Мy family and relatives
Pedagogical guide for educator
This exercise contains two separate activities:
Activity 1 is entitled “Who is part of George’s family“. It is based on a story of an aging man with ID who is moving back to his hometown and tries to reconnect to his family members and to adapt to the new situation in his family. This activity is linked to the relationships within a family and it aims AAWID to be able to distinguish the different roles of the family members and the relationships among them. Pictures of real people are being used as supporting material to the story, as every picture corresponds to a certain name mentioned in the story.
Steps:
- The educator and AAWID should read the story and try to link the people from the story with concrete pictures.
| Note: The educator should adjust this exercise in accordance with the social context and the life situation of the concrete AAWID, for example if the AAWID have been deprived from parental care and his life so far have been passed in various institutions not in home environment, then the educator may use the same characters but assign them different roles (like roommate, nurse, friend, therapist, etc.) |
- The task of AAWID is to compile the photos in a photo collage, explaining who is who in the story and what their relationship with the main character is. Above are placed the pictures of all people mentioned in the story.
Activity 2 is entitled “Who is part of my family?”. AAWID is invited to present his family members and to explain his relations with each of them. He should write their names on a paper tell a bit about each of them – what is his relationship with each of them, how they support each other.