High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023

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Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Dr. Debra Edgar

Faculty/Instructor Email

debra.edgar@ucf.edu

About the Author

Ella Shams, Susan Kampiyill, and Estefania Zamarripa volunteered at Brain Fitness Academy and engaged with members to make this possible.

We want to thank Michael Constant and Dr. Debra Edgar, as this endeavor would not have been possible without them. We would also like to acknowledge Brain Fitness Academy members, as we were able to engage and create connections with them to make this possible!

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

Throughout the Fall, 2023 semester, we volunteered at Brain Fitness Academy (BFA). In doing so, we set out on a project to bring more creative arts into the classroom, as countless studies have shown that creative arts greatly help individuals with memory loss. During our time at Brain Fitness, we incorporated arts using a painting lesson in which members’ moods greatly improved, members were engaged, and happy to be doing the activity. We explored how creative arts can truly help those with memory loss, in particular painting. In the end, we found that creative arts and dementia have a strong relation, in which individuals who participate in creative arts will have a better overall mood and quality of life.

Keywords

Dementia; Creative Arts; Brain Fitness Academy; LEAD Scholars

Brain Fitness Academy: Making Impacts


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