Evaluating the Use of Adapted Leisure Materials on the Engagement of Persons Who Are Profoundly, Multiply Handicapped.

Realon, Rodney E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ377605

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Evaluating the Use of Adapted Leisure Materials on the Engagement of Persons Who Are Profoundly, Multiply Handicapped.

Realon, Rodney E.; And Others

Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v23 n3 p228-37 Sep 1988

A variety of battery operated leisure materials were adapted for easier activation by 10 profoundly mentally retarded nonambulatory and nonverbal institutionalized adults. Demonstration and instruction results supported the use of the adapted materials as a cost-effective means of increasing the independent leisure activity engagements of such clients. (DB)

Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Electromechanical Aids, Institutionalized Persons, Leisure Education, Multiple Disabilities, Recreational Activities, Severe Mental Retardation, Toys

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Language: English

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