Activity Title: Trivia Game

Source: http://www.recreationtherapy.com/tx/txrem.htm
Equipment: Paper, pencil, list of trivia questionnaire.

Activity Description:
1. The trivia activity requires finding a good venue that allows participants to seat comfortable and can be
seen and heard by everyone.
2. Provide enough space for participant to work in groups with enough privacy, to be sure theres a little
breathing room between teams/individuals. Decide the theme for the trivia; keep in mind participants
interest, knowledge, background or specific categories that can be enjoyable. Establish rules, how many
people per group, question categories, topics, and no smartphones or electronic devices. Develop a
scoring system and a reward system to encourage participation.
3. Make the activity special by highlighting entertainment, fun, and reminiscence. Activity can last for 60
minutes to 90 minutes depending on amount of questions and time provided to answer per question.

Leadership Consideration: CTRS functions as an instructor for this activity by providing instructions
and directions for the activity. Therapist will educate the clients in adaptations or necessary modification
needed to use memory, recollection, or cues. 1) Session will begin once group member have been
arrange. 2) Therapist should attempt to diversify groups to promote a balance, and enjoyable group
collaboration. 3) Keep the individuals skills and abilities in mind when arranging groups. 4) Pay
attention to what participants enjoy. 5) Focus question on enjoyment, not achievement, find question
that require short-term and long-term memory use and adjust activity to disease stages. 6) Relate
questions to past work life, qualification, and education. 7) Look for favorite, and remarkable topics. 8)
Therapist should consider time and place to host the activity in high peek hours of awareness for
participants. 9) Activity duration can be adjusted to meet participants needs and disease stages by
extending time periods to answers questions, providing cues, and facilitating additional resources.

Adaptations: Participants with Huntingtons disease: According to Butcher, Abnormal Psychology

Huntingtons Disease is a rare degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Huntingtons
Disease is characterized by a chronic, progressive chorea (involuntary and irregular movements that
flow randomly from one area of the body to another). Cognitive problems are cause due to the
progressive loss of brain tissue. Therapist considering the trivia game activity should consider the
following adaptations. 1) Keep the individuals skills and abilities in mind when arranging groups,
considers disease stages when arranging groups. 2) Trivia question should meet levels of cognitive
functioning, relate questions to past work life, qualification, and education. 3) Look for favorite, and
remarkable topics to promote reminiscence of interest of participants. 4) Provide extended time for
participants to answers question. 5) Used a projector to display questions allowing participants to read
the question if necessary. 6) Use multiple choices and other cues to use deliberate recollection. 7) Utilize
encoding and retrieval techniques to aid participants to recall information. 8) Activity can last for 60
minutes to 90 minutes depending on amount of questions and time provided to answer per question.
Adaptations: Participants with Alzheimers disease: Alzheimers disease is associated with a
characteristic dementia syndrome that has an imperceptible onset and a usually sow but progressively
deteriorating course, terminating in delirium and death. Therapist considering the trivia game activity
should consider the following adaptations. 1) Keep the individuals skills and abilities in mind when
arranging groups, considers disease stages when arranging groups. 2) Trivia question should meet levels
of cognitive functioning, relate questions to past work life, qualification, and education. 3) Look for
favorite, and remarkable topics to promote reminiscence of interest of participants. 4) Provide extended
time for participants to answers question. 5) Used a projector to display questions allowing participants
to read the question if necessary. 6) Use multiple choices and other cues to use deliberate recollection. 7)
Utilize encoding and retrieval techniques to aid participants to recall information. 8) Therapist should
consider using personal items to remind participants date, time, and place. 9) Photographs and images
can be use as cues to remind participants of specific topics.