Bodily-Kinesthetic
The ability to use one’s whole body, or parts of the body (like the hands or the mouth), to solve problems or create products (e.g. dancer)” (Gardner).
Bodily-Kinesthetic
The ability to use one’s whole body, or parts of the body (like the hands or the mouth), to solve problems or create products (e.g. dancer)” (Gardner).
MĪ Care Positive Outcomes Based on Multiple Intelligence Inspired Strategies
A memory care facility has a resident who is unmanageable, as she often wanders from staff, causing them to go after her, which takes their attention away from other residents. They state she has been prescribed an antipsychotic medication to help alleviate the behavior; however, the medication worsens her cognition and her communicative ability. At the insistence of her husband, he asks the facility to contact the CFHDC and see if there is an alternative intervention, one that does not sedate her. The MĪ Care assessment is administered, and the results show a high aptitude for kinesthetic intelligence, which the husband said was spot on, as she was always on the move. The CFHDC suggested that her husband and staff take her for walks often because doing so may satisfy her intelligence’s need for movement. The intervention is implemented, and the woman wanders much less than before, causing her not to need the medication.
Matt’s Success Story of MI Theory in Practice
Scenario:
After her husband loses his ability to write, a woman begins contemplating placing him in memory care, as she believes there is nothing anyone can do to help her husband. She decides to contact me before making the decision to place him in a facility.
Care based on MI results:
After speaking with her, I discovered that the man was a former engineer who learned best through movement. I told her about your MI theory and how we can tap into her husband’s strengths to reteach him how to write. For several weeks, the woman and I employed a hand-over-hand technique, which helped him regain the ability to write.