05 July 2023
Senior Lecturer of the Department of Human Health and Physical Culture Ihor Petruk together with 2nd year students majoring in 227 Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy - Nadiia Kyrylchuk and Oksana Kotynska are successfully studying the grant programme at the University of Economics in Bydgoszcz (Poland) within the framework of the project "Ukrainian Center for Therapy and Adaptation" funded by the RITA program - "Changes in the Region."
During the training, the performers acquire knowledge and skills in the field of occupational therapy, study its role in the social adaptation of people with disabilities, refugees, people at risk of mental illness, and social isolation. During the first day of classes, the participants have already attended lectures on the following topics: Common methods in occupational therapy, the role of the adaptive games method; types of games used in occupational therapy using the adaptive games method; safety, rules of setting, scoring, prevention of unauthorized situations; features of using games with people of different ages.
They also had the opportunity to master the methods and practical skills of conducting rehabilitation games, to get acquainted with the construction and completion of game sets: "Jacollo", "Dandelion", "Corn", "Paca-Laca", "Boccia", "Elastic". The performers also had the opportunity to communicate with the representatives of the grant project and the management of the University of Economics in Bydgoszcz.