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Publication Date: 2001
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Accessible Adventure: Leadership Techniques That Facilitate Full Participation by All.
Lais, Greg
Taproot, v13 n1 p3-10 Sum 2001
Suggestions for facilitating inclusion of people with mixed abilities in outdoor adventure programs focus on creating an atmosphere of trust, cooperation, and mutual respect through open lines of communication, patterns of inclusive decision making, valuing of efforts and nonphysical accomplishments, emphasis on group challenges and activities, development of symbiotic relationships among participants, and thoughtful delegation of tasks. (SV)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cooperation, Disabilities, Group Activities, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication, Normalization (Disabilities), Outdoor Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Social Environment, Wilderness
Coalition for Education in the Outdoors, Park Center, P.O. Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045; Tel: 607-753-4971 (single issues: $8.00 each).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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