Inclusive Leisure Services, 3rd Edition

Inclusive Leisure Services, 3rd Edition encourages
leisure services providers to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in their programs.

This text will educate future and current leisure services professionals about attitude development and actions that promote positive attitudes about people who have experienced discrimination and segregation. It provides strategies that will facilitate meaningful leisure participation by all participants, while respecting their rights.

Each chapter begins with an orientation activity to familiarize the reader with the content presented in the chapter and to provide an opportunity to interact with others about the topic. Next, a debriefing is provided, containing a short discussion about the orientation activity and a few questions requiring the reader to reflect on the activity. Each chapter contains an introduction designed to briefly acquaint the reader with the topics to be covered. The content of each chapter poses a variety of questions and possible responses. Final thoughts offer additional examples and a chance to reflect on the information presented in each chapter. Each chapter ends with discussion questions to encourage the reader to review the material, identify important aspects of the content, and engage in problem solving. Contents: Section A: Develop Awareness, Section B: Embrace Diversity, Section C: Facilitate Participation, Section D: Consider Disability as an Example for Inclusion, Section E:Learn about people, Inclusion and Disability