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While the behavior modification programs can be delivered as easily in residential programs as in community-based programs [35] [36] overall community-based programs continue to lack empirical support especially with respect to long term outcomes for severe cases [37] with the notable exception of Hinckley and Ellis (1985). [38]
A knitter using an "Indi Knit" adaptive device to hold one knitting needle. A rock climber using a prosthetic leg designed for the sport. Inclusive recreation, also known as adaptive or accessible recreation, is a concept whereby people with disabilities are given the opportunity to participate in recreational activities.
Examples of modifications. Skipping subjects: Students may be taught less information than typical students, skipping over material that the school deems inappropriate for the student's abilities or less important than other subjects. For example, students with poor fine motor skills may be taught to print block letters, but not cursive ...
Including children with intellectual disabilities in sports programs in which they play with non-disabled athletes results in these children becoming more involved in mainstream sports, incorporating more physical activity in their daily lives and it increases their interactions with children who are not disabled.
There are hundreds of camps hosted by the Boy Scouts of America; some of these include: Camp Babcock-Hovey, of the Seneca Waterways Council in the Finger Lakes Region of New York; Camp Brule', of the Five Rivers Council in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; Camp Onway, formerly of the Yankee Clipper Council in Raymond, New Hampshire
Summer school is a different experience that is usually offered by local schools for their students focused on remedial education to ensure students are prepared for the upcoming academic year or in the case of high school students, to retake failed state comprehensive exams necessary for graduation. Summer residential and day camps may include ...
Adaptation affects all aspects of the life of an organism. [24] The following definitions are given by the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky: 1. Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats. [25] [26] [27] 2.
Depending on geographical and environmental pressures, high-altitude adaptation involves different genetic patterns, some of which have evolved not long ago. For example, Tibetan adaptations became prevalent in the past 3,000 years, an example of rapid recent human evolution. At the turn of the 21st century, it was reported that the genetic ...