Naadira Fernandez

Additional Activity
Activity Title: Frozen Beanbags

Sources:
Dattilo, J., & McKenney, A. (2016). Facilitation techniques in therapeutic recreation (3rd ed.).
State College, PA: Venture Publishing.

Aphasia. (n.d.). Retrieved May 2, 2018, from

https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Aphasia/

Equipment needed: Beanbags

Activity Description: The objective of this activity is team work & socialization
1.Participants will move around the room at their own pace balancing a beanbag on their head.

2. The group leader can then change the action or pace by instructing the participants to go
faster, hop, skip, etc.

3. If the beanbag falls off a participant’s head, that person is frozen.

4. Another participant must unfreeze that participant by picking up the beanbag off the ground
and placing it back on the frozen participant’s head, without losing their own beanbag in the
process.

5. By the end of the game all participants must be unfrozen.

Primary interaction pattern(s) (activity analysis): The primary interaction pattern for this
activity is Intragroup. I chose this pattern because the nature of this group is action of a
cooperative nature by two or more persons with the intent upon reaching a mutual goal. The
action requires positive verbal or nonverbal interaction.

Adaptation: This activity can be adapted for people with a communication impairment. One
communication impairment in particular that could be adapted for this activity is Aphasia.
Aphasia is a language disorder that occurs when an individual has brain damage. Aphasia can
lead to a variety of problems including trouble talking, understanding, reading, and writing. One
way this activity could be adapted is by providing the participants with whistles. This could help
the participants to communicate with one another when a beanbag has fallen off of someone’s
head. During the activity the facilitator should make sure the environment is quiet enough so that
the participants can hear one another. The facilitator should also go over the objective of the
activity at least twice before beginning to verify that all participants understand.