Recreation Leadership I

Course content is guided by research, empirical knowledge and best practice.  The following values and principles, consistent with professional standards, inform course content.

1. The benefits of leisure and recreation are endless.  When we recreate, we experiment, explore and engage with self, community and environment.
2. Life satisfaction and wellbeing are enhanced through recreation activities that reduce stress and isolation and create opportunities for fun, pleasure, challenge, creativity, accomplishment, and connections.
3. Recreation is essential to develpment and change throughout the lifespan.
4. Recreation is central to building and maintaining community and social and cultural connections.
5. Inclusive recreation program development occurs in the context of understanding the needs and values of individuals, families, communities, cultures, practitioners and agencies.
6. Recreation planning is a collaborative interplay between participants, leader and the selected activity.  It is a creative and dynamic process.
7. Program planning is based on participant needs.
8. Leadership theories and models inform best practice in health care and community settings.
9. Effective leadership skills facilitate the delivery of recreation programs that are cognitively and physically stimulating, enjoyable, challenging, and inspiring.