Indoor Mountain Biker

 If you haven't been impressed by anything in a while, check out what this professional mountain biker decided to do during his quarantine time...

Click the link HERE and prepare to be amazed. 

Deer Hunting at KADEP

 Check out what the clients convinced the staff to do in this video aptly titled, "Deer Hunting"...

CLICK HERE!

Benefits to Pet Owning

Here are some Benefits of Owning a Pet, According to Science | Reader's Digest ... Feel Free to share your pet pics or stories too!

Tour the Moon in 4K

 Take a tour of the surface of the Moon, straight from NASA. CLICK HERE!!!

What's your favorite thing about outer-space?

KADEP Holiday Party

**Can't wait to see you there! ** Don't forget to dress nice!**

 

Themed Days at KADEP!

 

THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Relive some of the videos KADEP clients have made through the years... Laugh, cry, live. Just a reminder of how special KADEP is!🎉🥳

CLICK HERE!!!  

50 of the Best Pods to Listen to

 Have you heard all the buzz about podcasts but never really understood what they actually are? Podcasts are free audio programs distributed over the Internet. You can download them and listen to them as you please, essentially creating a radio station focused entirely on the topics you want to listen to. There are podcasts out there covering almost any topic that you can imagine – and probably dozens of podcasts on that topic.

Because you can choose programs that match your interests and can swap programs in and out as you wish, it becomes much like having a customized radio station for yourself that you can even take with you wherever you go if you have a smartphone.

Check out TIME’s 50 Best Podcasts in the link below!

Click HERE to find the best pod casts!

Music Through Patatap.Com

Play with sound right from your computer keyboard on Patatap.Com -- Click HERE !!!

Mess around with it and find the sounds that inspire you! Make music! Here is also an example of what someone else was able to do... https://youtu.be/Sdj5Zge9wGM

How-To Art Project with William

 Happy almost Thanksgiving KADEP! One of our volunteers from Regis University has spent this semester with us on zoom, and making this art-project how-to video. Thanks William! Give it a try at home KADEP!

Click HERE for the Video

CLOSED NOVEMBER 24TH

 KADEP will be closed November 24th due to weather! We will still have virtual programming. Make sure to join us on zoom!

Art with Regis Counseling Student: Penny

 Here's an awesome, fun art lesson and tutorial video series from one of our volunteers this semester. Penny is a Counseling student at Regis University. You may have seen her before on zoom with KADEP. Outside of being a student, Penny is also an artist who is excited to share with KADEP what she knows about basic art principles. Enjoy!

Click Here to learn about art!

(Almost) Friday Fitness!

Get your fitness on! Follow the link HERE!

Adaptive Adventures

Check out the adventures Adaptive Adventures has to offer! 

Click LINK

Jokes Your Mom Might Even Enjoy

 These aren't "dad jokes", but they are just as entertaining, if not more so...Have a laugh as you head into the weekend by watching cleaner comedians your mom would approve of...CLICK HERE!!

Visual Illusion PART 1

Visual Illusion Part 2

Photo Tour of the the Hike up Longs Peak

 We are pretty lucky to live in a place where we can look to the west and see the gorgeous Rocky Mountains every day. One fourteener that can be seen from most of the Denver area is Longs Peak, standing at 14,259 feet. Check out this photo tour to learn more about this iconic mountain!

Click HERE to take the Photo Tour

At Home Workouts

Many of us continue to work from home & "stay safer in place", plus winter is well on its way...So getting moving, being physically active, and keeping a clear mind during this time may fall to the wayside if we're not careful. Lets stay in front of our health & wellness with some mindfulness exercises & workout routines. Click below & enjoy!

Mindfulness Exercises -- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=302485514093405

Holds Workout -- https://youtu.be/A6weFs_pGus

Leg Day Seated Workout -- https://youtu.be/c0tFFk3xo5Y

Announcement

 Clients and Families

The links to the annual satisfaction surveys are below. While this has been an unusual year we still value your opinion and use your suggestions to help drive the ways we try to improve the program. Please take the time to complete the surveys. We will need them back by December 31^st.

Client

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Caregiver

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Thanks!

USA Today Crossword Puzzle

 Good morning KADEP! Have you been itching to play some games? How about scrabble, crossword puzzles, or even a more complex game like mahjongg? Try your hand at these free online games and keep your mind sharp!

Click HERE to play!

The Power of Going for a Walk Outside

 Feeling cooped up? Just getting out in a local park or around your neighborhood can have positive impacts on your mental and physical health! Click the link below to learn more!

Click HERE to Learn More!

What's Missing

 Test your memory with KADEP staff Kayla's "What's Missing?" challenge. You can pause or fast forward as you see needed. Have fun!

Click HERE to play!

KADEP Up & Running!

Aaaand we're off!!! KADEP is reopened with limited capacity but MAXIMUM excitement!

Ted Talk by Dean Furness

Dean Furness, a Craig grad, has a powerful TedTalk about how he changed his mindset after sustaining a spinal cord injury and learned how to embrace getting better little by little – a valuable lesson for us all... CLICK HERE to view & enjoy!

Virtual Rollercoaster Rides!

Not for the faint of heart - hop in the front seat of these 8 rollercoasters to get your heart pumping this Monday!

