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Leisure education, community development and populations with special needs /

The results are presented of a Commission of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) to examine the role of leisure and education for leisure activities among people with special needs living in the community, requiring social or health services outside hospital. A conceptual and practic...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
Subjects:
Community development > Congresses.
Leisure > Congresses. > Study and teaching
People with disabilities > Congresses. > Recreation
Education and Training.
Leisure.
Community development.
Education.
People with disabilities.
People with physical disabilities.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / A. Sivan and H. Ruskin
  • Educating the Community for Developmental Opportunities in Leisure / J. Shivers
  • Leisure Education, Serious Leisure and Community Development / R.A. Stebbins
  • Community Development through Leisure Education : Conceptual Approaches / A. Sivan
  • Leisure Education, Quality of Life and Community Development : Toward a Systematic and Holistic Coping and Resilient Model for the Third Millennium / J. Levy
  • Mobility for Action : Advocacy and Empowerment for the Right of Leisure, Play and Recreation / A.H. Grossman
  • Global Edutainment: the New Role of Leisure Education for Community Development / W. Nahrstedt
  • Community Vision and Resources : Commitment, Capacity and Collective Effort / A.H. Grossman
  • Leisure Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities / J. Shivers
  • The Role of Leisure Counselling for Special Populations in Facilitating Successful Adjustment to Life in the Community / M.J. Leitner
  • Serious Leisure for People with Disabilities / R.A. Stebbins
  • Leisure Education, Quality of Life and Populations with Special Needs / A. Sivan
  • Active Living for People with Disabilities : Toward the Concept of Equality of Well-being and Human Existentialism (Authenticity) / J. Levy
  • Community Empowerment, Poverty and Leisure Education / E. Sadan
  • Establishing a Multi-purpose Model for the Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs / S. Raz
  • Youth at Risk and Leisure Education / H. Ruskin
  • Practical Approaches to Leisure Education for the Elderly / D. Markus
  • Concluding Remarks and Recommendations / A. Sivan and H. Ruskin.

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