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The Use of Outdoor Activities As a Therapeutic Approach to Mental Handicap.

Cooper, Michael – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1992

Mentally handicapped clients improved their self-image and self-reliance as a result of involvement in outdoor activities. The staff currently takes six clients out weekly to nine different venues within a two-hour drive of the clients' residential facility. Addresses leader qualifications, special equipment, and transportation. (KS)

Descriptors: Individual Development, Mental Disorders, Outdoor Activities, Residential Programs

Assessing the Impact of the Wilderness Alternative for Youth Programme: An Outward Bound Programme for Adjudicated Youth.

Sakofs, Mitchell – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1992

A 3-year study of 115 youth offenders ages 14-17 who were involved in a program that integrated wilderness or adventure therapy with a community-based component revealed significant positive changes in 10 out of 33 psychometric scales considered essential precursors to behavioral changes. However, no significant behavioral changes were observed.…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquent Rehabilitation