explains our situation that can be given to an officer. Anyone can get nervous around the police. Preparing in advance is a good strategy.
<Body Break: Dance, move, sing, stretch>
You are an important member of your community. You have a civic duty to make your community a place you can be proud of and share with your fellow civilians.
- Reduce, reuse, recycle to keep things clean and working for the future
- Speak up for equal access for yourself and your peers
- Support leaders who work hard to make your town or neighborhood a better place
- Recognize everyone's right to have ideas and opinions
- Participate in the workforce as much as you can
- Be responsible with your money
- Be a kind and considerate neighbor
Well Being & Social Connection
Have you heard of...
The State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)?
PRESENTERS: Share yur screen to visit SCDD's website and explore it together
- The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is part of the California governor's office.
- Their vision: Guarantee Californians with developmental disabilities the same full and equal opportunities for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as all Americans.
- Their mission: Fights for things that give choice, independence, and inclusion in all community life for Californians with developmental disabilities and their families.
<Check out the Hope Virtual GYM! (it's in your house!)>
The PURSUIT of Happiness
- What does the word "pursuit" mean?
- Does pursuing happiness mean we will always be happy?
- What makes you happy? Everybody SHARE or SHOW us 3 things that make you happy.
- Do you get to pursue that?
- When you don't get to pursue happiness, what gets in the way? What blocks you?
- This chart shows 4 kinds of happiness. We need all 4.
- What LONG TERM things will make you happy?
- How do you make your mind happy?
- How do you make your body happy?
<show us your happiness dance>
Health & Happiness Go Together
SCDD has created a number of resources about COVID-19 by and for people with disabilities. Share your screen and discuss the posters. Do all the language versions.
- PDF Flyer: How to Stay Healthy from COVID-19. (Spanish Version) (Vietnamese Version)
- Do we do these? How often? Do we see other people doing these?
Friends & Acquaintances Make Us Happy Too
Covid 19 is really messing up our social lives. What can we do about feeling isolated?
- Write notes and leave them for your neighbors. See if they will leave you notes back.
- Call people on the phone.
- When Hope staff deliver your packets, chat with them through a window or from a distance
- Now you know how to use Zoom you can hang out with people online
- When you are with care givers ask them about their lives and get to know them better. Everyone has stories to tell and usually we are too busy going and doing to listen.
- Listen to audio books of your favorite stories. Being read aloud to can feel like spending time with someone.
- See if a local church or temple in your area is having services on Zoom. A lot of them are.
- Use your phone to record your thoughts, or write in a journal
Song of Friendship
Sing or Listen and Dance Along — Thank You For Being A Friend
Don't Forget the Power of Music
Tell us your favorite song.
PRESENTERS: See if you can find some of the songs people love to listen to
Do You Remember?
Each person can answer a question, then ask a question.
PRESENTERS: Do you remember cassette tapes?
Your favorite school teacher?
Riding a school bus?
Going on a vacation?
Eating fried chicken?
Places you've gone swimming?
Your family car when you were a kid?
Your best friend when you were a kid?
Your first pet?
Your favorite toy when you were little?
What other things can you remember?
Click on a puzzle then ask people which pieces to try
OR
These are very close up photos of common things. Can you guess what they are before clicking to see the answer?
OR
Tour the fancy houses for sale. 3D virtual tours of homes for sale can be fun. SCROLL PAST THE VIDEO AT THE TOP TO SEE REAL HOUSES. Click on the pictures to move forward into a space. Drag to turn and click to move forward again. Pretend you are house shopping!
Self-Advocacy, Rights & Responsibilities
On Wednesday, we looked at information from the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) about COVID-19. Today, let's look at some of their information that relates to self-advocacy, rights, and responsibilities.
Watch the video at the top of this page.
Discuss the video
Then scroll down the list of what self-advocacy is and share experiences.
- No one should be making decisions about you without you.
- What do you need the world to know, hear, and understand?
PRESENTERS PLEASE GIVE LOTS OF TIME AND SPACE BY ASKING QUESTIONS THEN LISTENING QUIETLY.
Virtual Meeting Advice
Share your screen and read over these flyers. Ask clients: How can you be polite and professional on Zoom? How is Zoom different from interacting in real life?
<movement break - you know what you like - do that>
Tactics and Strategies
Read over these resources. Talk about what have we been doing, and can do, to stay connected and manage stress
Look at all these activity ideas. Which ones should we do in program? Let's get them on the calendar and make 'em happen.
These are great ways to help your friends, family and yourself. What is your plan for coping with change?
<movement break - you know what you like - do that>
Black Lives Matter
PRESENTERS: This is a social justice issue that directly affects participants. (see links at bottom of the page for your own information) Read this document with the clients and use the content to answer their questions. Note any areas you feel should be revisited. It's OK to say you have to think about something if you are unsure what to say.
Document: Frequently Asked Questions on Current Protests and Racial Justice (PDF)
Standing Up for What YOU Think
Practice saying what you really think, even if it's not what everyone else says. PRESENTERS can be the FIRST Sincere One to demonstrate how to stand up for yourself.
- Take turns being the Sincere One.
- Everyone else says the same statement, trying hard to convince the Sincere One. Only the Sincere One tells what they truly see.
Round 1: Everyone says the sky is polka dotted. The Sincere one says "No it's not! I can see it right now."
