Teaching Recreation and Leisure Skills to Individuals with Moderate to Severe Cognitive Disabilities

Abstract

This study explored if four individuals ages 18-20 with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities could be taught the skills needed to perform recreation and leisure skill activities in the community. A pre and post tests were administered to show how the interventions increased the students' abilities to participate in bowling and exercising at community facilities. The quantitative study indicated that the students improved their skills of participating in community activities; however there wasn't enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis at a 5% significance level. The study would be strengthened if the sample size increased and there were a larger number of trials.