[Athen] Mindfulness and Stress Relief Activities

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Heather,

For students who need something other than “relaxing sounds” to use in the
exercises, consider using visual sound waves that students can control
through biofeedback. The more relaxed one becomes, the longer and lower the
sound waves. This technique uses a skin sensor & biofeedback to control the
sound waves (https://choosemuse.com/)

Also consider using haptic feedback. There are a couple of apps called Lull
and Thrum

It might be a good idea to seek out someone in your area that teaches
meditation using biofeedback to explore what techniques can be adapted for
use for students with disabilities.

Hope this is helpful.

Wink Harner
Assistive Technology Consulting and Training
Alternative Text Production
Portland OR.

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 6:33 PM Heather Mariger via athen-list <
athen-list at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Apologies for the Cross Posting I am casting a wide net on this one...

>

> Greetings,

>

> I have a faculty member who uses some stress relief / mindfulness videos

> as part of his curriculum. All of these videos rely heavily on sound (e.g.

> soft music - close your eyes, breathe in, breathe out - imagine your body

> relaxing from your toes, now your feet, ankles etc...).

>

> While we do have these captioned and transcripts available, having to read

> the instructions rather diminishes (negates) the effectiveness of the

> activities.

>

> So, I am reaching out for suggestions on ways to make these activities

> work for those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - and/or to ask for any

> suggestions of activities that could be included that don't rely on sound

> to be effective. As a fan of UDL, providing options for the students seems

> a great idea at any rate.

>

> Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> H.

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