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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

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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

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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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