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EMU, Marshall Building - Rm 209

Hands-On Therapeutic Game Workshop (2)

Learn and apply simple low cost ways to use computer games. Practice various interventions to engage your clients using circuit boards. Only a basic comfort using a computer required. Workshop topics are adaptable to multiple settings and populations. 3 contact hours awarded for participation.

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Hands-On Therapeutic Game Workshop (2)
Hands-On Therapeutic Game Workshop (2)

Time & Location

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EMU, Marshall Building - Rm 209, 831, 801 W Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA

About The Event

Schedule

Sign in, set up computers, form groups

First half

  • Learn design principles to make client experience fun and therapeutic
  • Explore materials for therapeutic game interfaces

Second half

  • Brainstorm with your group interventions from a typical scenario
  • Create and iterate various interfaces with your group
  • Game demonstration

    Instructor

    Jennifer Schank, is a coauthor of the article “Making it Work: Examples of OT Within the Maker Movement” in OT Practice’s September issue and a recent graduate of EMU’s OT program. She blends her previous career working in the technology sector and love for occupational therapy by leading therapeutic technology workshops to occupational therapy students and the community.

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