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Residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: service providers’ perceptions of experiential benefits and key program features

Gillian KingBloorview Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Correspondence[email protected]
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Amy McPhersonBloorview Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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Shauna KingsnorthBloorview Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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Debra StewartCanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
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Tanya Glencross-EimantasErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada,
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Jan Willem GorterDepartment of Pediatrics, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
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Kimberlea Jones-GalleyHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Teaching and Learning Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and
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Andrea MorrisonChildren’s Developmental Rehabilitation Program, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Ana Maria IsihiErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada,
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Pages 971-980 | Received 20 Jan 2014, Accepted 24 Jul 2014, Published online: 19 Aug 2014

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Mette Miklos, Reidun Jahnsen, Astrid Nyquist, Halvor Hanisch & Sonya Girdler. (2022) “Here we are together, at home you are alone” – social interactions and personal engagement during a group-based rehabilitation program for young adults with disability. Disability and Rehabilitation 44:9, pages 1631-1641.
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Kendall Kolne, Sunny Bui & Sally Lindsay. (2021) Assessing the environmental quality of an adapted, play-based LEGO® robotics program to achieve optimal outcomes for children with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation 43:25, pages 3613-3622.
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Gillian King, Amy C. McPherson, Shauna Kingsnorth, Jan Willem Gorter, Lisa Avery & Alanna Rudzik. (2021) Opportunities, experiences, and outcomes of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation 43:19, pages 2758-2768.
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Marjolijn I. Bal, Pepijn P. D. M. Roelofs, Sander R. Hilberink, Jetty van Meeteren, Henk J. Stam, Marij E. Roebroeck & Harald S. Miedema. (2021) Entering the labor market: increased employment rates of young adults with chronic physical conditions after a vocational rehabilitation program. Disability and Rehabilitation 43:14, pages 1965-1972.
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Gillian King, Yukari Seko, Lisa A. Chiarello, Laura Thompson & Laura Hartman. (2020) Building blocks of resiliency: a transactional framework to guide research, service design, and practice in pediatric rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation 42:7, pages 1031-1040.
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Gillian King, Amy C. McPherson, Shauna Kingsnorth, Jan Willem Gorter & Andrea DeFinney. (2019) Intervention strategies in residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: a study of active ingredients and program fidelity. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 22:5, pages 303-311.
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Amy C. McPherson, Alanna Rudzik, Shauna Kingsnorth, Gillian King, Jan Willem Gorter & Andrea Morrison. (2018) “Ready to take on the world”: Experiences and understandings of independence after attending residential immersive life skills programs for youth with physical disabilities. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 21:2, pages 73-82.
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Eric Smart, Brydne Edwards, Shauna Kingsnorth, Sarah Sheffe, C J Curran, Madhu Pinto, Shannon Crossman & Gillian King. (2018) Creating an inclusive leisure space: strategies used to engage children with and without disabilities in the arts-mediated program Spiral Garden. Disability and Rehabilitation 40:2, pages 199-207.
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Gillian King, Amy C. McPherson, Shauna Kingsnorth & Jan Willem Gorter. (2022) The Transformative Nature of Residential Immersive Life Skills Programs: Integrating Findings from a Five-Year Prospective Study of Program Opportunities, Youth Experiences, and Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:23, pages 15865.
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Gillian King, Shauna Kingsnorth, Andrea Morrison, Jan Willem Gorter, Andrea DeFinney & Barbara Kehl. (2021) Parents’ perceptions of the foundational and emergent benefits of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities 110, pages 103857.
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Colleen F Bechtel Driscoll, Diana M Ohanian, Monique M Ridosh, Alexa Stern, Elicia C Wartman, Meredith Starnes & Grayson N Holmbeck. (2020) Pathways by which Maternal Factors are Associated With Youth Spina Bifida-Related Responsibility. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 45:6, pages 610-621.
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Andrew Axelson, Kelly Kelleher, Deena Chisolm & Samantha Boch. (2020) “How do I help this kid adjust to what real life is for them?”: Youth service providers experiences on supporting children with incarcerated parents. Children and Youth Services Review 110, pages 104802.
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Shauna Kingsnorth, Alanna E. F. Rudzik, Gillian King & Amy C. McPherson. (2019) Residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: a case study of youth developmental trajectories of personal growth and caregiver perspectives. BMC Pediatrics 19:1.
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Colleen F Bechtel Driscoll, Caitlin B Murray, Christina E Holbein, Colleen Stiles‐Shields, Gina Cuevas & Grayson N Holmbeck. (2019) Camp‐based psychosocial intervention dosage and changes in independence in young people with spina bifida. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 61:12, pages 1392-1399.
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Gillian King, Amy McPherson, Donya Mosleh, Laura Hartman, Jesiqua Rapley & Madhu Pinto. (2018) Program opportunities of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities 83, pages 233-246.
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M. I. Bal, J. N. T. Sattoe, N. R. van Schaardenburgh, M. C. S. G. Floothuis, M. E. Roebroeck & H. S. Miedema. (2017) A vocational rehabilitation intervention for young adults with physical disabilities: participants' perception of beneficial attributes. Child: Care, Health and Development 43:1, pages 114-125.
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Amy C. McPherson, Gillian King, Alanna Rudzik, Shauna Kingsnorth & Jan Willem Gorter. (2016) Optimizing life success through residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities: study protocol of a mixed-methods, prospective, comparative cohort study. BMC Pediatrics 16:1.
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Gillian King, Shauna Kingsnorth, Amy McPherson, Kimberlea Jones-Galley, Madhu Pinto, Melissa Fellin, Natalie Timbrell & Diane Savage. (2016) Residential immersive life skills programs for youth with physical disabilities: A pilot study of program opportunities, intervention strategies, and youth experiences. Research in Developmental Disabilities 55, pages 242-255.
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S. Kingsnorth, G. King, A. McPherson & K. Jones-Galley. (2015) A retrospective study of past graduates of a residential life skills program for youth with physical disabilities. Child: Care, Health and Development 41:3, pages 374-383.
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