Unit 60 Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences 1.1 Describe the benefits to individuals of engaging in learning or development activities. Engaging and taking part in activities for learning or development is the individual can benefit from recreation participation. One benefit is learning from the experience and gives the individual a sense of freedom, independence, and autonomy. Taking part in activities will make better ability to socialize with others, including greater tolerance and understanding. Involvement in different recreation activities releases stress and tension and helps change the same day-to-day routine.
* Intellectual Benefits * Enhances ability to think, concentration, enhances learning and memory, improves active listening skills * Emotional Benefits * Express emotions, influence emotions, relaxation, decreases stress and anxiety, gives sense of happiness and enjoyment. * Social Benefits * Interact with new people with the same music type, one can express them self to another person through music, communication. Benefits of Yoga * Physical Benefits * Improves joint flexibility, improves muscle form and tones, weight loss, improves posture, movement and also improves breathing. * Intellectual Benefits * Can focus and concentrate more and gives you the ability to deal with stress more. * Emotional Benefits * Better control over emotions, gives the feeling of freedom and happiness, peace of mind and confidence.
Find the activity that you enjoy, and make it a part of your life. When you exercise your brain releases endorphins, these endorphins tend to minimise the discomfort of exercise, block the feeling of pain and are even associated with a feeling of euphoria. Keep learning. Learning new skills can give you a sense of achievement and a new confidence. So choose something you enjoy or wish to learn, like learning a instrument, take a course or learn a new skill.This will make you feel good about yourself and combat those feelings of worthlessness or fear.
There are many activities that may be regarded as leisure activities such as: Swimming, walking, football and other sports, reading, listening to music and craft making etc Participation in leisure activities aids the wellbeing of individuals in many ways. For example it gives individuals an enjoyable and fun activity to take part in, in their free time that is controlled and of their choice and not dictated to by employers, family etc. It can also be very beneficial to individual’s physical wellbeing if it involves some form of exercise and moving around and there are many studies to show that the improvement of physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing are very closely linked i.e. a reduction in stress levels. Many individuals choose to take part in leisure activities so that they become more socially active and less isolated as it can often lead to an increase in friendship circles, a sense of belonging and a boost to overall self-esteem and confidence.
EXPLAIN HOW PARTICIPATING IN THERAPEUTIC GROUP ACTIVITIES CAN BENEFIT AN INDIVIDUALS IDENTITY, SELF ESTEEM AND WELL BEING. Participating in group activities can benefit an individuals identity, self esteem and well being because it gives individuals a safe and comfortable place where they can share or work out problems. It normalises things and puts like minded people together. Therefore they can identify with each other and gain an insight in how they do things and offer support or suggestions. By being part of a group the individual will feel less isolated and come to a better understanding of their own identity.
Support Participation in Learning and Development Activities Factors to Take into Account When Supporting Individuals to Take Part in Activities for Learning and Development: Individuals may take part in activities for learning or development to promote their fitness or mobility and to develop their skills and intellect through communication and interaction. This promotes and supports active participation which avoids isolation and in turn focuses on the individuals well-being and independence and contributes to person centred care. Active participation recognises an individual’s right to participate in the activities and relationships of everyday life as independently as possible. Different activities in which individuals may take part bring different benefits for learning or development to them. A person centred approach to this means activities can be planned to suit the individual’s wants and needs.
By encouraging an individual and offering positive praise to participate in a new activity, this can promote their general wellbeing, boost their confidence as by participating in a new activity this may enable them to make new friends and become more sociable. This would lead to the individual feeling empowered, By working in this manner it can have a positive effect on the individuals behavior and self worth. A behavior chart could be used to identify triggers to behaviors and positive reinforcement could be utilised to support the individual to cope at these time and help offer active participation which may encourage them to participate in future as well as reducing unpredictable behaviors. Another way to support an individual to participate in a new activity is to set goals with the individual and have rewards when they have achieved their goals so that the individual feels that they are working towards something,that they are at the center of their care and they can feel proud when they have achieved their goal which promotes their overall moral end self esteem. An individual may respond well to positive compliments relating to the activity, which may encourage the person to participate in a new activity, this could have a positive effect on their confidence and self
Unit 312 Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences 1.1 There are many benefits to individuals engaging in learning and development activities. An individual will gain many skills if they are encouraged to participate in learning and developmental activities. They can perceive a sense of freedom and independence. They will have a better ability to socialise with other, including a greater tolerance and understanding of others. They will benefit from having greater adaptability and resiliency.
Students are encouraged to use the daycare, dining area and game room, because it gives them a chance to relax and allow them to recuperate. By allowing the students to get more
Aristotle Account of Pleasure Introduction Pleasure can be described as a mental state in humans or other animals when they find some activities worth seeking, enjoyable, and positive. This is a time when they experience euphoria, ecstasy, enjoyment, entertainment, and happiness. In psychology, pleasure can be described as a positive feedback that motivates an organism to recreate in a similar situation in future. This is because it found this situation pleasurable. This means that organism avoids situations they found painful in the past.