Round 2: Everyone says they have 3 feet and a tail. The Sincere one says "No you don't. I've seen you. You have 2 feet and no tail just like me."
Round 3: Everyone says they ate a cushion off the sofa for breakfast. The Sincere One says "That's silly. You'd be in the hospital. I had a good breakfast of _______"
Round 4: Everyone says the only favorite color is grey. The Sincere One says "Everyone can choose a favorite color. Mine is ___"
Round 5: Everyone says the most fashionable thing to wear is a necktie instead of a belt. The Sincere One says "Wear whatever you like but my clothes are staying up with a belt!"
make up some other silly statements.
<movement break - you know what you like - do that>
8 Modern Differability Rights Activists
Dr Victor Pineda
An expert on building accessible and inclusive cities and launched World Enabled to help build inclusive societies and promote the rights of people with disabilities.
Nabil Shaban
Actor and writer who co-founded Graeae, a professional theatre company for disabled performers
Alice Wong
Founded the Disability Visibility Project which ‘creates, shares and amplifies disability media and culture’ by collecting historical recordings of interviews with disabled people in the United States.
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Differently abled athlete who used money earned through his athletic endeavors to open the Emmanuel Education Foundation for students with disabilities.
Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
In 1996 Jane co-founded and directed the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL), which aims to develop advancements in independent living and rights for disabled people.
Ola Abu Al Ghaib
Founder of the Stars of Hope Center, a disabled persons’ organisation that focuses on the empowerment of women with disabilities in the middle east
Simon Stevens
Set up his own business, Enable Enterprises, through which he works as a disability consultant, trainer and advocate
Javed Abidi
Instrumental in the drafting India’s The Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 and chaired many disability rights organizations in India.
Self-Advocacy With Yourself
Sometimes we don't listen to OURSELVES! For example:
- We should go to bed on time but we stay up anyway.
- We should healthy food, but we buy junk food anyway.
- We should clean up our homes, but we leave it a mess anyway.
Self-advocacy is also self-care. We procrastinate, or put off, things even though we want to do them.
Share tips on getting things done.
Here is a really simple but effective idea
Try it out. Everyone say 3 things you will get done today. Tomorrow, check back in and see if we all did them.
**Half the civilians killed in encounters with police have disabilities.
Knowledge & Fun With Friends
Friday, June 26, 2020
Self-Advocacy Follow Up From Yesterday!
A client in the Aptos area was a participant in this project and wants to share it with everyone at Hope. She wants us all to watch and continue to step up and support and promote self-advocacy.
— The R Project - Ventura County —
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GETTING THINGS DONE!
If you got to this part in yesterday's lesson share your progress.
- What 3 things did you plan to get done?
- Did you do them? All of them? Some of them? None of them?
- How do you feel about your plan and progress?
Free Covid Testing in Santa Clara County
- San Jose Sharks are sponsoring FREE Covid-testing! Way to go Sharks! That's caring about community.
SPORTS FANS!!!
How can we celebrate your love of your favorite sports, teams and athletes? Discuss these options and make up your own.
- Choose a day of the week to be SPORTS FAN day and everyone wear their favorite team jerseys, hats and logos.
- Find sports trivia games we can play to see who knows the most about their teams
- Create some sports logo bingo cards and play sports fan bingo
- Show and Share your team gear and mementos. Each person can bring a special item from their team and tell us about it.
- Share photos of favorite athletes. If you have signed photos, show us. Or presenters can look up favorite players for you and the group can learn.
Sports Highlight Moments
PRESENTERS: do some searches for sports fans and find other gifs or even short videos.
Fun Videos from DeAnza Teacher Monica!
- Monica Sheirich's YouTube Channel: learn, share, laugh
The SCIENCE of Sports—Skeletons! You can't do sports without your bones!
- Assemble a Skeleton
- What bones are made of
- Bones in ACTION - Arm and bicep
- Bones in ACTION - Shoulder and Chest
- Bones in ACTION - X-ray of an Ankle
BONE names Quiz - What do you remember from the bone assembly exercise?
The most important bone of all is your FUNNY BONE. Jokes are a great way to share time with friends. Try these out.
- My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. It got so bad, finally I had to take his bike away.
- I'm so good at sleeping. I can do it with my eyes closed.
- My boss told me to have a good day.. so I went home.
- Why is Peter Pan always flying? He neverlands.
- The other day, my wife asked me to pass her lipstick but I accidentally passed her a glue stick. She still isn't talking to me.
- My wife told me I had to stop acting like a flamingo. So I had to put my foot down.
- I couldn't figure out why the baseball kept getting larger. Then it hit me.
- What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot.
- Why couldn't the bicycle stand up? Because it was two tired!
- What did one hat say to the other? You stay here. I’ll go on ahead.
Milestones and Celebrations
Who has a birthday coming up?
Who has an anniversary coming up?
Who knows someone who graduated this year?
Who in the group is the youngest?
Who in the group graduated before 2015?
Who in the group is married?
Who in the group has significant other/s?
Who in the group has gone to a family reunion?
Who in the group has gone to a wedding?
Who in the group has been on an airplane?
Who in the group has been on a boat?
Who in the group has been on a train?
Who in the group has been on a helicopter?
What About the Weekend?
What are your plans for this weekend?
