VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
preferences—such as enjoying interactive, social games like Taboo, but not
strategy games—resulting in a more nuanced awareness of their recreational
interests.
The residential life program offers additional opportunities for students to
develop recreation skills in authentic settings. The program is designed to
empower students as capable, independent young adults through every experience,
particularly recreation and group activities. The focus of residential life recreation
activities is to expand to more than just fun and games, these activities are
intentional opportunities for students to practice and strengthen real-world skills—
like problem-solving, time management, collaboration, and resilience—in a
supportive environment.
For example, activities like active storytelling combine recreation
(improvisation, group games) with fitness, as students act out actions such as
running or jumping during a story. These experiences are intentionally connected
to real-world skills such as problem-solving, time management, collaboration, and
resilience. Staff co-plan activities with students, assign roles, and make explicit
links to work and life skills, reinforcing core ECC areas such as independence,
community, resilience, and contribution.
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