Inclusive Recreation
Wednesday, April 22 | 10:45am - 12:00pm
Session Description: Establishing a sound inclusion process can seem difficult if you don’t have the training or experience. This session will provide you with concrete action steps to take when creating your own plan. We’ll cover the impact of a strong intake process, how to create and implement an inclusion plan, Dos and Don’ts of inclusion, barriers to successful inclusion and real life examples during the group discussions.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn and understand about inclusion planning.
- Learn and understand an intake interview process.
- Do's and Don’ts for successful inclusion.
Speakers: Kim Indurkar, Mary Boyle
About the Speakers: Kim Indurkar manages the Highland Community Center for the City of Bellevue. She has worked in the field of disabilities for 41 years. Working in residential, school and community settings over her long career she now focuses on training general recreation staff on inclusion services for programs. She has completed the 2018 update on the Choices Plan for People with Disabilities. This plan outlines the policies and procedures for inclusion and ADA compliance for the Parks and Community Services Department. She is the department liaison working with the City’s ADA administrator on a variety of compliance requirements.
Mary Boyle has a BA in psychology and specializes in behavior modification techniques. She is the inclusion coordinator for the park’s recreation division focusing on training general recreation staff on inclusion services for programs and provides support to staff for program modifications. She is responsible for the adaptive recreation programs held at the Highland Community Center serving adults and youth with physical and intellectual disabilities.
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