Activity Title: Mandala Coloring Therapy

Sources:

How Coloring a Mandala Can Relieve Stress. (2020, March 17). Verywell Mind.
https://www.verywellmind.com/coloring-mandalas-as-a-meditation-technique-41 1160
Levels of Injury - Understanding Spinal Cord Injury. (2021). Spinalinjury101.
https://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/levels-of-injury
Mandalas - Online Colouring for Adults. (2017, November 30). Michael O’Mara Books.
https://www.mombooks.com/dp-online-activity/mandala-colouring/
Equipment needed

Virtual Mandala:

● Computer
● Internet access
● Website for mandala coloring

Paper Mandala:

● Colored pencils/markers/crayons/paint
● Coloring sheet

Activity Description – How will the activity be explained to participants? Provide a bulleted set
of instructions on how to lead the activity, including any rules or guidelines.

● Mandala coloring can be used to help relaxation and meditation as well as fine motor
skills
● Click the link for the website we will be using for mandala coloring
● Create a color on the bar to the left of the screen
● Click on the spaces you choose to fill in that color
● Continue picking new colors and filling in spaces until your picture is complete!

Primary social interaction pattern(s)- Explanation of the reason for the chosen pattern or patterns.
(Submit completed activity analysis or TAAAM form as addendum)

This activity can be considered extra-individual or aggregate. Mandala coloring only requires
oneself and the materials they need, putting an action onto an object. While this is the primary
pattern of socialization, participants can also do this in an aggregate form in which they complete
the mandala coloring side by side and can chat or bond but their activities are individual.

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Adaptation: One researched adaptation specific to a disability group assigned for each of the four
(4) uploaded activities. This is not for the purpose of leading activities; this is only for the
purpose of submitting activities.

This activity can be adapted for an individual with a C6 incomplete spinal cord injury by using
alternative speech recognition and mouse options on a computer. Speech recognition programs
can help individuals to use their voice to tell the computer what to do and could be used to allow
them to do mandala coloring online. C6 spinal cord injuries tend to have limited use and control
of the arms and hands, making coloring difficult. This can also be adapted by using mouse
options such as larger mouse pads that have extended capabilities allowing the participant to use
a mousepad to have a wider variety of control over the computer and its functions. With a
combination of speech recognition and mouse pads the participant should be able to guide the
computer to control the colors selected and click on the spots in which the color should go.

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS FORM

Activity: Mandala Coloring

PHYSICAL ASPECTS:
1. What is the primary body position required?
____lying down __x__sitting ____ other: ___________________
____kneeling ____standing
2. What body parts are required?
__x__arms ____feet __x__upper torso
__x__hands __x__neck ____lower torso
____legs __x__head
3. What types of movements does the activity require?
____bending ____punching ____reaching
____stretching ____catching __x__grasping
____standing ____throwing ____skipping/hopping
____walking ____hitting ____running
4. What are the primary senses required for the activity?
__x__touch __x__sight ____smell
____taste ____hearing
 5. What is the amount of coordination and movement between body parts required
by the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
6. What is the degree of hand-eye coordination needed for the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
7. What is the degree of strength needed for the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
8. What is the degree of speed needed for the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
9. What is the degree of endurance needed for the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
10. What is the degree of flexibility needed for the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little

SOCIAL ASPECTS
1. What is the primary social interaction pattern required in the activity?
____intraindividual (action taking place within the mind or action involving the mind and
a part of the body; requires no contact with another person or external object)
__x__Extraindividual (action directed by a person towards an object; requires no contact
with another person)
____Aggregate (action directed by a person toward an object while in the company of
other persons who also are directing actions toward objects; action is not directed toward
each other; no interaction required among participants)
____Interindividual (action of a competitive nature directed by one person toward
another)
____unilateral (action of a competitive nature among three or more persons, one of whom
is an antagonist; interaction is in simultaneous competitive relationship)
____Multilateral (action of a competitive nature by two or more persons with no one
person as an antagonist)
____Intragroup (action of a cooperative nature by two or more persons intent upon
reaching mutual goal; action requires positive verbal or nonverbal interaction)
____Intergroup (action of a competitive nature between two or more intragroup)
2. What is the minimum (fewest) and maximum (greatest) number of people
required for the activity?
 __1__minimum number __no max__maximum number
3. What clothing is needed to be socially appropriate?
a. Any casual play clothing. This can be done in any attire.
4. How much physical proximity is required by the activity?
Close 1 2 3 4 5 Distant
5. How much physical contact is required by the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
6. What degree of communication is required by the activity?
Hight 1 2 3 4 5 Low
7. What degree of noise is generated by the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
COGNITIVE ASPECTS
1. How many rules are required in the activity?
Many 1 2 3 4 5 Few
2. How complex are the rules to understand?
Complex 1 2 3 4 5 Simple
3. What degree of strategy is required in the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
4. What degree of complexity is involved in scoring?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
5. What degree of long-term memory is required in the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
6. What degree of short term or immediate recall is required in the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
7. What degree of verbalization of thought process is required in this activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
8. What degree of concentration is required in the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
9. What degree of concrete thinking is required by the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
10. What degree of abstract thinking is required by the activity?
Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
11. To what degree are each of the following skills used in the activity?
Reading Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Writing Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Math Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
 Spelling Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
12. To what degree does the participant need to identify or use the following?
Form & shape Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Colors Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Size Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Numbers Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Body parts Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Directionality Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
AFFECRIVE ASPECTS
1. To what degree does the participant have the opportunity or outlet to express the
following?
Joy Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Guilt Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Pain Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Anger Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Fear Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Frustration Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little

2. To what degree must the participant control or inhibit the expression of the
following?
Joy Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Guilt Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Pain Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Anger Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Fear Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
Frustration Much 1 2 3 4 5 Little
ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
1. What type of leadership style is required by the activity?
____specific activity-skill expertise __x__supervisory
____general activity skill expertise ____no specific leadership style needed
2. What type of equipment is needed for the activity?
__x__specific commercial product (specify: Computer, mandala website, mandala
coloring sheet, colored pencils/drawing equipment )
____can be made (specify: ____)
____no equipment required
3. What type of facility is required by the activity?
 ____specific natural environment (specify: ____)
____specific created environment (specify: ____)
__x__no specific environment required
4. What is the duration of the activity?
____set time
__x__natural end
____continuous
5. What is the number of participants required for the activity?
__x__any number can participate
____fixed number or multiple (specify: ____)

From:
Peterson, C. A., & Stumbo, N. J. (2009). Therapeutic recreation program design: Principles and
procedures(5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.