Leisure time activities for young physically and multiply handicapped children

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-58)The purpose of this project is to develop guidelines\ud for teaching young handicapped children leisure skills.\ud Included in the guidelines are examples of toy skills\ud which were selected on the basis of parental input. The\ud project is designed to help teachers of young multiply and\ud physically handicapped children incorporate a leisure\ud skill curriculum in their classroom, and to help families\ud and teachers discover new and different types of leisure\ud time activities that are suitable for disabled children.\ud An interview was conducted with nineteen parents who\ud have children attending a special education school in the\ud San Fernando Valley. Information was collected on what\ud leisure time activities each child was engaged in, and\ud what activity or skill the parents would like their\ud handicapped child to learn. Ten of the nineteen parents\ud interviewed wanted their handicapped child to learn\ud independent toy skills.\ud The information from the parent interview was\ud analyzed, and from the parents responses, guidelines were \ud created to help teachers implement a leisure skill\ud curriculum in their classroom.\ud When the guidelines were completed, they were shown\ud to ten special educators. The teachers read the\ud guidelines and evaluated their usefulness. All ten\ud teachers stated that the guidelines were very useful and\ud could easily be incorporated into their classrooms.\ud The final components of this project include\ud descriptions of toys, games, visual, auditory, and art\ud projects in which a handicapped child can participate.\ud Five task analyses are also included. The task analyses\ud deal with specific toy training skills