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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784120503321

Titolo

Leisure education, community development, and populations with special needs / / edited by A. Sivan and H. Ruskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., 2000

ISBN

1-280-81192-7

9786610811922

0-85199-927-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SivanAtara <1957->

RuskinHillel

Disciplina

362.383

790/.087

Soggetti

Leisure - Study and teaching

Community development

People with disabilities - Recreation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Educating the Community for 1 Developmental Opportunities in Leisure; 2 Leisure Education, Serious Leisure 2 and Community Development; 3 Community Development through 3 Leisure Education: Conceptual Approaches; 4 Leisure Education, Quality of Life 4 and Community Development: Toward a Systemic and Holistic Coping and Resilient Model for the Third Millennium; 5 Mobility for Action: Advocacy 5 and Empowerment for the Right of Leisure, Play and Recreation

6 Global Edutainment: the New 6 Role of Leisure Education for Community Development; 7 Community Vision and Resources: 7 Commitment, Capacity and Collective Effort; 8 Leisure Opportunities for Persons 8 with Disabilities; 9 The Role of Leisure Counselling 9 for Special Populations in Facilitating Successful Adjustment to Life in the Community; 10 Serious Leisure for People with 10 Disabilities; 11 Leisure Education, Quality of Life 11 and Populations with Special Needs

12 Active Living for People with 12 Disabilities: Toward the Concept of



Equality of Well-being and Human Existentialism (Authenticity)13 Community Empowerment, 13 Poverty and Leisure Education; 14 Establishing a Multi-purpose 14 Model for the Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs; 15 Youth at Risk and Leisure 15 Education*; 16 Practical Approaches to 16 Leisure Education for the Elderly; 17 Concluding Remarks and 17 Recommendations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a result of an output of a Commission of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WRLA) 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.