Final community service - Reflection

Rashed Mohamed almehairi
H00269208
CIU

Self-reflection 

1. We had volunteered  in zayed higher organization with my group, Zayed  Higher Organization  located in bni yas which near by mafraq hospital and it's government organizations that taking care of special needs.  first of the day we meet adel alhosani to register for volunteering, he's the main manger of the volunteering. He took us to Autism Centre to have a tour before volunteering to get information about them. They start everyday morning working days from 8 am till 2 pm nearly like normal school timing. Students ages between 5 to 13 years old in the autism center and their 3 conditions of autism high and low and medium condition, in the autism center have 67 patients the proportion is four males to one female with the autism. there are three section for each three condition. 70% to 85% of the student they can't understand well or talk.


2. The best part of volunteering was to help the students with their paints at the art class. the paint was about to stick papers to for draw a picture. The first day I came I was shock like how I will deal with these student. But after I know about autism student we start understanding each other but I was a bit hard to get them. I enjoyed the volunteering special on the morning assembly which starts at 8:00 A.M for the children that have less Autism Condition. The morning assembly includes at the beginning part of "Quran al Kareem" and the UAE National anthem. after that, they started giving them some aerobic exercises before they distribute them into their classes.


3. my efforts contributes by support the community by volunteering and helping out the special need people we recognized that they really deserve more than that help I believe in the future they will became better.

4. I have learned many things about being useful in the community before I hear about volunteering but I  wasn't interested volunteering in autism centre but I found out  but valuable than it looks. most people don't know how to treat these special needs, specially autism I will try to change up what people thinks about autism people because I saw some parents give up on them. I wish to see much improvement in these autism people.

The Survey

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Day 7 - 12/11/2014

our last day, we meet the director of the autism center of zayed higher organization and they thanks us for choosing volunteer in the center and ask us if we need any help or more information of Zayed higher organization center. then they took us individual each one in a certain class, they took me to speech therapist and some of my group went to behavior specialist. he told me about how to communicate with the student and if they did something wrong you should tell them it is wrong to do it. he shows me PC mouse that it use for some of the student who don't know how to use it and after that he shows me how he use board maker and print thing for it.

Day 6 - 9/11/2014

reem took us to join a class with speech therapist and communication. the teacher told us that 60 percent to 70 percent of the autism they can't speak, but 30 percent they speak in different ages depend on the levels of the student. he told us their was a boy in the center he starts to speak when he get 10 year old and he been in the center for 5 years. the center organized a way for these children to have a great life. their is varies ways to teach the student. for example, board maker which have a several levels it depend on the students skills. after that we go to sport lesson to give practice and exercises for the students. which i found it very helpful for the students because you see the kids are different then they are in the classes.

Day 4 - 2/11/2014

we had a lecture about autism at 8:30 on the morning with Dr. waeel in the atrium. in the beginning of the lecture he told us about leo kanner who explorer the autism. the causes of autism it is anonymous until now some people think it is a environment hypothesis or genetic hypothesis and many other hypothesis. autism properties is contain social characteristics, communication aspect, cognitive faces and sensory or contact eyes, and the last behavioral. there's three type of autism which is high autism, medium autism and light autism. also there are 75 person having autism in every 10,000 person nowadays. we learn a lot in this lecture he explain to us how to teach them and how to know if the child having a autism by their bahavior.

Day 3 - 29/10/2014

me and my partner arrived early morning at 8, we visit the shourq class which is the medium class after that we visit alzohor class which is the good condition autism that where the kids can speak. in the shourq class student can't talk but they use PECS program. every student have a certain level and it depend on the autism level. The teacher give every student a certain puzzle to work on it like matching animals pictures with the same picture or decorate the beads, and making a bracelet. The teacher said some of the student are smart that they can use the PCs. after that we went to alzohor class which the student where studying arabic lesson and they were the smartest class. then they took us to the sport teacher he asked us to walk with the students around the square of the playground.

Day 5 -5/11/2014

our day started with greeting, the class started at 8:30, the lesson was about identifying human body by using Go Talk 4+. Go Talk 4+ is helping the student to memorize the thing by the picture and the sound. the teacher was trying to teach them first about eyes by using the Go Talk and pointing to his eye by the student hand or pointing to student eyes and then pronounce it. after that he record his voice in the Go Talk to teach the student how to pronounce their names individual. after this class they had art class and the most important activities was  row scraps of the paper in the form of numbers and letters. after that they had a breakfast time were there are certain weekly meals, but some students get there own food from their home because they use to it. the last lesson was a music class after that they let the students to sit and watch songs on the computer.