ERIC Number: EJ1360241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
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Analysis of a Year-Round Mentoring Program for Youth with Physical Disabilities Attending a Medical Specialty Camp
Dawson, Shay; McCormick, Bryan; Knapp, Doug; Piatt, Jennifer
Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, v14 n3 p74-92 2022
Residential medical specialty camps provide short-term psychosocial benefits to youth with health conditions during summer camp, yet extinguishing effects are commonly seen in follow-up data as campers return to home and school settings (Dawson, 2017; Knapp et al., 2015; Moola et al., 2014; Plante et al., 2001). Innovative year-round support approaches are needed to enhance existing residential medical camps to improve long-term psychosocial outcomes associated with the months following the summer experience (Dawson, 2017; Dawson et al., 2018). This study is a qualitative analysis of an online mentoring support program designed as a follow-up approach in the months after residential summer camp experience has ended. The mentoring support program matched adolescent campers with a physical disability to an adult mentor having a similar disability and was structured through an online support curriculum facilitated by a recreational therapist. Qualitative analysis yielded two major themes from mentors and mentees (a) mentor as a disability life coach providing psychosocial support and expanding life expectations, and (b) barriers and facilitators to the mentee-mentor relationship. Discussion centers on insights for further developing this mentoring support program as an adjunct to traditional medical specialty camps.
Descriptors: Resident Camp Programs, Physical Disabilities, Summer Programs, Mentors, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Coaching (Performance), Barriers, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Social Support Groups
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