Therapeutic Recreation Practice II

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

Professionalism

• self  awareness, goal-setting and self evaluation skills
• adherence to agency policies and procedures
• safe practice and safety awareness, including personal hygiene procedures
• effective working relationships with colleagues
• effective client interaction skills
• confidentiality in all communications concerning the agency
• personal wellness and appropriate work habits
• demonstrates critical thinking and seeks and accepts feedback
• responds to the changing needs of the agency, balancing flexibility and organizational skills

Therapeutic Recreation Applied

• organizational, mandate, vision
• therapeutic recreation philosophy, goals, etc.
• therapeutic recreation practices evident within the agency
• application of therapeutic recreation service model

Practicum Seminars and Learning Experiences

• attends all seminars
• completes all written assignments

Therapeutic Interventions

Person-Centred Approach

• demonstrates the ideals of a person-centred approach, including normalization, social role valorization, self-determination, interdependence, and inclusion
• aware of ability to demonstrate the ideals of a person-centred approach

Assessment and Individual Program Planning

• applies knowledge of the age related changes and the needs of older adults
• understands and responds to the disabilities an older adult may experience
• analyzes the systems: family, agency, community, economic, environmental, political, etc. which may impact upon a client’s health and leisure well-being
• observes and interviews the client to identify strengths and needs
• prepares with the client an individual leisure lifestyle program plan
• implements, monitors and evaluates the plan

Helping Relationships and Skills

• client-centred, age appropriate approach to all interventions
• helping relationships build upon humanistic values
• basic and advanced communications skills
• adopts a problem management/opportunity development approach to helping
• applies helping skills to discussions about healthy leisure lifestyles
• reflects on helping skills practice, strengths and limitations

Therapeutic Recreation Program Leadership

• demonstrates knowledge of a range of recreation skills and experiences
• adhering to a client-philosophy, matches client need with recreation/leisure experiences
• aware of recreation activity adaptations
• demonstrates effective leadership in group and one-to-one situations
• applies two specific therapeutic interventions (i.e. fitness program, pet therapy, horticulture therapy, humour therapy) with a group of clients
• recognizes wellness, leisure, phenomenological and ecological perspectives when implementing all therapeutic recreation interventions
• evaluates sessions and makes recommendations

Group Assessment

• aware of group dynamics and needs