Click HERE for rollercoasters

Healthy Food Ideas

Need some healthy snack ideas before all the upcoming holiday goodies come around?!? Here is a video our programming director, Emily, posted a few months back (CLICK HERE). Plus a guidelines page on healthy foods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CLICK HERE)... Enjoy!

Online Board Games

 So, I know, it is getting BORING!! But we have found a couple of links you might want to check out if you want something different to do. Remember all those great board games we love – Sorry, Life, Monopoly, Connect 4? Well go check out www.poki.com/en/board, and you’ll find these & so many more! You can play 2 to 4 players – sometimes more, depending on the game, right there in the site. Best of all, its FREE! Now if you are really on the look out for something new to try, hop on over to www.tabletopia.com. They claim they are at 900+ games, so I don’t know everything you will find, but the website is set up in easy to navigate categories like classics, solo, 2-player and easy to learn – also FREE.

Poki will be the easier of the two sites to play on; many of the games you either play against the computer or can select to, and even games with multiple players where you enter the players are mostly automated. Tabletopia is a table top simulator where you can meet up with other people and play a game, so it is more complicated, this link provides a basic explanation of how the site works https://help.tabletopia.com/knowledge-base/beginners-guide/. Basically, you set up a game and invite others to play by sending a link to their email. So if you want to play with your KADEP buds, this is the way.

Click HERE for Poki
Click HERE for tabletopia

Virtual Trips to Museums, the Smithsonian, & other famous places

Here are some new links to some different hall of fame, Smithsonian and other museum tours available online. Enjoy the ‘trip!’

Baseball Hall of Fame: from Great Museums (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_A2MbUO4lY
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: https://www.rockhall.com/explore-online
New York’s High Line: from Great Museums (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CgTlg_L_Sw
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ddMXWv35g
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, walking tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMZni2Avqk
Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYJ-71KXJmU
Egyptian Sculpture Gallery: https://www.google.co.uk/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4...
National Museum of Art, Degas exhibit: https://www.nga.gov/features/degas-virtual-tour.html

Announcement

 Attention KADEP, here is a message from our KADEP director, Michelle:

ALSO, please fill out the survey from the link at the bottom, this is an important step for KADEP to open.

 

Dear KADEP Clients and Families,

 

We hope you are doing well and continuing to stay safe and healthy.

 

I have some good news to share! We have received permission from the state to move forward with a safe, limited capacity reopening of KADEP.  We are preparing for a reopening day of Wednesday, September 30^th. We will be following up with each client and family soon to discuss with you all individually.

 

In the meantime, I’d like to prepare you for some new operational procedures that we will follow each and every day upon reopening.

 

All clients will be screened each day prior to entering the building and before their drivers leave them. This screening will involve a few questions about their health. We will ask about symptoms including shortness of breath, a sore throat, cough, fever or chills, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea.  And have you been exposed to someone with COVID-19 or do you live with someone with active COVID-19, as well as having their temperature taken. If a client fails this screening, they will not be allowed to enter the building. Please do not send your loved one if you have any concerns about them passing this screening.

At any point in the day, should a client start demonstrating any symptoms, we will follow state health guidelines which may involve measures up to and including closing the program.  The client will be isolated and will be sent home. Should their transportation provider refuse to pick them up, you will be required to pick them up within an hour.

Each client and staff  will be required to wear a mask all day long. If you or your loved one is incapable of removing the mask on their own, you will be required to sign a restraint acknowledgement form.

KADEP will not have normal programming as we will be operating using a pod system. Pods will be groups of clients and staff who will remain together in one room all day to prevent co-mingling to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. Meals will be served in the group rooms as well. These rooms will have increased activities. We will not be setting up a 16 week calendar at this time for clients to register. The restrictions prevent us from switching rooms, having cooking groups, and doing some of our hands on activities. We do not know how long these restrictions will be in place. During this time, we will be offering a variety of activities, and all clients will get an opportunity to participate in each type of activity including crafts, discussion, trivia, games and light work outs.

Due to limitations on the number of people we can have in the building at one time we may not be able to accommodate you for the number of days you had previously attended. We are working to determine how many days and which days we can bring you back at this time. You will receive a separate notification with that information.

 

We will also be asking clients to limit the number of personal items that they bring back with them. You may bring one bag with necessary items (change of clothes, toiletries, medications, downtime activities). Minimizing additional items in the building will help us reduce potential exposure and avoid extra effort with regard to sanitizing.

While I realize that these may be  challenging parameters I do want us to focus on the positives of us being able to get back to together and  see one another.

 

Please be aware that we will be continuing our virtual programming until we reopen, and for some time beyond reopening as well. We hope this will give us the opportunity to see as many of our clients as possible in ways that each of you feel most comfortable with.

 

Finally, we want to stress that we all have a role in preventing the spread of COVID-19  Therefore, In order to minimize the risk of exposure and the possible need to shut down again, we want to strongly encourage clients and families to keep informed about and comply with state and local guidelines guidelines (i.e. social distancing, wearing of masks, avoiding groups larger than allowed for public gatherings, etc.) at all times, including outside of hours of attendance at KADEP.

Thank you for your cooperation as we try to accommodate the needs of our clients, while prioritizing safety, and adhering to State guidelines.  

 

Sincerely,

 

Michelle King
Senior KADEP Director

Click the link below to take the survey!

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