ERIC ED369201: Project REC: Integrated Social and Leisure Recreation Services for Students with Severe Disabilities. Final Report.

237 Pages·1993·6.2 MB·English

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EC 302 930
ED 369 201
Kiernan, William; Moon, Sherril
AUTHOR
Project REC: Integrated Social and Leisure Recreation
TITLE
Services for Students with Severe Disabilities. Final
Report.
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Training and
INSTITUTION
Research Inst. for People with Disabilities.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
SPONS AGENCY
Services (ED), Washington, DC.
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Agency Cooperation; *Community Programs;
DESCRIPTORS
Demonstration Programs; Elementary Secondary
Education; Federal Programs; Information
Dissemination; Inservice Education; *Leisure
Education; Normalization (Disabilities);
*Recreational Activities; *Severe Disabilities;
*Social Integration
*Community Leisure Facilitators; New England
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
(1) provide direct
This 3-year project attempted to:
support to students with severe disabilities in accessing recreation
(2) develop and present inservice training on
opportunities;
integrated leisure opportunities in New England; and (3) disseminate
information on ways to integrate school and community recreation
activities. The project was implemented at three demonstration
communities in New England. A total of 119 students with severe
disabilities participated in 25 different integrated activities.
Inservice training was provided to 25 organizations. Presentations
were given at six regional conferences and project findings published
in newsletters, journals, and a textbook. The project focused on the
role of the community leisure facilitator (CLF) who works with other
professionals, volunteers, and families to meet the
leisure/recreation needs of this population. Individual and community
surveys are attached. Much of this report consists of the following
appendices: descriptions of demonstration activities initiated or
modified by the project; summaries of initial meetings/training with
demonstration towns; summaries of inservice presentations; program
and evaluation results of the New England Sports and Recreation
Conference; newsletters featuring the project; information on the
textbook featuring project demonstrations; data on the role and
function of the CLF; data from a study on leisure preferences of
students without disabilities; the abstract of a new project
proposal; and a guide to assistive technology resources and
adaptations.
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Final Report
Title Page
I.
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H086U00030 (OSERS)
Grant #
Integrated Social and
Project REC:
Grant Title
Leisure Recreation Services for
Students with Severe Disabilities
Training and Research Institute
Agency
for People with Disabilities at
Boston Children's Hospital
William Kiernan and Sherril Moon,
Project Staff
Co-principal Investigators
Debra Hart, Cheska Komissar and
Robin Friedlander,
Project Staff
4/30/93
Dates Funded
5/1/92
Dr. Anne Smith
Project Officer
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dEST COPY AVAILABLE
Executive Summary
II.
the variety
project was to demonstrate
The purpose of this
(CLF) could help
community leisure facilitator
of ways that a
the
professionals and families meet
other community
disabilities by
students with severe
leisure/recreation needs of
The three
community recreation options.
integrating school and
students with
(a) direct support to
project goals included:
opportunities; (b)
in accessing recreation
severe disabilities
in New
integrated leisure opportunities
inservice training on
to
dissemination of information on ways
England; and (c) national
activities.
community recreation
integrate school and
students
demonstrations we helped 119
Through a variety of
activities.
participate in 25 different
with severe disabilities
in some way in
students were involved
Over 3,000 nondiFabled
as we developed
This process was documented
project activities.
accessibility, peer
formats for determining
a variety of
We also
satisfaction.
interests, preference, and program
in the
professionals and families
provided training to other
others could
direct support so that
towns where we provided
disabilities after the
3tudents with severe
continue to support
project ended.
to other
to provide inservice
The project also enabled us
integrating school
throughout New England on
leisure providers
with 25 organizations
We worked directly
and community programs.
conferences.
presented at six regional
throughout the region and
lists, and
products (papers, resource
We also disseminated
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conference in New England on
and we co-sponsored a major
integrated leisure activities.
information nationally through a
We were able to disseminate
national newsletters, papers, access
variety of formats including
textbook.
conferences, and the publication of a
surveys, national
able to show the ways in which a
This project was ultimately
variety of tasks from direct
leisure facilitator can accomplish a
product dissemination when he or
support to formal training to
work on integrated leisure
she has the flexibility to
participation on a fulltime basis.
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Table of Contents
III.
Related Tables,
Figures, Appendices
Pages
Topic
Table 1
Goals and Objectives of
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1
Figures 1
8
the Report
Appendices A
F
Table 2
Conceptual Framework for
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Figures 1
the Project
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Appendices A, B, C, G
Table 1
Descriptions of the Model
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7
Appendices A, B, C
and Participants
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Methodological/Logistical
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Problems
Tables 2, 3
Research on Evaluation
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Figures 1 7 8
Findings
Appendices G, H
Tables 1, 2
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Project Impact
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Appendices A, B, C, F, I
Appendix I
Information Sent to ERIC
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Project
Goals and Objectives of the
IV.
and four primary objectives
There were three major goals
All goals and
goals.
associated with each of the three
in this section.
objectives were achieved as is described
the objectives are referenced
Supporting materials for each of
sections of this report.
here but may be found in later
in a
Demonstrations of Integrated Leisure Programs
Goal 1:
Variety of Settings
assist 50 school-aged
The major goal of this project was to
participate in a
children with severe disabilities access and
their home schools
variety of typical leisure opportunities in
accomplished
As Table 1 indicates, this was
and local community.
