Assignment task:
Write a report on how leisure and recreation programs for clients with complex needs might be identified and planned.
Take into consideration client needs that might be associated with:
- disabilities-physical, cognitive and psychological/ intellectual
- mental health issues
- cultural needs (including the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
- age-children, youth adolescence/ adults/ mature age, seniors
- ethnic/ cultural differences
- HIV/ AIDS
- complex medical conditions
- AOD issues
- co-morbidity
- a requirement for multiple service types
Explain:
1. How and from whom you would collect the necessary data about clients and client needs.
2. How you would identify the range of issues that impact on a client with complex needs.
3. How you would collect, analyse and use information about the various programs or activities that might suit client needs.
4. How you would determine the equipment, materials and resources (including human resources)
That would suit the client's needs.
1. How you and the client would agree on activities or programs and how you would ensure appropriate strategies and modifications would be put in place to enable the client to maximise their participation.
2. Why it is necessary that the client and other involved stakeholders be actively involved in identifying suitable activities.
3. Why it might be advantageous to involve clients in non-segregated activities.
4. What benefits of participation in leisure and recreation activities might be and how you would communicate these benefits to the client.
What barriers to participation might be and how these areas could be overcome