Week 12 (last week. Yikes again)

Last week was kind of a culminating week. We learned about Therapeutic Recreation and all of the ways we can incorporate the things we've learned this semester into a job situation. It was really cool. Here are some of the cool things I learned:

American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA), “the provision of Treatment Services and the provision of Recreation Services to persons with illnesses or disabling conditions. The primary purposes of Treatment Services, which are often referred to as Recreational Therapy, are to restore, remediate or rehabilitate in order to improve functioning and independence as well as reduce or eliminate the effects of illness or disability. The primary purposes of Recreational Services are to provide recreation resources and opportunities in order to improve health and well being. Therapeutic recreation is provided by professionals who are trained and certified, registered and/or licensed to provide therapeutic recreation (1987).”
National Therapeutic Recreation Society (NTRS), a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association, “Therapeutic recreation uses treatment, education and recreation services to help people with illnesses, disabilities and other conditions to develop and use their leisure in ways that enhance their health, functional abilities, independence and quality of life.”
Therapeutic Recreation Process

1. Assessment: Identify Clients needs; physical, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual
2. Planning: Determine client’s goals and objectives; functional intervention, leisure education, recreation participation
3. Intervention: Facilitate the group or the activity
4. Evaluation: Determine progress of the client and benefit of the program.

Job Settings

• Hospitals
• Long term care facilities and nursing homes
• Community recreation centers
• Schools
• Camps
• Wilderness programs
• Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
• Mental health facilities, acute and residential
• Correction centers
• Group homes
• Senior centers
• Veterans administration hospitals
• Retirement communities
• Home healthcare and outpatient services 

Here is a video I found that kind of explains how it all comes together: