A physical Recreational Therapy program designed for people with Serious Mental Illness.
Session 2
Make Your Move
Leader (s)
Bailey
Leisure Ed Content Area and Sub-category
In this session, participants will learn about the importance of leisure from the physical aspect and its benefits which is leisure awareness. The participants will be making the active decision to go to this programming once a week which is a part of the decision-making skills sub-category. Participants will also be learning about future areas of discovery and involvement which is a part of the self-awareness portion of this model. Then the participants will be working on social interaction skills with other participants throughout sessions. This includes communication skills such as conversations, active listening, expressing feelings and thoughts. Participants will learn about leisure skills development which will give them a sense of freedom and will develop to be able to engage in physical activities of interest.
Length of Session
60 minutes
Session Preparation
Materials
11 spin bikes
a speaker
iPhone for the playlist
Ball for stretching
Location- Wide-open outdoor space to set up bikes and have a stretching area. Set up bikes so that the facilitator faces the participants and all the participant bikes are in two rows of five facing the facilitator. The second row of five is in the spaces the row one is not in so everyone can see the leader.
Session Goals
TPO: Through participation in Make Your Move participants will demonstrate the knowledge and benefits of physical activity as well as the ability to participate and plan a physical leisure activity.
EO 1: To demonstrate continued participation in physical activities through intrinsic motivation.
PM 1.1: During session 2’s debriefing, participants will have the ability to name at least one activity they have never tried and share it with the group.
PM 1.2: By the beginning of session 2, the participants will have the ability to identify at least five songs that motivate the participants as judged by the CTRS.
EO 2: To demonstrate awareness and understanding of the purpose and benefits of engaging in physical activity.
PM 2.3: During session 2’s debriefing, participants will have the ability to identify three pros of engagement in high-intensity workouts as judged by the CTRS.
PM 2.4: By the end of session 2, participants will have the ability to explain at least five benefits of physical activity to a family member or friend.
Session Sequence
Sequence of Session 2
Introduction (15 mins)
Facilitator will welcome back the participants for the 2nd session of Make your Move
Facilitator discusses how the group will be doing ball tosses, stretches, a beginner-intermediate spin workout, a discussion, and closing today
Facilitator will discuss how last class we were introduced to 5 different types of workouts and today we will be focusing on one
Facilitator will introduce a ball toss and this week the participants will discuss three of their favorite songs and how they are feeling about today’s class.
The facilitator will add each song said by the participants into a Spotify playlist
The facilitator will prepare the class for the ball toss by prompting participants to form a circle.
Facilitator instructs the class to pass the ball to the person to their right and only speaks when the ball is passed to them.
After every participant has gotten the ball the facilitator will then introduce the stretches for today.
The facilitator will instruct the class to all stand in a single horizontal line arm's length apart from each other.
Facilitator will start leading a series of stretching. First shoulder rolls, overhead stretch, quad stretch,toe-touch stretch.
Facilitator will close out the intro and announce to the group that they will move forward to spin the workout.
Activity (30 mins)
Facilitator asks participants to all go to the two rows of five bikes and for everyone to pick a bike.
Each bike needs to be adjusted by participants' height by turning and pulling knobs of the handlebar the seat itself and pulling the straps tighter or looser to place feet in the petals.
Facilitator walks around to offer assistance and will return to the front when each participant has successfully adjusted the bike.
The facilitator tells everyone if they have not already gone, to get on the bike and to start to petal it to be more comfortable with it.
The facilitator will then open the Spotify playlist and connect to the speaker with the participant's favorite songs to play while doing this workout.
The facilitator explains that the knob at the front of the bike is how they add and take away resistance to make it easier or harder to pedal. Participants can do this by turning the knob to the right to make it harder.
The facilitator says to add resistance to turn this knob.
The facilitator explains that the two positions they will be in are sitting with hands on the bike in the second position and standing with feet pedaling and hands-on the bike in the other.
The facilitator then begins the 30-minute spin workout. Encourages participants to do the best they can and to add what resistance is comfortable and take breaks if they need it.
The facilitator follows the workout plan from the reference sheet.
When participants are finished with the 30-minute spin workout the facilitator encourages a quick water break.
Debriefing (10 mins)
The facilitator will lead debriefing questions to discuss today's session, to talk about what the participants think of high-intensity workout with music.
What did you think about this high-intensity workout?
Can you share one physical activity you have not tried but would like to?
What are three pros of engaging in physical activity?
Did you like the music you worked out to?
Closing (5 mins)
Facilitator will close up the session
Facilitator will ask the group if they have any closing thoughts.
The Facilitator encourages the group to share 5 benefits of physical activity with two friends or family members for homework.
Facilitator tells the group that next week we will be doing a planning activity called “The Places We’ll go”!
Facilitator will thank the group for participating and say “goodbye”.
References
Shoulder Roles
Overhead Stretch
Toetouch Stretch
Quad Stretch
