LCSH
Children with disabilities--Care--United States; Children with disabilities--Services for--United States; Young Men's Christian associations; Parents of children with disabilities; Communication--Social aspects--United States
Abstract
Families of children with disabilities report a need for opportunities to attend to leisure interests and other responsibilities free from their children. Therefore the Exceptional Evening Out Program was developed and implemented at a local YMCA. The purpose of this program was to provide parents/caregivers with an evening out while simultaneously providing the children with disabilities an opportunity to practice and reinforce key developmental skills. The pilot Exceptional Evening Out Programs occurred monthly over 6 months and were staffed with volunteer occupational and physical therapy students as well as YMCA staff members. Activities were set up that focused on gross motor, fine motor, social, and sensory skill development. A manual was created to provide information on planning, implementing and sustaining the program in the current community as well as other communities that may desire to start such a program.
First Advisor
Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Second Advisor
Lucretia A. Berg, MSOT, OTR/L
Third Advisor
George S. Tomlin, PhD, OTR/L
Date of Completion
Spring 2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Format
URI
http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ms_occ_therapy/47
Language
English
Rights
Degree Name
Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Date of Award
4-1-2012
Department
Occupational Therapy
Institution
University of Puget Sound
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