Journal article
Optimizing life success through residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: study protocol of a mixed-methods, prospective, comparative cohort study
Abstract
BackgroundYoung people with disabilities often lag behind their typically developing peers in the achievement of adult roles, which has been attributed to a lack of opportunities to develop critical life skills. Residential Immersive Life Skills (RILS) programs provide situated learning opportunities to develop life skills alongside peers and away from home in real-world settings. Retrospective research suggests that attending RILS programs is …
Authors
McPherson AC; King G; Rudzik A; Kingsnorth S; Gorter JW; Ontario Independence Program Research (OIPR) team
Journal
BMC Pediatrics, Vol. 16, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s12887-016-0694-7
ISSN
1471-2431