Course

Therapeutic Recreation: Individual Program Planning

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Therapeutic Recreation
Course Code
THRT 1210
Credits
2.00
Semester Length
Flexible Delivery ranging over 1 to 15 weeks
Max Class Size
30
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Tutorial
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
The purpose of this course is to assist student development of individual program plans, through the Therapeutic Recreation process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Standardized assessment instruments, goal attainment scales and various methods of writing, monitoring and evaluating individual plans will be explored.
Course Content

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

Therapeutic Recreation Process

Assessment

  • various methods, including leisure interview, observation and inference, interdisciplinary information, background information, standardized tools and computer application
  • philosophy of assessment
  • ecological perspective as it applies to assessment
  • client-centred assessment
  • assessment summary that identifies strengths and needs

Planning

  • apply different methods of writing individual program plans
  • write client centred goals and objectives
  • write goals and objectives that involve the environment

Implementing

  • techniques of monitoring individual program plans (IPPs)
  • write progress notes

Evaluating

  • determine the criteria for evaluating the individual program plans
  • recommendations and follow-up

Therapeutic Recreation Practice

Therapeutic Recreation Theoretical Frameworks

  • humanism
  • leisure
  • wellness
  • phenomenology

Analyze Behaviours

  • observation skills
  • apply theoretical frameworks
  • apply leadership models
  • self reflection
  • helping skills
Learning Activities
  • Lecture/discussion
  • Media
  • Computer applications
  • Case Studies
Means of Assessment

This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations

An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.

This is a graded course

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Apply therapeutic recreation process with individuals using the Therapeutic Recreation service models
  2. Analyze behaviour of self and others within theoretical frameworks
Textbook Materials

A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Resources include:

  • Selected readings from a variety of TR practice textbooks
  • Selected audio-visual and computer resources
  • Selected readings from books and journals

Requisites

Prerequisites

THRT 1110

Corequisites

THRT 1230 (or prerequisite)

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer Details for THRT 1210
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025