As well,
activities.
for 119 students in at least 24 different
participated in some way in these
over 3335 nondisabled students
Appendix A.
Specific demonstrations are described in
activities.
Determining leisure expectations and
Objective 1
number of
Our purpose here was to develop a
preferences.
and community
instruments for determining individual, family,
At least 1,000
preferences for leisure participation.
Figures 1
surveyed.
individuals in at least five towns were
developed, field tested, and
through 8 show forms that have been
disseminated nationally.
Sense and what's In
Two papers, Record Keeping that Makes
contain data related to
and What's Not (See Attached Products)
this objective.
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Determining existing activities,
Objective 2
We used the instruments
accessibility, and needed modifications.
Creating the Fun
described above (see attached papers Finding or
Keeping that Makes Sense
in Your Community or School and Record
developed an
for the Community Leisure Facilitator) and we
Access
accessibility survey (see attached product, Community
A number of activities were
Survey) to meet this objective.
(see Appendix A for
modified in several local schools and towns
descriptions).
Modifying existing and initiating new leisure
Objective 3
Project staff developed many new programs in
programs.
indicated preferences
situations where families or individuals
One of the major new programs
for activities that did not exist.
in Waltham (see
began was an integrated summer camp program
A Process for
attached paper, Integrating Summer Day Camps:
Other new programs included friendship clubs,
City-Wide Change).
variety of
activity periods, volunteer programs ,and a
(See attached
nonstructured activities such as "hanging out".
o
the Fun in Your Community or School)
paper, Finding or Creating
for more details on these programs.
Providing technical assistance to
Objective 4
three years to
We provided training throughout the
participants.
Waltham, Newton, and
all families and communities in Boston,
these
Appendices B and C provide descriptions of
Wellesley.
training programs.
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England
Inservice Training throughout New
Goal 2:
project was to make presentations
The second goal of this
to
integrating leisure programs and
throughout the region on
throughout the region.
disseminate written products
conjunction
Providing technical assistance in
Objective 1
We worked with
in New England.
with at least ten organizations
outside of our project towns (Newton,
over 25 organizations
Agendas are
the three year period.
Waltham, and Wellesley) over
shown in Appendix C.
Presenting at least four major New England
Objective 2
project
We met this objective by presenting our
conferences.
Conferences, Massachusetts
findings at two New England TASH
Conference, the New England
Recreation and Park Association
the New England Down
Technology and Disability Conference,
New England Recreation and
Syndrome Society Conference, and the
Park Association Conference.
Disseminating information throughout New
Objective 3
least 1,000
We disseminated project products to at
England.
These
region.
organizations and individuals throughout the
variety of papers, resource
products (see attached) included a
lists, and newsletters.
Co-sponsoring a major conference in New
Objective 4
This objective was accomplished
England on integrated programs.
during the third year with
by sponsoring a major conference
The
and Project School Care.
Partners For Disabled Youth, Inc.
included 35 concurrent
conference, held on October 16, 1992
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Appendix D
presentation by the Hoyt team.
sessions and a keynote
and evaluation results.
provides the conference program
Integrated
National Dissemination of Inlormation on
Goal 3:
Leisure Programs
period we used a variety of
Over the three year project
professionals, and community
formats to reach families,
organizations across the country.
Disseminating an implementation manual
Objective 1
Rather than writing a single
outlining project activities.
related to project
manual, we disseminated several content papers
individuals
These were mailed to a national list of
activities.
decade by the
and organizations that has, been complied over a
Project REC is a part.
Training and Research Institute of which
(a) Finding or Creating the
These papers (see attached) included:
The Community Leisure
Fun in your Community or School; (b)
the
Facilitator; (c) Record Keeping that Makes Sense for
What's In and
Community Leisure Facilitator; (d) Having Fun:
A Process for
What's Not; and (e) Integrating Summer Camps:
City-Wide Change.
Survey
We also have disseminated our Community Access
(see attached).
nationally along with a variety of resource lists
We have
Articles in national newsletters.
Objective 2
Newsletter
published materials in the Institute Brief, the TASH
writing a newsletter
(see Appendix E), and are in the process of
but
The publication schedule at. NICHCY is backed up
for NICHCY.
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slated for
publication of this particular issue on recreation is
early 1994.
Presentations at two national conferences.
Objective 3
national conferences, TASH
Staff made presentations at eight
(1992 and 1993), AAPERD
(1991 and 1992) NAPR (1992 and 1993) AAMR
(1991).
(1992), and National Down Syndrome Congress
We have
Submissions to professional journals.
Objective 4
journal, The
submitted a manuscript to one professional
of rewriting two other
Exceptional Parent. We are in the process
Recreation Journal and
manuscripts for submission to Therapeutic
Teaching Exceptional Children.
will have findings
Due to the success of the project, we
and published by
published in a textbook edited by Sherril Moon
The
The book will be out in July, 1994.
Paul H. Brookes.
provided in
advertisement and front materials for the book are
Appendix F.
Conceptual Framework for the Project
V.
that a community
This project was based on the concept
with other professionals,
leisure facilitator (CLF) could work
to meet the
volunteers, and families in a variety of ways
disabilities by
leisure/recreation needs of students with severe
The
needed.
changing existing options or creating new ones as
could meet diverse and
purpose was to show how facilitators
inservice
changing needs of any community by evaluation,
Ultimately,
development.
training, direct service, and product
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