Therapeutic Recreation Inclusion Services
Inclusion within the Rockford Park District means individuals with disabilities are welcome to participate in the same recreation programs and activities as their peers. Reasonable accommodations are provided to enable an individual’s successful participation in a program.
How?
The Rockford Park District welcomes and supports the participation of individuals with disabilities in all programs and services.
- Consultation on activity modification
- Disability awareness training
- Behavior modification support
- Observation and evaluation
- Visual systems and sensory equipment/toys
- Sign language interpreters
- Adapted equipment (sleds, skate walkers, hand cranked bicycles,sport wheelchairs)
- Varying levels of staff support
Popular programs where individuals with disabilities have been included:
- Lessons (swimming, hockey, ice skating, horseback riding, tennis, golf)
- Day and residential summer camps (Summer Blast, Nature Quest, Camp Lone Oak, Pony Camp)
- Neighborhood programs (Playgrounds, Lewis Lemon and Washington Park community centers)
- Environmental education and recreation
- Youth sports
- Rec nights
Inclusion Services has created successful inclusion opportunities by:
- Implementing a positive support plan for a child with a conduct disorder in a full day summer camp setting.
- Providing an all-terrain wheelchair for a student with a physical disability for full trail access at Atwood Environmental Center.
- Creating and training staff on an enhanced visual system for a camper with a visual impairment.
- Trained staff supported a camper with an attention deficit disorder by providing additional supports such as redirection and positive reinforcements at a sports camp.
- Providing a sign language interpreter for a teen at horseback riding lessons
Here what people are saying - testimonials
Contact
Kuenzi Dearth, CTRS
815-987-1626
888-871-6171 (TTY)
inclusion@rockfordparkdistrict.org