Component Evaluation: Unorthodox Alliances Timing: 45 Minutes Mode: In-Class; Online The early MPA (Mental Patients Association) has a well-deserved reputation for radicalism, but in this exhibit scholars Geertje Boschma, Megan Davies, and Marina Morrow explore how MPA worked simultaneously alongside and in opposition to mainstream mental health. This process interrupted existing power relationships and the …
Component Evaluation: 1 Play Timing: 15 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Select one of the plays prepared by Branwen Willow and Cat Omura and have students read the parts in a large discussion group. Then use the corresponding set of questions, which were carefully developed by these community experts, to generate discussion about the play. Online, …
Component Evaluation: 3 Plays Timing: 45 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Have students read and act out their play scripts. Online, students can listen to the audio recordings of the plays prepared by Branwen Willow and Cat Omura. Use the questions below, which were carefully developed by these community experts, to generate class discussion about the …
Component Evaluation: Group Think Tank Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Ask your students to download, read and reflect on Margo’s recovery story and collectively make a list of the different tools that Margo found helpful. Next, have your students brainstorm other practices that would be helpful in the process of recovery and consider how …
Component Evaluation: Architectural Planning Timing: 60 Minutes, flexible Mode: In-class; Online Use a free software design program or paper and pencils, have students create an annotated architectural design plan for a new state-of-the-art dementia care unit. Annotations explain the rationale behind design choices and serve as critical reflections to demonstrate lessons learned from the Greenacres …
Component Evaluation: Perspective Taking Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Making specific references to events described in the components used in this unit, students take the perspective of a 1981 Greenacres worker, resident or a family member and write a 250-word letter to the Chairman of Metro Toronto (the 1981 equal of today’s mayor) saying …
Components: Designing Dementia Care – Self-Guided Timing: 65 Minutes Mode: In-class, Online The video footage, audio excerpts and historical photographs and documents in this unit take learners within the walls of Ontario’s first purpose-built dementia care facility in the late twentieth century. These self-guided resources are well suited for flipped classroom use with an in-class or …
Component Evaluation: Taking a Stance from History Timing: 45 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online None of the positions occupied by our three Speaking to History respondents existed before deinstitutionalization. Mental health patients like Jayne Whyte did not live independently and take active roles in consumer organizations. Service users like Lucy Costa did not go on to …
Component Evaluation: History’s Lessons – Part 2 Timing: 45 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Students often find policy difficult to understand and can struggle to comprehend how it directly impacts their day-to-day lives. Health professionals have the same challenge linking policy to everyday professional practice. The combination of historical documents and audio commentaries in this lesson …
Component Evaluation: History’s Lessons – Part 1 Timing: 30 Minutes Mode: In-class; Online Students often find policy difficult to understand and can struggle to comprehend how it directly impacts their day-to-day practice. The short set of historical documents and 2 audio commentaries in Components: Saskatchewan – Self-Guided can help them work these issues. Shape your …
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