This years casual day was held on the 6th September 2013 and the theme of the day was "Go big". As the Wentworth challenge group we held a talent show and a mini sports day that I must say we a huge success. it all started with a meeting with the residence manageress, workshop manageress and the social worker where we discussed the ideas for the day . after deliberating and engaging with the staff we then consulted with the service users and we realised that the hyper about the Casual day was starting to loom some two weeks before the event occurred and that created some pressure for us since were the new the coupe that was about to come with something new to the venue and perhaps come with fresh ideas on how the day should go about. We took names of people that were going to partake in different activities and amongst the categories of the talent we included dancing , poetry , singing ,modelling ,comedy and magic tricks. People also listed their names for the mini sports day that was to follow after the talent show.
Today I decided to blog about casual day because I was surprised with the enormous talent that was displayed by the service users on the day and the commitment that everyone put in making sure that the day became a success. it has been almost a week after the talent show but all the pictures of that day are still coming to and I still enjoy some fun moments shared with the service users.
One lesson I learnt from the day is that as people we must never reach a conclusion of saying we understand nature and what God has in each individual and no matter how educated we might be but the day proved that we will not know all. One of the client in our group who is almost the lowest functioning and the most confused person in the group surprised us by pulling out a stunning performance in the soccer game and he ended up scoring a crucial goal which made him smile for the rest of the game which is something I have never seen in him since day one of fieldwork. this for me was an eye opener and perhaps the most amazing moment I had ever experience in my life with psychologically disabled clients. The same night after casual day I consulted my notes on Creative ability to try and understand why all of a sudden a person that hardly existed during groups suddenly became the centre of attention during the casual day but I could not get the answers.
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