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Project

Healthy Lifestyles for Youth with Disabilities Project

Center:

MI-Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2009

Contact Information:

Michael Bray
[email protected]
313-577-4178

Project Description:

The Healthy Lifestyles for Youth with Disabilities project is a school-based sports and recreation program for youth with disabilities located in the city of Detroit. The program provides school-aged children at the Detroit Day School for the Deaf with opportunities to learn and develop skills in sports and recreation activities such as basketball, double-dutch jump rope, Judo, golf, and bowling. In addition, training is offered in healthy nutrition choices and different analytical exercises designed to bolster job skills and critical thinking. The project also offers programming through the Greater Society for the Blind and plans to branch out in the future to offer wider programming for Detroit's children and adolescent's with disabilities.

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion; Recreation; Skill Building

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Geographic Areas, Urban

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County