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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Leisure Skills"”.
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A Curriculum for the Moderately Mentally Handicapped for Recreational and Leisure Skills
… mentally handicapped, the area of recreation and leisure.</p>
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An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Group Home Factors and Leisure Behavior of Adults Who Are Mentally Retarded
… in group home residences. More specifically, leisure behavior is the focus of this study. The research was designed to: (1) investigate whether an association exists between socio-physical factors in the group home (access to and number of leisure resources, and attitudes and control practices …
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The process of relating leisure activities of displaced workers to occupations
… and to evaluate a counseling tool termed the Leisure/Occupational Connection Search (LOCS). The LOCS was a non-traditional self directed, self assessment method designed to promote self awareness and occupational exploration processes through a retrospective analysis of leisure skills. The …
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The acquisition of competence in social and community living skills: studies on the relationship between acquisition competence and social and emotional adjustment: the issue of maintenance; and methods of training
Previous work in the area of community living skills has shown that people with a mental handicap can learn individual community living skills. However, it is clear that subjects require a range of skills to function successfully in the community and no study has attempted to train a comprehensive …
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A Comparison of the Perceptions of Leisure Opportunity Between Behavior Disordered and General Education Adolescents
… behavior disordered students would have fewer leisure skills, less familiarity with community leisure resources and more negative feelings in free time. Data were collected in a structured interview composed of rating scales and situation protocols. As hypothesized, the groups did not differ in …
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Leisure and adults with learning difficulties: a conceptual analysis and empirical investigation
The Introduction defines leisure, discusses its significance for people with learning difficulties and reviews the existing literature, noting omissions and deficiencies.<br/><br/>Part One of the empirical section describes the development and evaluation of a structured interview schedule for the …
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The Use of iPads® to Promote Leisure Activities for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Intellectual Disability (ID)
… social interactions and functional communication skills, and the presence of repetitive behaviors and restrictive interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). These characteristics can adversely affect the daily functioning of individuals with ASD and pose problems for them in obtaining and …