Analysis of a Year-Round Mentoring Program for Youth with Physical Disabilities Attending a Medical Specialty Camp
| Title: | Analysis of a Year-Round Mentoring Program for Youth with Physical Disabilities Attending a Medical Specialty Camp |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Dawson, Shay, McCormick, Bryan, Knapp, Doug, Piatt, Jennifer |
| Source: | Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership. 2022 14(3):74-92. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Resident Camp Programs, Physical Disabilities, Summer Programs, Mentors, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Coaching (Performance), Barriers, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Social Support Groups |
| DOI: | 10.18666/JOREL-2022-10906 |
| ISSN: | 1948-5123 |
| Abstract: | Residential medical specialty camps provide short-term psychosocial benefits to youth with health conditions during summer camp, yet extinguishing effects are commonly seen in follow-up data as campers return to home and school settings (Dawson, 2017; Knapp et al., 2015; Moola et al., 2014; Plante et al., 2001). Innovative year-round support approaches are needed to enhance existing residential medical camps to improve long-term psychosocial outcomes associated with the months following the summer experience (Dawson, 2017; Dawson et al., 2018). This study is a qualitative analysis of an online mentoring support program designed as a follow-up approach in the months after residential summer camp experience has ended. The mentoring support program matched adolescent campers with a physical disability to an adult mentor having a similar disability and was structured through an online support curriculum facilitated by a recreational therapist. Qualitative analysis yielded two major themes from mentors and mentees (a) mentor as a disability life coach providing psychosocial support and expanding life expectations, and (b) barriers and facilitators to the mentee-mentor relationship. Discussion centers on insights for further developing this mentoring support program as an adjunct to traditional medical specialty camps. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1360241 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| ISSN: | 1948-5123 |
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| DOI: | 10.18666/JOREL-2022-10906 |
| Published in: | Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership |
| Language: | English |