This is an announcement for a public lecture hosted by the Hokkaido Women Researchers Association, titled "Life Shines Through Dance Movement and Horticultural Activities: Supporting Spirituality Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration."
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In our daily living support services, we began offering support through dance movement and gardening activities with the hope of increasing the smiles and vitality of our clients with physical and mental disabilities, and enabling each individual to grasp the direction they want to live in through their physical senses. To this end, a multidisciplinary team of occupational therapists, physical therapists, caregivers, dance therapists, and gardening staff collaborate to support each individual's unique personality, promote mutual interaction, encourage self-selection and self-expression, and promote relaxation and activation of physical and mental functions.
We would also like to share that these practices are based on the Canadian model's idea that "a sense of being alive is fostered through work," and the philosophy of Diversional Therapy (creative leisure therapy) that "everyone has the right to have time to feel the joy of life."
Details
| Event name | Hokkaido Women Researchers Association Public Lecture: "Life Shines Through Dance Movement and Horticultural Activities ~Spiritual Support Woven by Multidisciplinary Collaboration~" |
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| Date and Time | Thursday, September 4th, 13:00-14:30 (Hybrid event: in-person and online (Zoom)) |
| Place | Room 22, Building 2, Toyohira Campus, Hokkai Gakuen University (1 minute walk from Exit 3 of Gakuenmae Station on the Toho Subway Line, take the stairs in Building 2 to the 2nd floor) |
| lecturer | Asuka Watanabe (Teishinkai Social Welfare Corporation, Care Center Yamanote; Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido Bunkyo University) |
| way to participate | [On-site participation] Go directly to the venue. [Online Participation] Please send your name and email address to the main email address (hw-mail@hw-rscher.sakura.ne.jp) by September 1st (please change the "@" in the main email address to a half-width character when sending). *Participation and viewing are free of charge. |
| Details | The website for the Hokkaido Women Researchers Association is here. |
| Organizer | Hokkaido Women Researchers Association |
| Sponsorship | Sapporo City Board of Education, Hokkaido Board of Education |
| Representative email address | hw-mail@hw-rscher.sakura.ne.jp (Please change the "@" symbol to a half-width character when sending.) |
