TEAMworks Guatemala- Saturday September 27, 2014

Oh Saturday! Today was spent at the Universidad de Valle de Guatemala. It began in the big lecture hall with an introduction to each therapy and to our clinic at Children’s Therapy T.E.A.M. It had previously been requested to list our “Top 10 (or 16) Items” that could be used across disciplines. Items such as, a therapy ball, baby doll, duct tape, bathroom stools, and pillows were all used. Paige got away with introducing some items since benches and balance discs just really weren’t her thing. We then split into “labs”. Each discipline had their own lab and students signed up to attend the labs that were of most interest to them. Paige taught on PECS and spontaneous language development in the natural setting, Kelly taught how to make OT materials from everyday objects and therapy techniques for different diagnoses, and Nicole…well she had quite the time teaching about positioning and therapy techniques for different diagnoses. Things started out well, but then she “stumped her translator” and her notes went temporarily missing; however, she made it through and had tons of good questions from her participants. Lastly, we held a panel interview for those who had specific questions. Many educators and parents attended to ask about their kiddos. We were very happy to help them!  Tomorrow we head to Mama Carmen’s farm to see some old friends and follow-up on these sweet children.

We are kind of slow with our photographic updates so, here are some photos from our time at the government funded orphanage and the baby house from Friday.

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