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2014 Pennsylvania TR Institute
Inclusive Recreation Resource Center
Inclusion in the Cyber Age
Presented by Dr. Lynn Anderson, CTRS, CPRP Director, Inclusive Recreation Resource Center Distinguished Service Professor, SUNY Cortland
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A special thank you! • The IRRC is funded in part
by the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
• Note: The information in this presentation is the responsibility of the IRRC and does not necessarily represent the opinions, interpretations, or policies of the NYS DDPC
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New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
DDPC provides leadership by promoting public policies, plans and practices that:
• affirm dignity • support full participation • uphold equality and self-determination • promote access
What is the Center?
• The IRRC is a university-based resource center focused on recreation and inclusion
Mission of the IRRC
To promote and sustain participation by people with disabilities in inclusive recreation activities and resources
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Mission in a nutshell! • To help ALL people, regardless of ability, play
wherever they choose!
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Recreation is important Participation in recreation improves
quality of life and offers numerous individual and societal benefits
Choice matters Self-determination and choice are key to
quality recreation experiences
Principles Guide the IRRC
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Principles Honor interests People with disabilities want to
participate in recreation activities based on their interests, not their disability
Strengths approach All people have potential waiting to be
developed (capability-based approach)
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Principles Celebrate differences Differences, including disability, are
respected and appreciated – diversity is good and adds vibrancy to a community
Natural supports Natural supports (friends, neighbors,
community) are most effective to sustain inclusion
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Principles Inclusion is a right…
Not a privilege
How does the IRRC put its mission and principles into practice?
Through our core activities
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We started the IRRC with focus groups • How could a resource center best
serve people with disabilities, professionals and families?
• Accurate and specific information
• Information from the focus groups and an extensive review of the research literature helped us develop the services we provide at the IRRC
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IRRC Core Activities • Inclusivity Assessments • “Inclusion U” training • Online inclusive recreation
database • Web page, facebook page • Collaborative partnerships • Technical assistance
– e.g., Belize Zoo project • Inclusion advocacy • Curriculum at university level • Research and evaluation
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Core Activities: Inclusion U Training
• Inclusion U Training
– Inclusion U prepares you to use the Inclusivity Assessment Tool as a Certified Inclusivity Assessor (CIA)
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Core Activities: Inclusivity Assessment Tool
• Inclusivity Assessment Tool (IAT)
– The IAT measures the
physical and social aspects of inclusion at a recreation agency
Inclusivity Assessment Tool • Physical access
– Approach – Enter – Use – Specialty checklists
• Social inclusion – Administrative practices – Programming practices
• Adaptive equipment
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Inclusivity Assessment Tool Development
• Pilot testing • Validity
– Expert review – Content validity – Social validity – Continued revision based
on participant feedback • Reliability
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Checklist, User Manual and Tool Kit
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Overview of the Inclusivity Assessment Tool
• 7 sections
• Direct physical measurement and observation
• Interview
• DESCRIPTIVE not COMPLIANCE © 2014 IRRC
The Inclusivity Assessment Tool Sections Section A: Agency Information Section B: Physical Inclusion
– Approach – Enter – Use
Section C, D, E: Social Inclusion – Administrative Practices – Adaptive Equipment – Program Practices
Section F: Summary and Additional Information Section G: Assessment Information
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IAT Specialty Checklists
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Based on results of online survey….
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PHYSICAL
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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PROGRAMS
The IAT will be….. • Streamlined
• Consolidated
• Data will be entered
directly into database
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Core Activities: Technical Assistance
• Technical assistance
– When a recreation agency is assessed with the IAT, the staff often want more information on how to become more inclusive or accessible; we provide that information
– We have helped recreation agencies change everything from how the bathroom doors are hung to policy development
– Technical assistance is an important part of completing the Inclusivity Assessment Tool with a recreation agency
Technical Assistance Numerous articles and presentations that bring theory to practice for professionals in parks, recreation, and therapeutic recreation
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Core Activities: Online Recreation Database
• The accurate and specific information that is collected with the IAT assessment is entered into the Online Recreation Database
• People with disabilities and their families use the database to plan recreation activities
Online inclusive recreation database
Core Activities: Website
• The IRRC website is loaded with technical assistance and other information about recreation and inclusion
• www.InclusiveRec.org
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Core Activities: Facebook Page
Visit our facebook page and “Like” us!
www.facebook.com/inclusiverec
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Core Activities: Inclusion Advocacy
• When individualized help is needed for inclusion, we assist individuals with disabilities and their families
• We provide inclusion advocacy training, primarily to college students
Core Activities: College Partnerships
• We have worked with the following colleges and universities, integrating Inclusion U into curriculum:
– SUNY Cortland – Ithaca College – Tompkins Cortland Community College – Lehman College – Onondaga Community College – Corning Community College – Paul Smith’s College – Utica College – St. Joseph’s College – Kingsborough Community College
– Erie Community College – Kean University in New Jersey – Southern Connecticut State
University – Oregon State University-Cascades – University of Wisconsin – Stevens
Point – San Jose State University – Cal State Sacramento – University of Central Lancashire in
the United Kingdom
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Core Activities: Research & Evaluation
• Research & evaluation is a part of everything we do at IRRC to help further understand best practices in inclusive recreation
• Research & evaluation give us tools to better include people with disabilities, wherever they choose to play!
