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Wilhite, Barbara; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The Illinois survey of 72 community residential alternatives serving 512 developmentally disabled persons found that, though recreation and leisure activities were a part of residents' lives, funding for leisure pursuits was limited and a need for improvement and/or expansion of recreation/leisure services was expressed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes, Leisure Education
Dattilo, John; St. Peter, Susan – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
This paper identifies a rationale for leisure education for young adults with mental retardation and outlines the structure, content, and evaluation strategies of a leisure education model. The leisure instruction is intended to instill self-determination, leisure appreciation, self-awareness, decision making, social interaction, knowledge and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, High Schools, Leisure Education, Mental Retardation
Demchak, MaryAnn – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
Five adults with severe handicaps were taught leisure skills using two instructional prompt-fading procedures. Increasing assistance and graduated guidance were found to be equivalent in instructional time to criterion. Increasing assistance required fewer trials to criterion, but resulted in a larger percentage of errors to criterion than…
Descriptors: Adults, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Leisure Education
Realon, Rodney E.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 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…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Electromechanical Aids, Institutionalized Persons
Epps, Susan; Myers, Carl L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
Parents (N=202) of students with severe/profound disabilities were surveyed concerning their children's educational programing in four curricular domains: domestic, community, vocational, and leisure. Parent satisfaction with programing was high. They rated the domestic domain as most important, the vocational next, the community third, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Leisure Education
Schleien, Stuart J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
Nine second-grade children with moderate to severe mental retardation were grouped with 27 nonhandicapped peers in a leisure activity which included gallery viewing of visual art and studio opportunities to manipulate art materials. Handicapped participants' social behaviors and interactions were analyzed, and attitudes of nonhandicapped peers…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Programs, Cultural Activities, Interaction
