Lifelong Leisure Skills and Lifestyles for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.

This book is designed to provide teachers, recreation professionals, parents, and other potential leisure educators with the information and guidelines necessary to successfully implement the Lifelong Leisure Skills and Lifestyles curriculum component with individuals with disabilities.

The nine chapters of this sequel are organized according to the major steps and decisions the leisure educator must make in implementing this curriculum. Chapter 1 provides the background and philosophy of leisure education in general and the Lifelong Leisure Skills and Lifestyles program in particular, and the roles of the leisure educator. Chapter 2 describes the step-by-step process used to select the 10 leisure activities in this book, as well as provides guidelines to help the leisure educator identify other activities appropriate for participants at home, in school, and in the community. Chapter 3 details the instructional objectives, environments, and procedures that have been proven effective in accomplishing the program's goals. Chapter 4 includes validated task-analyzed skill sequences for the 10 leisure activities, including 6 activities that were not included in the first version of this curriculum. A few of these activities are oriented toward physical activity and could be participated in and enjoyed across home, school, and community environments. Chapter 5, a new addition to this sequel, focuses on specific adaptations that may be necessary to implement in a leisure education program to accommodate people with various motor and sensory disabilities. These strategies have been field tested across children and adults with significant and multiple disabilities. Special branches, teaching procedures, and modifications for individualized problems are described in detail. Chapter 6 emphasizes a systematic approach to ensuring that participants learn how to make activity choices during their free time and generalize leisure skills from highly instructional situations to leisure environments that are naturally occurring. Chapter 7 was written to help the leisure educator facilitate participation in inclusive community leisure environments. Special emphasis is placed on ways to structure the social dynamics of the program to promote relationships. Chapter 8 describes how teachers, parents, and recreation professionals can incorporate leisure education instruction into their ongoing activities in classroom, home, and community environments. Preparing the leisure environment, scheduling the necessary opportunities to learn, and monitoring the instructional program are highlighted. Focus groups are described to illustrate how key players collaborate across leisure environments to overcome obstacles and facilitate the success of participants. Chapter 9 describes the in-home instruction component, which allows for differing levels of parent and/or caregiver participation in an individual's leisure education depending on parent and/or caregiver preferences, resources, and capabilities. The Epilogue takes a thought provoking look at the future of leisure service delivery to individuals with disabilities. It examines the influences of contemporary movements in society and human services on the provision of leisure services. Following a comprehensive bibliography, the appendices contain a list of vendors and purchase prices of the materials for the 10 leisure activities used in the program and copies of the forms, assessment instruments, and activity illustrations discussed in the text for the leisure educator to reproduce for his or her own use.