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5 Hearts Logic Puzzle
In this Valentine’s-themed game, participants must solve a puzzle where they use logic and reasoning to arrange or categorize a series of heart-shaped pieces based on clues.
Love Letters Language Therapy
This activity is designed to engage adults in a therapeutic and fun language exercise. The activity involves writing a love letter – or many letters for all of those you love, perfect for the month of February!
Would You Rather Card Game
Play this fun conversation game to get to know someone in your life — a friend, relative, sibling, parent, or new acquaintance. All ages can engage in this game and it encourages us to share and tell stories, goals, memories, and so much more.
Heart-Healthy Habit Tracker
Our heart health is so important to our overall health, from our blood pressure to our nervous system. There are some easy ways to focus on your daily routine and incorporate some heart-healthy habits.
Target Heart Rate Guide
A great way to measure your effort while also maintaining an awareness of your heart’s health is by keeping track of your heart rate.
Heart-Healthy Recipes & Cards
Heart-healthy meals can be satisfying, delicious, and easy to prepare! There are so many resources available to us where we can find ideas, share recipes, and more.
Movement for Mental Health
Sometimes your mind can create barriers for you to accomplish goals and stay focused on what is needed in your life. Positive thinking is often a great tool and practice to have in place, but it is smart to have a method of using your body and physicality to aid mental health.
Self-Soothing Cards
Self soothing is a useful skill to employ, particularly for those making an effort to live a healthier lifestyle. During the process of recovery for any issue, particularly eating disorders, tools are often necessary to help individuals cope.
Therapy Tune-Up: Heart Healthy Movement
If your body is not used to working out regularly, suddenly engaging in rigorous physical exercise can be dangerous for your heart. Keep heart health in mind by making sure you are getting the exercise your body needs in a safe way.
Therapy Tune-Up: 3 Ingredient 5 Minute Fudge Recipe
Use this fun and simple recipe to practice different developmental skills! Cooking this sweet treat uses skills like endurance, stamina, strength, dexterity, executive functioning skills, social skills, safety awareness, and focus.
Eating Disorders
What are eating disorders? Since the 1960s, we’ve watched eating disorder statistics rates double, and it isn’t hard to believe given the propaganda we’ve been subjected to. Roughly every fifty-two minutes, someone passes away from an eating disorder.
Heart Health & Heart Failure
It’s February! Before you team up with Cupid and begin counting down to Valentine’s Day, let’s take a moment to discuss heart health and why it’s important to keep your heart’s health in mind.
Low Vision and Macular Degeneration
Low vision affects many older individuals in the United States — millions, in fact. While low vision causes impaired sight, it is different than blindness. During the month of February, the National Eye Institute aims to raise awareness of the causes of this disease and how to recognize the signs if they are present.
Cancer Awareness
This year, World Cancer Day has been dedicated to addressing the needs of individuals with cancer and how hard it can be to have their needs met. Individuals diagnosed with cancer have doctor’s appointments, medicines, treatments, special diets, and so much more.
Eating Disorders Awareness
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week takes place this year from February 21st to the 27th. This week is dedicated to examining and understanding the different types of eating disorders that are prevalent in our society and providing awareness and hope to the families that are affected.
Heart Failure
During the month of February, the American Heart Association focuses on raising awareness about heart disease, heart conditions, and congestive heart failure. Heart failure reportedly affects over 6.2 million individuals in the United States.
Dance Therapy for Seniors
Movement is so important for our bodies at all ages. As we get older, injury, illness, or mobility constraints may cause some individuals to move less. Ensuring we move our bodies will aid us in the future in so many ways.
Winter Word Blizzard
In this activity, participants will sort and categorize winter-themed words while practicing speech fluency and language skills.
Therapy Tune-Up: Chair Core Exercises
Follow the positions to improve core strength even with limited mobility. Everyone can improve their core strength without getting on the floor or standing. Start with these simple positions and increase complexity as you grow stronger.
Therapy Tune-Up: Self-Esteem Journal
Feel secure and inspired! When we feel good about ourselves we tend to have better and more positive relationships with others; we also engage in activities with a desire to accomplish more. With good self-esteem, you are more likely to take care of yourself and have the motivation to overcome obstacles.