The target population that I choose to focus upon are individuals with Cerebral Palsy, which approximately effects two per thousand children born (Duquette, Guiliano, Starmer, 2015). The first signs often tend to appear at nineteen months, or within the first five years depending on the mildness or severity of the condition, or the type of Cerebral Palsy (CP) (Duquette et al., 2015). These include pyramidal/spastic CP, the most common, and extrapyramidal/ non spastic CP (Duquette et al., 2015). The symptoms however can be diverse, such as motor problems/skills, cognitive impairments, seizures, poor breathing, vision, hearing, speech, balance, and immobility problems, that can prevent individual’s with CP from participating in leisure activities
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Social factors that may impact individuals with Cerebral Palsy’s, health, wellbeing, development, or serve as barriers to optimal leisure participation includes a variety of factors. The first being communication, as the importance of communication in facilitating participation in daily activities is essential in providing a gateway to optimum participation (Mei, Reilly, Reddihough, Mensah, Green, Pennington, & Morgan, 2015). This can be seen in the overwhelming evidence of individuals with CP or physical disabilities, participating in fewer activities outside of the home, effecting their interaction with friends and peers, and thus highlighting the impact of severe communication disorders (Mei et al., 2015). This obstructed their ability to making their needs known, while limiting their ability to learn and apply knowledge, or create interpersonal interactions and relationships, to develop the overall goal of independence (Mei et al., 2015). This however can be addressed through leisure education interventions, to improve optimum leisure participation. In addition there is a lack of information regarding specific factors that influence the activity and participation of those with Cerebral …show more content…
These however require attention to focus on the unique needs of individuals with disabilities, such as CP, to provide the best care and facilitation as possible (Mundy, 1998). This includes considering additional challenges in order to design and implement leisure education programs, which can be done though considering the largest barriers individuals with CP face. These barriers, as mentioned above, can be addressed through three interventions that base themselves on choice, involvement, and independence. Choice plays a large role in the core values in relation to leisure experience, and an individual’s perception of freedom (Mundy, 1998). Without this sense of freedom, few experiences would transfer into leisure experiences, leading to little intervention opportunity (Mundy, 1998). Due to this the individual must perceive as having the power to choose, considering realistic options, recognizing these options as realistic for them based on self, abilities, and preferred participation styles, and having the needed skills and experience in the act of choosing or acting on choice options (Mundy, 1998). However this also requires socialization by connecting intimately with others, and becoming capable through these choices (Kleiber, 2001). While these interventions target some of the
Social factors that may impact individuals with Cerebral Palsy’s, health, wellbeing, development, or serve as barriers to optimal leisure participation includes a variety of factors. The first being communication, as the importance of communication in facilitating participation in daily activities is essential in providing a gateway to optimum participation (Mei, Reilly, Reddihough, Mensah, Green, Pennington, & Morgan, 2015). This can be seen in the overwhelming evidence of individuals with CP or physical disabilities, participating in fewer activities outside of the home, effecting their interaction with friends and peers, and thus highlighting the impact of severe communication disorders (Mei et al., 2015). This obstructed their ability to making their needs known, while limiting their ability to learn and apply knowledge, or create interpersonal interactions and relationships, to develop the overall goal of independence (Mei et al., 2015). This however can be addressed through leisure education interventions, to improve optimum leisure participation. In addition there is a lack of information regarding specific factors that influence the activity and participation of those with Cerebral …show more content…
These however require attention to focus on the unique needs of individuals with disabilities, such as CP, to provide the best care and facilitation as possible (Mundy, 1998). This includes considering additional challenges in order to design and implement leisure education programs, which can be done though considering the largest barriers individuals with CP face. These barriers, as mentioned above, can be addressed through three interventions that base themselves on choice, involvement, and independence. Choice plays a large role in the core values in relation to leisure experience, and an individual’s perception of freedom (Mundy, 1998). Without this sense of freedom, few experiences would transfer into leisure experiences, leading to little intervention opportunity (Mundy, 1998). Due to this the individual must perceive as having the power to choose, considering realistic options, recognizing these options as realistic for them based on self, abilities, and preferred participation styles, and having the needed skills and experience in the act of choosing or acting on choice options (Mundy, 1998). However this also requires socialization by connecting intimately with others, and becoming capable through these choices (Kleiber, 2001). While these interventions target some of the