PRT 3800TR Internship

Salt Lake County Adaptive Recreation Program

By: Jenna Dowdle

Salt Lake County Adaptive Recreation

Supervisor: Ashley Haddow

Salt Lake County offers services to people of all abilities

Salt Lake County offers adaptive, inclusion and special recreation opportunities

Programs I worked in

Otters Swim Program for Kids with Autism

Basketball for individuals with intellectual disabilities

Dances for adults with disabilities

Goals and Objectives

Goal #1

To help children with autism improve their swimming abilities with the Otter Swim program with Salt Lake County Adaptive Recreation during my internship for the Fall 2014 semester.

Objectives Teach at least 3 children in the group swim lessons to swim three different strokes

across the length of the pool twice before 11/23/14.

Help at least 5 children in the swim team group improve their endurance by them being able to swim for at least 5 minutes longer on 11/23/14 than they were able to on 09/06/14.

Goals and Objectives Continued….

Goal #2

To help the individuals with intellectual disabilities improve their physical and social well- being in the basketball program with Salt Lake County Adaptive Recreation during my internship for the Fall 2014 Semester.

Objectives Help at least 5 participants be able to continually run at least 3 laps around the

gym by 11/17/14 who could not run 3 laps around the gym as of 09/09/14.

Help 3 participants socialize with at least 5 other participants by 11/17/14 during their practices, who they did not socialize with as of 09/09/14.

Otters Swim Program

This program included kids that were on all different levels of the autism spectrum

The first two groups were beginner classes

The last two groups were advanced

The last two groups were invited to swim in swim meets

Basketball for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

2 hours every Tuesday Night Age ranges 5 – 40 Ability ranges

Participants from group home

Typical day in practiceWarm-up

Skills

Games

Cool-down

Dances for Adults with Disabilities

2 times a month on Saturday nights (6-9pm)

For individuals with all abilities Serve dinner Play games Dance Halloween Carnival

Assessment Process

OttersAssessment before

registration In-take formBasketball

Checklist Physical and social

In-take form

Planning Process

Otters

Wrote down plan on whiteboard

Presented whiteboard to class

Look at the requirements of the level of the participants

Make sure all equipment needed is ready and available for use

Basketball

Wrote down plan on paper

Make sure all equipment needed is ready and available for use

Dances

Location of table and games was pre-planned

Implementation Process

Otters Follow plan on white board

Be flexible if one of our planned skills won’t go over well with the participants

Flexible to move skills

Basketball Follow plan created before

Be flexible to change plan if necessary

Dance

Set up tables and games in designated spot and run designated game(s).

Evaluation Process

Otters

Coaches discuss what went well or didn’t go well

Coaches check off required skills that participants learn

Basketball

Every day we talk about what well and what needs improvement

Dance

Staff talks about what went well and what needs improvement

Documentation Process

Otters Check off checklist for each participant skills they have accomplished

Keep all in-take forms in designated folder

Attendance sheet

Basketball Keep all in-take forms in designated folder

Fill out form created by Salt Lake County of what went well and what needs improvement

Dances

Keep track of how many participants come

Accommodation Plan

An accommodation plan that Salt Lake County has created is used for individuals who are in: Adaptive programs

Special recreation program

Inclusion program

The accommodation plan is for individuals who are: Not participating

Harmful to themselves or others

Danger to themselves or others

Swim Meet Packet

Swim meets can last from 2 hours to 2 daysThe kids in Otters can get frustrated waiting for their eventSwim meet packet can:

Keep them busy/entertained

Educate them on swimming

Get them excited about swimming

Encourage them to get to know their surroundings

Engage with their team and coaches

What have I learned?

I don’t have as much patience as I thought I did….. I have experienced a lot with “people-first”.Anyone is capable of anything.I have learned a lot about how Salt Lake County

runs their adaptive programs.

How will this help me???

I have learned what populations and I do or don’t want to work with

I have seen how the APIED process is implemented in a community setting

I have created many good connections with other TR people in Salt Lake County

Where I go from here…..

I hope to do my large internship in a clinical treatment center for adolescents

Now that I have experience in community, I want to see how clinical works

The End