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Behavior Improvement
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Social Skills Improvement
Maranatha Day Program utilizes techniques that assist in the development of:
- Effective communication and understanding;
- Respectful and productive interaction;
- Listening;
- Minimizing conflicts;
- Appropriate decision making.
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Proper Hygiene and Self-Help Skills
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Artistic Skills Development
We encourage handwriting, painting and music. These activities are an extension of ourselves. Also music promotes good mood, make us excited, calm or relaxed. Maranatha Day Program intents to explore:
- Painting;
- Stamp pad printing;
- Collage;
- Masks;
- Body tracing;
- Sponge printing;
- Cardboard construction;
- Music..
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Gardening
Gardening for every human being is a wonderful way to keep contact with nature and provides calmness and a sense of accomplishment. MDP offers for clients the basics of gardening:
- The right time to start planting;
- Types of soil;
- Growing vegetables and flowers.
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Promoting Physical and Emotional Wellness
Maranatha Day Program helps clients maintain a healthy life that allows them to get most of their daily activity, minimizing fatigue or physical stress. YOGA EXERCISES ARE PART OF OUR ROTINE. Furthermore, MDP promotes:
- Walking;
- Indoor basketball;
- Low impact aerobic activities;
- Coordination activities (motor skills);
- Relaxation techniques;
- Suggestion of proper nutrition.
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Learning Skills Development
Maranatha Day Program offers classes using assistive technology to improve learning skills in:
- Math – numbers, comparison, time, money, geometry, four operations, fractions;
- English – vocabulary, alphabet, how to spell, read and write, grammar;
- Fine Motor Skills – tracing, dot-to-dot, and coloring;
- Science & Humanities – How Community Services work, How Things are made, Commemorative Dates, Basic Science concepts, Location, 5 Natural Elements, Flags, and Pledge of Allegiance.
