Express Yourself Program
From: $386.00
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program has been developed by our paediatric therapists to engage participants in hands-on projects that allow them to develop and express their unique sense of self.
Through the online videos and supporting materials, participants will be supported in learning and developing functional and practical skills through joyful creativity and self-expression.
Created for ages 8 – 14 years old.
A block of Group Telehealth Sessions are included with this program.
- Description
- What's in the toolbox?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the goals?
- What skills will we build?
- Telehealth
- Outcome Report
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program aims to build skills through a series of projects that provide opportunities for self-expression, creative exploration and joy.
The projects include creating a bookmark, jewellery-making, designing your own hat and tote bag and clay-based activities. These projects are delivered using a set of instruction cards, guided videos and through engagement with the contents of the toolbox.
Each project includes one main activity that will be explained and modelled through the instruction cards and videos, to assist participants in learning new creative skills and techniques. They will then be offered further ideas to encourage ongoing exploration of these skills by applying them to new creations using their own adaptations.
The program also involves an initial vision-planning activity where participants explore and identify sources of inspiration, self-confidence boosters and strengths and qualities that are unique to them.
By engaging participants in hands-on tasks that support imagination and creativity, we hope that they will be supported to build skills, and experience a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence as they see their creations come to life.
Developing a range of functional skills through five hands-on creative self-expression projects:
- Create a custom bookmark
- Thread your own jewellery
- Design a one-of-a-kind hat and tote bag
- DIY nature pendants
- Create and paint a clay pinch pot
PLEASE NOTE: The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant. We recommend that you only order one program per participant to ensure the appropriate use of funds. We cannot tailor toolboxes or programs to suit specific requests at this time. If you order a program for multiple participants they will receive the same program and toolbox. All shop listing images are representative of the program theme and not necessarily literal representations of what’s in the toolbox.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program comes with a toolbox of resources delivered to your door that aligns with the skill-building modules in the online program. This toolbox provides a practical and playful element that your child can engage with as they follow along with the videos.
The toolbox includes*:
✓ Vision Board Template for creating a unique expression of self to draw on as inspiration for the projects
✓ Bookmark Kit containing wooden bookmarks, wool, beads and a blunt needle for creating unique bookmarks
✓ Beading Kit containing an assortment of beads and string for jewellery making projects
✓ Fabric Pen Kit containing canvas hat, tote bag and fabric markers for creating customised items to wear
✓ Clay Kit containing clay, paintbrushes, paint, peat pellets and seeds for creating DIY nature pendants and pinch pots
✓ Instruction cards with visual instructions to support participants in executing the projects at home
✓ Information card to support parents in understanding and delivering the requirements of the program
* The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program aims to deliver the following benefits:
✓ Find joy, building skills through handmade, do-it-yourself projects.
✓ Feel confident to take safe risks in learning new skills and experimenting with creativity through supportive, non-demanding, written guidance and visual support.
✓ Plan, design and bring to life one-of-a-kind creations. These tangible products can be displayed, worn and shared.
✓ Explore individuality and a sense of pride and accomplishment creating unique creations from start to finish.
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program aims to achieve the following goals:
✓ Develop executive functioning skills
✓ Improve planning, organisation and sequencing skills
✓ Increase ability to follow instructions
✓ Develop focus and attention to see a task to completion
✓ Develop persistence and problem-solving
✓ Build concentration and sustained focus
✓ Improve precision and dexterity in manipulating small objects
✓ Improve self-confidence
✓ Support imagination and creativity
✓ Develop strategies for self-care and stress reduction
✓ Provide sensory opportunities and exploration
✓ Develop self-expression
View the Therapy at Home NDIS Goals Guide to see how the participant’s NDIS goals align with our range of Therapy at Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Express Yourself Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Fine motor skills through tasks that require precise and controlled hand and finger movements, such as stitching, threading and pinching
✓ Sensory exploration through working with different materials like fabric, clay, textas, beads and thread
✓ Following instructions by engaging with step-by step guided instructions to produce various products
✓ Executive functioning skills as participants plan, sequence and organise tasks and equipment and see activities through to completion
✓ Focus and attention through sustained concentration to complete the projects
✓ Persistence and problem-solving as new skills are developed and amendments to the process are made
✓ Creativity and imagination as participants are encouraged to express their own unique sense of self through their creations
✓ Self-confidence and pride as participants design and create their very own unique product
Telehealth
This program includes a block of Group Telehealth Sessions to support you in successfully implementing this program. To read more about the Group Telehealth inclusion please visit our FAQs.
Outcome Report
This program does not include an outcome report. You can add one next to the ‘Add to cart’ button in the shop and it will appear in your cart as an additional charge.
Therapy at Home provides the option for an outcome report to be included with all Programs. These reports are a summary of the specific program outcomes measured as a result of participating in a specific Therapy at Home Program. This is not a report for decision-making at the full plan level. This is not a report for an end-of-plan review from which a planner can use to make decisions about future funds at a whole plan level.
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