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Peer reviewedMcCormick, Bryan; And Others – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1992
Study explored the perception of parents of campers with mental retardation regarding the benefits of summer camps. Parents rated the relative importance of 22 possible benefits and indicated 6 dimensions of benefits in an ideal program: social skill development, social competence, respite care, cognitive development, expressive development, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Program Evaluation
Download full textNational Recreation and Park Association, Arlington, VA. – 1968
Included are articles on the status of physical education for the retarded, the visually handicapped, the hearing impaired, and the emotionally disturbed. Concepts in research and demonstration needs in physical education and recreation for the physically handicapped are presented. Papers consider the status of recreation for the handicapped as…
Descriptors: Camping, Community Recreation Programs, Evaluation Needs, Exceptional Child Education
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1972
This evaluation of the Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 programs of New York City Community School District I, reviews six programs, as follows: (1) Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten program, Early Childhood Pre-School Summer Headstart, serving children who have never attended school and who will attend kindergarten or some who…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching, Day Camp Programs, Early Childhood Education
PAINTER, GENEVIEVE – 1965
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OBSERVED AT SIX SUMMER DAY CAMPS (REPRESENTATIVE OF 26 SUCH CAMPS SPONSORED BY THE KENNEDY FOUNDATION) ARE REPORTED. EACH CAMP WAS VISITED AND THE FIRST 25 ACTIVITIES PRESENTED WERE ANALYZED BY ONE OF TWO THEORETICAL MODELS. THE MODEL FOR MEANINGFUL (COGNITIVE) ACTIVITIES WAS USED TO RATE ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF…
Descriptors: Adults, Camping, Children, Day Camp Programs
Miller, Martin B. – 1975
Evaluated was a summer program of reading and mathematics for handicapped pupils in special education classes consisting of two components: the speech/language impairment component, including 377 students, and the component for mentally retarded pupils, including 3l5 students. The speech/language component, designed to improve academic skills…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
BIRENBAUM, ARNOLD; SCHWARTZ, ARTHUR L. – 1966
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS 3-YEAR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WAS TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMUNITY WORK AGENCIES IN NEW YORK TO INCLUDE THE MENTALLY RETARDED. THE 13 PARTICIPATING GROUP WORK AGENCIES RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT WAS WELL AS CONSULTATIVE, INTAKE, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FROM…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Children
