Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging, Revised Edition

Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging is a language-based, interdisciplinary program that increases interaction and communication skills among older adults. Featuring simple step-by-step lesson plans and interactive activities, Changing Seasons is a practical guide for caregivers and health care professionals to ensure individuals sustain their quality of life as they age. Each activity reveals new, creative, and fun ways to encourage individuals to speak, think, and write, sparking imagination and engagement with others. This new revised edition recognizes the growing importance of technology in communication, and incorporates many lessons learned during pandemic isolation, as communication was often limited to screens. Included is a new chapter that incorporates eight lessons on utilizing videoconferencing platforms. Though technology may evolve, communication will remain key to a sense of community and companionship--whether in person or online. Changing Seasons provides a roadmap to promoting meaningful interactions.

Author: Denise L. Calhoun
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 03/15/2023
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781612498638
ISBN10: 1612498639
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Language Arts
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
- Social Science | Gerontology