Guest Editors' Comments: Camping and Outdoor Programming Revisited

Authors

  • Gary Robb

Abstract

This special issue of TRJ focuses on the involvement of individuals with disabilities in camping and outdoor programs. It addresses three ofthe major issues in this area ofpractice: inclusion-integration, adventure, and outcomes. The article by Sable addresses .inclusion and the variety of concerns encountered as systems and individuals change from segregated to integrated models of service. The program discussed is representative ofthe enhanced commitment in many outdoor programs to mainstreaming, normalization and provision of services in the least restrictive environment. Johnson's article addresses adventure programming, another important trend in the camping and outdoor programming field. Johnson provides a frame of reference for programs which integrate perspectives on two of the most popular adventure activities-ropes courses and wilderness travel. Johnson's work typifies the increased use ofadventure media in both treatment and recreation programs involving individuals with disabilities. The article by McCormick, White and McGuire addresses outcomes, another contemporary focus of outdoor programs. The authors detail parental perspectives ofprogram impact and effectiveness. Increasingly consumer feedback, achievement ofobjectives and standardized change are being measured through more rigorous research and quality assurance activities in outdoor programs. Also included in this issue is a review ofHavens' recent book which relates to adventure, integration and outcomes. The book joins an ever-growing variety of texts and other resources in the outdoor area. Fourteen years ago, in the previous special issue ofTRJ devoted to caD9.J;Pilng (Volume 12, No.4, 1978), several authors referenced the peripheral status of outdoor programs in the profession of Therapeutic Recreation. While camping and outdoor programs have remained, to paraphrase Robert Frost, "the path less chosen," they nonetheless have made "all the difference" for many patients/clients. Outdoor programs have al:so served to elicit and maintain the interest ofmany professionals in therapeutic recreati'oneitber as a career or as ~ field worthy of respect. Collaboration with other professions and professionals has been a Vital part of many programs and training efforts in the outdoor area. Writing in the 1978 special camping issue, Hillman and Appell predicted increasedutilization ofoutdoor programs and increased documentation oftheir value to individuals with disabilities. As the articles in this special issue suggest, their predictions have been realized. With this special issue we extend the prediction ofvalue for outdoor programming to include continued and growing realizations in health care, education and other human service systems of the efficacy and importance of camping and adventure programs with individuals who have disabilities. Specifically such programs will continue to complement and supplement treatment/education/rehabilitation and will, to a larger extent, become integral and primary components of intervention and the healing process.

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (1992)

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