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ERIC Number: EJ555566
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Families and Leisure: A Context for Learning.
Johnson, Danny E.; Ashton-Shaeffer, Candace; Bullock, Charles C.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v30 n2 p30-34 Nov-Dec 1997
Describes a program to facilitate contextual learning for school-aged students with disabilities by developing individualized, community-based leisure education programming in concert with students' families. Emphasis is on transfer of new skills to home and community and on self-determination in leisure interests and community involvement. (DB)
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Games, Generalization, Individualized Programs, Leisure Education, Personal Autonomy, Program Development, Student Educational Objectives, Student Interests, Student Participation, Therapeutic Recreation
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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