Prototype

The Goal

The goal is to find a solution to help diabetic teens relieve their stress to help prevent health risks.  I have narrowed my ideas and came up with two final solutions,  The Blue Box and Diabetic Play.  Both of these solutions have stress relieving actives to help the teens take their minds off of school, family life, work, and sports teams. 

The Blue Box

-Who: All teenagers suffering from Diabetes

-What: The Blue Box is a box full of stress relieving trinkets to help them get their mind off of family life, social life, and school work. The box will be filled with things like; stress balls, coloring books, markers, a book, or aroma therapy.  There is only a limited amount of boxes per month.  

-When: A monthly subscription 

-Where: Anywhere in the United States and Canada

-How: A team of volunteers fills the boxes with interesting stress relieving items.

I really liked The Blue Box idea because it’s a fun, exciting box of fun stuff. I think it would start to get hard to fill the boxes with new items and to get people to buy them. It would be difficult because the items are things that you can buy in stores.

Diabetic Play

The purpose of the program is to have students play game and do activities in a stress free way.

-Who: All teenagers suffering from Diabetes

-What: An after school program for diabetic students

-When: Tue- Fri (Different activity everyday)

-Where: YMCAs across the country

-How: YMCA or American Diabetes Association workers to chaperone the teens and run the activities.  

Activities include

-Team Sports (basketball, volleyball, tennis, swimming), Yoga, Coloring/ Painting, and a Movie Night.

Team Sports- Team sports are a great way to stay active and make new friends.  The teams are put together at random and are strictly just for fun.  At the end of the year there could be a tournament depending on how many students participate.  There could also be a tournament between different YMCAs.  

Yoga- Yoga is a great way to help relieve stress and stretch your muscles.  Yoga also helps circulate blood flow which is very important is diabetics. 

Coloring/ Painting- Coloring is becoming a very popular pass time in adults and teens. The coloring book has not digital screen so it will not stimulate your brain and is a great way to relax. During this time the teens will be able to talk and make friends with new people.  

Movies- Movies are a great way to pass time with friends.  The teens will be able to pick a movie and watch it with their new friends.  They will also be able to invite a friend to the event. Water and “free” snacks will be provided to the teens as well. 

I really like this idea because it allows the teens to interact with each other.  They can all share stories and problems with one another because they can relate.  Each one of the participate knows what the others are going through so it is a safe environment and everyone should be comfortable with one another.  

Here is the Prototypes I made for a basketball court and yoga studio