Helping Individuals with Severe Disabilities Find Leisure Activities.

Demchak, Mary Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ489503

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Helping Individuals with Severe Disabilities Find Leisure Activities.

Demchak, Mary Ann

TEACHING Exceptional Children, v27 n1 p48-52 Fall 1994

Guidelines for selecting leisure activities for individuals with severe disabilities include integration with nondisabled peers, age appropriateness, choice/preference, adaptations and partial participation, and feasibility. A form is presented for systematically evaluating potential recreational activities to determine the level to which they meet the selection guidelines. (JDD)

Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Leisure Education, Leisure Time, Recreational Activities, Selection, Severe Disabilities, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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