{"id":285,"date":"2018-04-19T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2024-03-09T02:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:14:54","slug":"life-challenge-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/sci-community-reintegration-programs\/life-challenge-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Challenge Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-7 col-md-8\">\n<section class=\"gc-10-program-listing panel-group 1c28b042a376a510VgnVCM1000005715020aRCRD\" role=\"tablist\">\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div id=\"heading2628b042a376a510VgnVCM1000005715020aRCRD\" class=\"panel-heading\" role=\"tab\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3310 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/a68bcdad-ae50-b55e-1cd2-96b33b5f8c93-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/a68bcdad-ae50-b55e-1cd2-96b33b5f8c93-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/a68bcdad-ae50-b55e-1cd2-96b33b5f8c93.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"panel-title\">The Life Challenge Program enables individuals with SCI opportunities to participate in activities that may seem impossible because of their disability. An SCI outreach coordinator organizes and supervises all activities, which vary from \u201csimple and safe\u201d local outings (e.g., attending a movie and going to a Broadway show) to out-of-town, \u201chigh-activity\u201d day-long trips (e.g., horseback riding or kayaking), and from learning new leisure skills (such as swimming and scuba diving) to \u201con-the-edge\u201d adventure trips (e.g., whitewater rafting, glider plane rides, skydiving, and snow skiing). By participating in a Life Challenge Program activity, individuals with SCI and their family members are invited to face community-based obstacles together. The goals of the Life Challenge Program are to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse2628b042a376a510VgnVCM1000005715020aRCRD\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Educate newly injured persons about recreational activities in which they can engage within the community<\/li>\n<li>Introduce problem-solving strategies for overcoming obstacles in real life situations that are outside familiar surroundings<\/li>\n<li>Build confidence and self-esteem<\/li>\n<li>Create bonds among persons with SCI and establish peer networks in the community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the last 15 years, more than 300 individuals with SCI have participated in over 100 different Life Challenge Program events.<\/p>\n<p>Check our <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/events\/\">Calendar<\/a> for upcoming Life Challenge events. If you are interested in attending one of the trips or would like more information, please contact Garrison Redd at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Garrison.redd@mountsinai.org\">Garrison.redd@mountsinai.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Life Challenge Scholarship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycspinalcord.org\/bryce-scholarship-fund\/\">Andrew and Mary Bryce SCI Life Challenge Scholarship Fund<\/a> provides financial support for persons to participate in the Life Challenge Program administered by the Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System. For more information on the SCI Life Challenge Program, please contact Garrison Redd at <a href=\"mailto:Garrison.Redd@mountsinai.org\">Garrison.Redd@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Life Challenge Program enables individuals with SCI opportunities to participate in activities that may seem impossible because of their disability. An SCI outreach coordinator organizes and supervises all activities, which vary from \u201csimple and safe\u201d local outings (e.g., attending a movie and going to a Broadway show) to out-of-town, \u201chigh-activity\u201d day-long trips (e.g., horseback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":0,"parent":278,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3320,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/3320"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/brycelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}