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Recreational Opportunities : Ariel Heraly

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Recreational Opportunities : Ariel Heraly

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Recreational skills are beneficial for students transitioning from school life to community life.  The ability to participate in these activities is a key component for individuals to enjoy themselves outside of school.

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The task of line dancing is for the student to perform the electric slide line dance.  To start simple, students can start with no music, moving in one direction, and have demonstrations and verbal cues being presented.  Through the continuation of the levels, students will want to be able to lead the electric slide with music and move in all four directions for an entire song.  For this to happen, equipment such as floor tape will be a good tool to use!

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Unlike most of the other recreational activities, spike ball is more of a competitive/fun game that can be played.  Individuals will want to complete the task of spiking the ball during the game.  There are specific rules to this game, so giving clear instruction will be helpful.  Students will want to work to the level of consistently spiking the ball into the net from 9 feet away at the proper time during the game.  This will require skill, cooperation, and completing a complex task.

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The rules for martial arts are specific, so for a student to complete the task of going through a series of moves on commands may require some modifications and adaptations.  Individuals will go from executing one martial arts move with or without assistance and continue into four or more moves without cues.

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With dancing, individuals have should be able to perform a dance routine that includes Zumba moves and some components that go along would be keeping a beat and sequence steps.  The goal is to be able to perform a routine that incorporates 4-5 aerobic moves, 3-4 original moves, and 4-5 Zumba moves.  Modifications and adaptions for dance include more physical things such as visual aids, music, and costume.  Understanding the music is important.

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Since paddle boarding is a water activity, the equipment, rules, environment, and instruction are important to complete this task.  Students should be able to enter paddle board, paddle using two different strokes, and control the direction they are moving in calm waters.  The end goal is to maintain balance from the standing position and turn independently.  The environment is something you can't control, so to make sure there is calm water, no sun in eyes, and decreased distractions, is very important to keep in consideration.

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Yoga requires lots of equipment that will be helpful for individuals with disabilities.  The individuals will need to go through series of yoga poses on command depending on number of poses, form, and independence.  Classes will escalate from completing one pose correctly with or without assistance, to doing a 30 minute class independently.

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Students should be able to enter the canoe, paddle using two different stokes, and control the direction of the canoe in calm water.  Within the levels the student should be able to work up to pointing and steering the canoe in a desired direction most of the time.  With canoeing and other recreational activities within the water, it is important for individuals to follow the rules closely.

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To complete this task, students should be able to skate or in-line skate in various directions while maintaining control.  Students starts at the first level of skating forward, close to wall or railing, without falling for 5 minutes.  They should extend to the last level of skating forward and changing backward while moving, skating in a straight line and circle, and be able to stop on command without losing balance 4 out of 5 times.

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The basic rock climbing task is to climb a 30 foot rock wall with harness and helmet.  Individuals should first be comfortable with putting on a harness and helmet with assistance.  From this point they should go through the levels and in the end be able to use both hands and feet to climb 20-30 feet, and properly execute the backward fall.  This task has many modifications and adaptations in place for individuals.

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Within fishing, the most important part is casting, so for individuals the task will be to cast the line with bait.  Student should be able to bait their own hook (verbal/physical prompting needed).  They should work up to releasing the reel, be able to cast their line behind the shoulder, follow through, and line and bait at least 15 feet 8 out of 10 times, to be efficient.

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An individual transitioning to biking will need to have and be wearing proper protection, identify what bike to use and identify if it is properly working, riding in a designated area, following bike rules on the road, and returning the bike to assigned place.

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During bowling, the skills needed will be requesting the correct size shoe, changing shoes, identifying the right alley, selecting the correct ball and weight, localizing name on the screen, taking turns while playing the game, and turning in bowling shoes when finished. The main task for the student is to bowl a ball in a game.  At first this will be without assistance.  Following will be the three step approach and increased to the level of using proper form and hitting at least three pins in 8 out of 10 tries.

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Swimming could be done at a YMCA, university, or community pool. For this activity, individuals would need to learn how to pay or swipe membership card when entering, changing into suit in the locker room, being comfortable of showering in the locker room, and taking turns in swim lanes or being cautious of others in their environment.

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Skills needed for hiking would include putting on hiking boots, learning how to map-read, and being able to carry a backpack or hip pouch with water and snacks. The student should be able to walk a flat trail, trail with moderate hills, terrain with elevation, and increase in roots, rocks, and distance along the way.

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Individuals will need to know how to pay or swipe membership card, rent skates/helmets, take shoes off and put on skates, skate with or without support, and then take skates off and turn them in.