Today we did an activity called the "Human Knot". I've played this at girls' camp and such places, and it's been a disaster. However, today was different. We unknotted 18 people in 6 minutes, an achievement that my professor so excited, she may have wept.
What made us successful:
1. Having a leader
2. Everyone who wasn't a leader was a follower. Followers listened to the leader.
3. This wasn't an ice breaker, so it wasn't awkward. We knew names which helped with communication.
4. Everyone had a positive attitude.
5. We were told from the beginning that we could do it. And that we couldn't leave until we did. (Afterwards we were told that she had actually never seen a class do it before.)
When it would be good in therapy:
- sequencing
- team work, trust (teenage behavior)
- confidence builder
- gross motor movements
- abstract thinking
- communication
When it would be not so good in therapy:
- sensorimotor (graded down by holding on to washcloths, fewer people)
- hand therapy
-spinal injuries
-wheelchairs (unless with pool noodles)
- the elderly
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