Recreation And Leisure Skills

Hadley School for the Blind (Courses in Recreation and Leisure)
Recreation and Leisure Skills in Koenig and Holbrook (Eds.) Foundations of Education, Second Edition, Volume II, Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students and Youths with Visual Impairments

Snow Skiing

The American Blind Skiing Foundation
Ski for Light

Sports/Games

Access Sports: A Model for Adapting Mainstream Sports Activities for Individuals with Visual Impairments
Games for People with Sensory Impairments: Strategies for Including People of All Ages
Go For It: A Book on Sports and Recreation for Persons with Disabilities
Movement Without Sight: Physical Activities and Dance for the Visually Handicapped
Popular Activities and Games for Blind, Visually Impaired and Disabled People
Sports Extravaganza
Sports, Games and Recreation for the Blind

Toys

2002 Guide To Toys For Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Toys and Play: A Guide to Fun and Development for Children with Visual Impairments

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**Recreation and Leisure Resources**
ID#	Title	Annotation	Author	Category
RL1	Creative Recreation for Blind and Visually Impaired Adults	This booklet offers information about a variety of recreational activities. Suggestions are included for hints for those wanting to adapt favorite leisure activities. ASIN: 0891281541	I. Ludwig, L. Luxton, & M. Attomre	Arts and Crafts, Family Resources, Instructional Strategies
RL2	Assessment Kit: Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments	This kit brings together informal checklists, suggestions for format, assessment materials that you may want to buy, informal reading inventories, and assessments of compensatory skill areas.	D. Sewell, Ed.	Assessment
RL3	Independent Living: A Curriculum with Adaptations for Students with Visual Impairments. Volume III: Play and Leisure	This curriculum serves as a resource and guide for assessment, evaluation, and instruction of students with visual impairments.	R. Loumiet & N. Levack	Assessment, Curricula, Instructional Strategies
RL4	National Beep Baseball Association	This website is dedicated to promoting beep baseball for visually impaired. It includes history and current averages of top players from across the nation.	N/A	Beep Baseball
RL5	United States Braille Chess Association	This website is for the promotion of chess play by visually impaired persons through the internet and live tournaments.	N/A	Chess
RL6	Movement Without Sight: Physical Activities and Dance for the Visually Handicapped	This book looks at the implications of movements for individuals without sight and gives information about teaching physical activity to children who are visually impaired. ISBN: 0917962273	L. E. Kratz	Dance, Sports/Games
RL7	Axis Dance Company	A dance company that works with persons with and without disabilities.	N/A	Dance
RL8	National Camps for Blind Children	National organization offering camps for children of all ages, year round, in different locations of the country, Christian affiliated.	N/A	Camp
RL9	It's February. . .Time To Plan For Camp	This is camp resources listed for Texas students with visual impairments. Dates may have expired but general information may still pertain, includes internet resources. (Texas Only)	R. Lucey	Camp
RL10	Mosquito Netting or Paycheck Which Will You Choose?	Camp resources listed for Texas students with visual impairments. Dates may have expired but general information may still pertain, includes internet resources. (Texas Only)	R. Lucey	Camp
RL11	Space Camp	National camp for the study of astronomy and space travel available to students with visual impairments during certain weeks of the year.	N/A	Camp
RL12	Summer Camps 2003 Directory	Directory of camps available to visually impaired students across the state of Texas. (Texas Only)	N/A	Camp
RL13	American Printing House for the Blind (Recreation and Leisure Products)	Catalog of products for those with visual impairments and the instruction of this population.	N/A	Instructional Aids/Materials
RL14	Ann Morris Enterprises	This is a catalog of products for visually impaired consumers.	N/A	Instructional Aids/Materials
RL15	DVS - Descriptive Video Service	DVS provides videos which include technology which makes viewing movies and taped television shows accessible for visually impaired people.	N/A	Family Resource, Instructional Aids/Materials
RL16	The Hadley School for the Blind (Recreation and Leisure Courses)	Free correspondence courses available to those with visual impairments, family members and those who work with this population. . Among the many topics they offer are courses on recreation and leisure skills, music gardening, outdoor recreation, and birdsong recognition.	N/A	Family Resource, Resources
RL17	Lighthouse Catalog	This is a catalog of products promoting independence for the visually impaired.	N/A	Instructional Aids/Materials
RL18	LS&S Group	This is a catalog of products for the visually and hearings impaired.	N/A	Instructional Aids/Materials
RL19	Maxi Aids Catalog	This is a catalog of products for the visually and hearings impaired.	N/A	Instructional Aids/Materials
RL20	What is Goal Ball?	An explanation of the game of goal ball is given.	N/A	Goal Ball
RL21	United States Blind Golf Association	This site provides information related to and for visually impaired golfers.	N/A	Golf, Organizations
RL22	Aurora Ministries	This is a free service of providing the Bible on cassette to anyone.	N/A	Family Resource
RL23	Exceptional Parent Magazine	On-line magazine for parents of children with disabilities, print subscription available.	N/A	Family Resource
RL24	Games For People With Sensory Impairments: Strategies for Including People of All Ages	This book provides facilitators with 70 games that sensory disabled people can play. The activities offered in this book can all be presented to students who are sensory impaired with multiple disabilities within a regular physical education curriculum, or to adults with sensory impairments in any recreational setting. ISBN: 0873228901	L. Lieberman & Jim Cowart	Family Resource, Instructional Strategies, MIVI, Sports/Games
