Henrietta Changing Lives
“Henrietta” has improved significantly over this past year. Our Day Program Instructor, Maize, has been Henrietta’s assigned staff; Henrietta requires “enhanced staffing” at a 1 staff-to-1 client ratio due to behavioral challenges. Henrietta used to sit in her chair all day and did not want to engage or participate in any activities. She used to experience behavioral challenges including self-abusive behaviors, crying, screaming, and aggression towards others. Henrietta had minimal social skills and lacked communication skills. She started to attend the classes offered at Hozhoni including yoga once a month which introduced her to group activities in group settings. Henrietta now enjoys being a part of the daily scheduled classes and activities. Some of her interests now include arts and crafts with the help of hand-over-hand assistance from her assigned staff. She loves cooking class and can verbally communicate her wants and needs through the help of speech therapy. Henrietta now sings and dances during karaoke, especially when “Bob the Music Man” (music therapist) comes to play music. Previously Henrietta struggled in group settings and communicating her wants and needs. Through dedicated staff support, speech therapy and a communication device, as well as engaging in prosocial activities designed to stimulate the senses, Henrietta is thriving. Her “target behaviors” have decreased significantly over this last year and she is able to more easily tolerate transitions from one activity/setting to another. This has been a great improvement for Henrietta and for her quality of life. She can now tolerate going to appointments in the community as a result of this progression, something that was very challenging just a year ago. We are proud to be able to be a part of Henrietta’s transformation and with the right support and programming, our clientele get to experience these achievements each and every day.
“The Hozhoni Foundation’s day program design would not be possible without the generous support of our community and The Forest Highlands Foundation in connection with the Arizona Community Foundation. This funding allows us to provide our clients with various therapies, classes to stimulate socialization and skill building, prosocial activities, movement, horticulture, social events, etc. for a holistic approach to individual client needs.”
*Name changed for privacy Photo credit: Hozhoni Foundation
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