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This year Smilezone Foundation completed the most Smilezones in a single year yet! With 70 new Smilezones we are proud to share that there are now a total of 279 Smilezones at the end of 2019 bringing smiles to children across the country.
“Some of the participants at Season’s spent time in hospitals and clinics with their loved ones and don’t necessarily want to ever go back to a hospital. The medical room is now warm, welcoming and fun with bright colours and cartoon animals on the walls. It is one of the places where I spend the most time with the kids. The room helps them open up about what the hospitals and clinics were like and I believe allowing them to dress up and create scenarios where they have helped someone who is sick or injured is so important to their grieving process. The art room at Season’s was also redone and includes a super fun “dry erase” wall. Allowing participates to write and
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create on the walls is a great outlet for anger and a neat tool to have.” Kaitlin, Volunteer Grief Facilitator, Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
“The main entrance waiting area is the first Smilezone that our kids and families experience. The colourful murals really reflect our surrounding area have been very helpful in creating engaging activities for the kids as they wait; such as counting the different animals, expanding vocabulary, and learning different nature themes and seasons. The sensory tiles by the main doors have also been a useful calming tool to help children while they wait and transition.” Rachel Kubesheskie, Instruction Therapist, Woodview Halton Autism Services
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Murals Did you know our murals often host therapeutic benefits? Whether its painted basketballs on the wall to promote physiotherapy or engaging “I-Spy” for fun and distraction, our murals are always a crowd pleaser! True to our values, we love to embrace wheelchairs, walkers, joint braces, medical equipment, casts, and more in each of our murals; reinventing a new ‘normal’ so all kids and youth feel confident in their environment.
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Did you know our iPad stations are wheelchair accessible? As one of our most popular additions, iPads have become an integral item in almost all our Smilezones! iPads allow children and youth to explore fun videos and apps, communicate using both verbal and nonverbal resources, and are even used to innovate therapy sessions. With so many capabilities, iPads ensure that children of any age, ability and diagnosis can enjoy the creativity of interactive play! Sensory equipment has been shown to improve mobilization, focus, communication skills, and environmental awareness in the children who use them. By incorporating an array of sensory play stimulus such as tactile panels, wall spinners sensory tables, bubble tubes and more, Smilezones encourage children of all ages and abilities to develop skills through therapeutic play.
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The GestureTek Cube is a compact ‘plug-and-play’ system, turning any floor into an interactive display engaged through gesture control. The GestureTek Cube creates a space of imagination and creativity in our Smilezones. The cubes are great for sensory play, fine motor development and fun through virtual air hockey, sliding into a swimming pool, or magical kingdom!
Did you know each Smilezone is completely customized to best serve the needs of the children? 2019 ANNUAL REPORT smilezone
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