Gray for a Day - Adult Development and Aging
Grades: 4-8
Time: 45 minutes
REQUEST A LESSON BY EMAILING TERESA HATFIELD AT thatfield@ksu.edu
Gray for a Day utilizes an empathic model to educate participants on the age-related sensory and functional challenges that older adults might face. Participants will get to "gear up" to discover what it is like to live with age-related conditions. This program makes sense of the sensory losses older adults may face in touch, smell, taste, eyesight and hearing.
Availability: This class can be taught anytime. It is required to have 4 weeks of advance notice to schedule the lesson.
Lesson Objectives:
- Understand how the senses and functional abilities can decline with age.
- Experience age-related sensory and functional decline.
- Understand the influence of sensory and functional decline on daily life.
- Be encouraged to develop the skills necessary to effectively interact with and support someone who may be experiencing age-related sensory and functional challenges.
- Understand how taking steps to improve or maintain your health now will contribute to sensory and functional well-being in the future
“The most important think I learned
today was to make sure you take care
of your body so you don’t face hard
challenges when you are older.”
