Leisure Education, Community Development and Population with Special Needs (Cabi Publishing)

About the Editors......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
1 Educating the Community for 1 Developmental Opportunities in Leisure......Page 30
2 Leisure Education, Serious Leisure 2 and Community Development......Page 38
3 Community Development through 3 Leisure Education: Conceptual Approaches......Page 48
4 Leisure Education, Quality of Life 4 and Community Development: Toward a Systemic and Holistic Coping and Resilient Model for the Third Millennium......Page 60
5 Mobility for Action: Advocacy 5 and Empowerment for the Right of Leisure, Play and Recreation......Page 72
6 Global Edutainment: the New 6 Role of Leisure Education for Community Development......Page 82
7 Community Vision and Resources: 7 Commitment, Capacity and Collective Effort......Page 92
8 Leisure Opportunities for Persons 8 with Disabilities......Page 102
9 The Role of Leisure Counselling 9 for Special Populations in Facilitating Successful Adjustment to Life in the Community......Page 110
10 Serious Leisure for People with 10 Disabilities......Page 118
11 Leisure Education, Quality of Life 11 and Populations with Special Needs......Page 126
12 Active Living for People with 12 Disabilities: Toward the Concept of Equality of Well-being and Human Existentialism (Authenticity)......Page 136
13 Community Empowerment, 13 Poverty and Leisure Education......Page 148
14 Establishing a Multi-purpose 14 Model for the Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs......Page 160
15 Youth at Risk and Leisure 15 Education*......Page 170
16 Practical Approaches to 16 Leisure Education for the Elderly......Page 186
17 Concluding Remarks and 17 Recommendations......Page 198
Index......Page 208