CULINARY THERAPY

Culinary therapy, like art therapy, is a type of therapy known as behavioural activation.

ROMANIA

Sweet Cookies called Martisor - The Spring symbol.

During the Occupational Therapy activities, children with sensory deficiencies develop their personal autonomy, by exercising the sense of kinesthetic - tactile , sensations and healthy eating rules. At the end, they learn how to evaluate their work, enjoying the results of their work, sharing it with others.

PIZZA PAN

Even if they are online, the visually impaired children are happy to learn how to be more independent, how to prepare a healthy, tasty and fast food.

The students can choose their favorite vegetables, they learn how to prepare ,clean , cut , and place them on the dough.

The children can practice:

-tactile sense first shaping the dough,

-the olfactory and gustatory sense through the preparation of vegetables,

-orientation in space - arranging vegetables and placing them in the pan, cut , and put them on the dough.

- to be more patient and attentive to food preparation.

Education through gastronomy is a concept that is gaining more and more followers among young people. The possibility offered today by the varied range of menus, the possibility of online food orders, from all cuisines of the world and the advantages at the sensory level, are accepted as being beneficial for the development of the little ones. We try as much as possible to break the traditional barriers, regarding food and the way in which visually impaired children have to serve it. Although there is the possibility to order, at the same time there are many benefits of sitting in the kitchen. We try to offer to the visually impaired students the freedom to have options, even when it comes to food.

Creativity is simply a "muscle" that every child can develop, if he is supported and encouraged to do so. It is known that the aromas, flavours and tastes that different foods offer, they are a real delight and a bridge between the papillae and the ideas of the visually impaired student. We are talking here again, of knowledge through aromas and flavours of the new offered by a plate, or of the different taste of a dish. In the mind of the visually impaired child, a new image will be produced each time, offered by a complex and completely different taste. That's why it's good always offer him something new to taste.

TURKEY

Hand skills improved with culinary therapy. Hand coordination improved. Making cookies was very good for the psychology of our students with special needs. They were very happy.

Culinary Art Therapy is therapy that uses cooking as the means of communication and expression. The benefits and applications are many.

The benefits of Culinary Art Therapy are, in fact, rich and delicious. There are also life skills and tools to be gained for a lifetime.