title: Summer day camp for multihandicapped children.
abstract: A six-week enriched sensorimotor, communication, and recreational summer day camp for twenty multihandicapped preschool children is described. The program, planned and supervised by therapists and mental  retardation counselors, provided training for students who worked as camp counselors. Each counselor was assigned to work with one child and family and was responsible for assessing, establishing goals, designing appropriate programs, attending the child throughout the day, and relating to the family. The camp provided a trial for use of the Functional Skills Profile (FSP), an assessment battery designed by physical and occupational therapists to measure performance changes in low functioning, developmentally handicapped persons in order to determine the value of therapy programs. The camp is evaluated in terms of improvement in the children, the effectiveness of the student training, and parent satisfaction.
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000534:rehabilitation; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009048:Motor Skills; D009864:Ontario; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012621:Seasons; D013336:Students, Health Occupations