RL26	Popular Activities & Games for Blind, Visually Impaired & Disabled People	This book for the professional and consumer provides instruction for activities and games involving the visually impaired person. ASIN: 0959974784	P. Rickards	Family Resource, Instructional Strategies, Sports/Games
RL27	Sports Extravaganza	Annual sporting event held every fall in Irving, Texas for blind and visually impaired children and youth ages 0-22. (Texas students only)	N/A	Family Resource, Sports/Games
RL28	Access Sports: A Model For Adapting Mainstream Sports Activities For Individuals With Visual Impairments	The AccessSports Model (ASM) was designed to adapt activities. The model allows professionals who have a basic knowledge of visual impairment and who know something about mainstream sports to analyze any sports activity by investigating three of the game’s components: (a) the targets or goals in the sport, (b) its boundaries, and (c) its rules. Re:view, 27(1), pp. 5-14.	Paul E. Ponchillia	Instructional Strategies, Sports/Games
RL29	Functional Academic Curriculum for Exceptional Students (F.A.C.E.S.)	This curriculum covers many areas including physical health (elementary to high school) for students with moderate to severe disabilities. (Available to all TVIs in Texas through their education service center. For out-of state teachers, contact Region 17 Education Service Center in Lubbock, Texas)	N/A	Curricula, Instructional Strategies, MIVI
RL30	From IEP to Teaching Strategies How Do We Get There? (especially when teaching social and recreational skills!)	This booklet can serve as a basis for in-service, especially when using the Independent Living Curriculum to teach from.	V. Perwein & N. Levack	Instructional Strategies
RL31	How to Thrive, Not Just Survive: A Guide to Developing Independent Life Skills for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth	This book provides guidelines and strategies for helping blind and visually impaired children to develop, acquire and apply skills that are necessary for independence in socialization, orientation and mobility, and leisure time and recreational activities. ISBN: 0891281487	R. M. Swallow & K. M. Heubner, Eds.	Instructional Strategies
RL32	Basic Skills for Community Living: A Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities	This curriculum is particularly designed for students who learn best within highly structured routines and who have great difficulty generalizing what they learn to new situations.	N. Levack, S. Hauser, L. Newton and P. Stephenson, Eds.	Curricula, MIVI
RL33	Recreation and Leisure Skills. In A.J. Koenig and M.C. Holbrook (Eds.), Foundations of Education, Second Edition, Volume II: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments	Chapter devoted to explaining modifications for teaching and promoting recreation and leisure skills to visually impaired students. ISBN: 0-89128-339-0	D. McGregor and C. Farrenkopf	Instructional Strategies, Resources
RL35	2002 Guide To Toys For Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired	(Downloadable) List of suggested toys to enhance play of visually impaired children.	NA	Play, Toys
RL36	Getting In Touch With Play: Creating Play Environments for Children with Visual Impairments	The purpose of this manual is to offer design that supports more creative and satisfying play experiences for children who are blind or visually impaired as well as for children with full vision.	K. Blakely, M.A. Lang, R. Hart	Play
RL37	Toys and Play: A Guide to Fun and Development for Children with Impaired Vision	This pamphlet provides helpful hints for the development of cognition skills through play.	N/A	Play, Toys
RL38	United States Association of Blind Athletes-USABA	This website is dedicated to promoting athletic competition and recreation for visually impaired people.	N/A	Organizations
RL39	Lighthouse International - Recreation Guide for Persons with Visual Impairments	This is a comprehensive list of national organizations for activities and sports for the visually impaired.	N/A	Organizations
RL40	National Braille Press	This is a catalog of publications available in braille.	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL41	Seedlings, Braille Books for Children	This is a catalog of braille books for children (available in uncontracted and contracted braille).	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL42	Recorded Books, LLC	This catalog provides a big selection of complete and unabridged audiobooks.	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL43	LRS Large Print Reproductions	This company can enlarge books in black and white or color.	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL44	Large Print Suppliers and Publishers	Here is a list of publishing companies and individual companies that will enlarge books.	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL46	Taling Book Program - Texas State Library	This library, available through the State of Texas, provides books in alternate formats, braille and large print, for those with visual impairments and physical disabilities. (Texas only)	N/A	Recreational Reading
RL47	Sports, Games and Recreation for the Blind	Very extensive list of activities for blind and visually impaired people, includes many internet links. (Under "find", type "recreation for the blind", then click on "Games and Recreation for the Blind".)	N/A	Sports/Games
RL48	The American Blind Skiing Foundation	Organization which promotes self-esteem and independence through recreational and competitive skiing for the visually impaired.	N/A	Organizations, Skiing
RL49	Ski for Light	A program promoting cross country skiing for the visually impaired.	N/A	Skiing

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Recreation And Leisure Skills

Arts And Crafts

Assessment

Beep Baseball

Chess

Camp

Curricula

Dance

Family Resources

Goal Ball

Golf

Instructional Aids/Materials

Instructional Strategies

MIVI

Play

Organizations

Recreational Reading

Resources

Snow Skiing

Sports/Games

Toys

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