We studied the effectiveness of an individually-tailored leisure program implemented by direct care staff in a residential program for 28 adults with severe to profound intellectual disability using a multiple baseline design across two homes over a 1.5 year baseline and treatment period followed by another nearly 1.5 year maintenance phase. The…

The current study used a video prompting plus least-to-most prompting treatment package to teach a 35-year-old Caucasian man with Down Syndrome three leisure skills. Each leisure skill was task analyzed and the researchers created brief videos depicting the completion of individual steps. Using a multiple probe across behaviors design, the video…

Study aim: To determine anxiolytic effects of acute physical exertions in relation to the initial anxiety state and trait in women. Material and methods: A group of 163 women aged 16-56 years, attending fitness clubs in Warsaw, participated in the study. They selected a single exercise to perform--strength, aerobic or mixed, lasting 30 to over 60…

Analysis of tape-recorded responses of 30 blind adults to a 22-question interview showed that most respondents had positive attitudes toward physical education and recreation, but felt that little encouragement had been offered them. Leisure education and counseling for blind persons and recreation personnel can improve physical recreation and…

The Leisure and Recreation Behavior Checklist (LRBC) is an open-ended checklist for recording behaviors of mentally handicapped adults. Its function is to profile individuals' leisure or recreation activities for program, administration, and research purposes. Intended for use by care-givers, the measure stresses recording of observed behaviors…

Results of a leisure education program demonstrated that individuals with severe mental retardation could acquire age-appropriate leisure skills to use independently a neighborhood center; access a neighborhood recreation center in the absence of the residential care provider; and partially, but effectively, interact with agency staff concerning…

Observations were conducted of the in-home leisure activity of three adults with severe disabilities in three supported independent living (SIL) sites. Results indicated a lack of leisure engagement. Potentially preferred, typical leisure activities were then identified by consulting lists of common leisure activities, surveying adults in…

Leisure is a multi-faceted concept, the definition of which varies according to the presuppositions of the individual. It may be conceived of as a term pertaining to a single individual or a whole society. Leisure is commonly defined in terms of time, activities, or state of mind. The way in which leisure is viewed significantly affects the…

Investigates leisure choices and frequency of participation in leisure activities by adults with mental retardation. Presents the activities these individuals prefer, and the actual frequency of participation. Shows that these adults have very distinct likes and dislikes in the choice of activities and appear to have the desire and ability to…

Most people cannot achieve complete satisfaction through work alone. When career is broadly defined as a composite of lifetime activities, the integration of work and leisure activities becomes a component of the career counseling process. (SK)

The study compared two approaches to increasing engagement in a leisure activities program with six institutionalized retarded adult males. The "activities manager" approach was more effective in increasing levels of engagement than the "prompting independent use of activities" approach. There was little change, however, in resident vocalization,…

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)

A social skills problem-solving intervention was used to teach social leisure skills to four adults with moderate levels of mental retardation. The intervention produced immediate positive changes in targeted social skills with all participants. They also generalized the use of the social skills to other settings. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Addressed to therapists who work with adults with learning disabilities (LDs), four points crucial in leisure advisement are discussed in this paper: (1) personal leisure identity; (2) locating resources in the community; (3) scheduling leisure time; and (4) motivation for involvement. Therapists must help their clients with self discovery by…

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…