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Core Activities: Collaborative Partnerships
• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Mentored Assessments • Site staff and CIA’s in
region mentored during assessments – IRRC staff provide hands-
on training as the assessment is completed to invited CIAs
150 Assessments in 2014 • Prioritized DEC and OPRHP sites
assessed by IRRC staff and entered into online database
• Reports to sites after assessment to help improve usability
• 250 assessments in 2015
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Core Activities: Collaborative Partnerships
• Adirondack North Country Association
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Core Activities: Collaborative Partnerships
• We work with the Belize Zoo in Central America, helping improve accessibility
• Check out the work done by college students under the leadership of Dr. Vicki Wilkins on this facebook page: Belize Zoo Transformation Project
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Core Activities: Collaborative Partnerships
• NYS Developmental Disabilities Council
• I Love New York Tourism • New York State Office of People with Developmental Disabilities • New York State Recreation and Park Society
• New York State Therapeutic Recreation Association • Self-Advocacy Association of New York State
Other Services • Inclusive Playground
Program leadership at local elementary schools
• Recreation Inclusion Tips and Tools training
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So, how do you become a Certified Inclusivity Assessor (CIA)?
Complete Inclusion U Online
Pass Inclusion U Final Exam to become certified as a CIA (Certified Inclusivity Assessor)
Then you are able to: Choose recreation sites to assess Conduct assessments Submit completed assessments to the Center to be entered into database and on the web
Welcome to Inclusion U
• 9 modules in all
• Two main focus areas:
– Foundations of inclusion
– The Inclusivity Assessment Tool and how to use it
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Overview of the 9 modules Module 1 – Inclusive Rec Resource Center overview Module 2 – What is inclusion? Module 3 – What to know about disability Module 4 – The Inclusivity Assessment Tool Module 5 – Physical inclusion Module 6 – Administrative inclusion Module 7 – Programmatic inclusion Module 8 – Wrapping up Module 9 - Partnerships
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Module 1 Introduction to the
Inclusive Recreation Resource Center at SUNY Cortland
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Module 2 What is Inclusion?
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Module 3
What Do I Need to Know
about Disability?
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What Do I Need to Know? Societal and personal attitudes Person first language Functional abilities
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Module 4
The Inclusivity Assessment Tool
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Checklists, User Manual and Tool Kit
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Module 5 Physical Inclusion
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Physical Accessibility Approach
Enter
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Module 6 Social Inclusion:
Administrative Practices
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Administrative Practices Inclusive mission and vision
Administrative and ground level support
Inclusion point of contact
Staff hiring and training
Planning, policies & procedures
Evaluation
Communication and marketing © 2014 IRRC
Module 7 Social Inclusion:
Programming Practices
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Module 8 Wrapping Up the IAT
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Partnerships and Collaboration
Module 9
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Impact of Inclusion U Changes knowledge
about inclusion
Significant difference at the .001 level
Changes attitudes about inclusion
Significant difference at the .001 level
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Inclusion U Graduates
• Inclusion U alumni – more than 2,500+ Certified Inclusivity Assessors
• Many of these are college students who will
be professionals in the field of parks and recreation
• Hopefully, you will soon be joining their ranks!
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Our farthest Inclusion U graduate!
• Mandigoh Vambe traveled from Zimbabwe, Africa
• Zimbabwe Wheelchair Sports
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Inclusion U Online • Content in lessons
– Modules/lessons – Web-based resources – Videos (and more) – Games – Tool kit construction
• Hands-on training activities • Principles • Quizzes and final exam
Where in the world is this Inclusion U
student????
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Inclusion U Online Pilot • Phase 1
– SUNY Cortland – Ithaca College – University of Wisconsin Stevens Point – TC3 – IRRC staff and volunteers
– 85 total CIAs
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Inclusion U Online Pilot • Phase 2
– SUNY Cortland – NYS OPRHP – NYS DEC – NYS DDPC – University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse – Eagle Scouts – Other professionals – Other academics
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Vision for Inclusion U Online – Professional online learning system
https://nceo.umn.edu/alabama/login.php
Vision for Inclusion U Online • Worldwide reach • Student and professor availability for
the training on demand • Professional availability on demand • Inclusivity Assessment Tool will be in
the hands of more trained CIA’s • The online recreation database will
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Future Directions • Online Recreation Database Upgrades
– Expansion beyond New York State
– Automated communication with recreation sites in the database for regular updates
– Ability to post comments?
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Future Directions • Recreation Database Upgrades
– Simpler and easier to use
– More ways to search
– Simplified ways to enter data into the database during an assessment
– “Educated” crowd-sourced
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Future Directions • Website upgrades
• More resources and
learning opportunities
• Universally designed
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Mobile App • Database • Maybe Inclusion U Online?
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UPCOMING ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES DEC and OPRHP recreation sites
Develop trail assessment tool • Short • Simple • Captures new design
guidelines for 2013 • Pilot trail assessment
400 Assessments in next 2 years • Prioritized DEC and OPRHP sites
assessed by IRRC staff and entered into online database
• Reports to sites after assessment to help improve usability
• 150 assessments in 2014 • 250 assessments in 2015
Questions and Discussion
• Helping all people play wherever they choose!
A HUGE thank you to the NYS DDPC for the support to help
make this happen!
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