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Duff, Celeste; McPherson, Amy C.; King, Gillian; Kingsnorth, Shauna – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2020
Residential Immersive Life Skills (RILS) programs are unique programs for youth with disabilities. Situated, experiential, psychoeducational and strengths-based learning approaches expose youth to opportunities and experiences that can facilitate the development of adaptive behaviours. This study examined the pedagogy of RILS programs to…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Youth, Disabilities, Skill Development
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Karl, Renee; McGuigan, Denise; Withiam-Leitch, Matthew L.; Akl, Elie A.; Symons, Andrew B. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
There is evidence that early and frequent encounters with people with disabilities can improve medical students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes about disability. As part of a 4-year integrated curriculum in caring for patients with disabilities, third-year medical students ("n" ?=? 144) in a Family Medicine clerkship participated…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Medical Students, Medical Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. – 1983
This publication describes 12 outdoor education programs/centers serving persons with disabilities in their program curriculum. Each program is described in detail and each description includes an overview of purposes and goals, facility/site description, administration structure, program emphasis for disabled populations, and source of funding…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Budgets, Cooperative Planning