Therapeutic Recreation and Physical and Developmental Disabilities
Curriculum guideline
Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course code
THRT 2407
Descriptive
Therapeutic Recreation and Physical and Developmental Disabilities
Department
Therapeutic Recreation
Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
202230
PLAR
Yes
Semester length
Flexible Delivery ranging over 2 to 15 weeks
Max class size
30
Contact hours
60 Hours
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Learning activities
- Lecture
- Group work
- Student/media presentations
- Community experiences
- Skill development
Course description
In this course students will gain an appreciation of the strengths and diversities of persons living with physical and developmental disabilities. Therapeutic Recreation intervention and implementation strategies and techniques will be used to explore disability and disease related changes a person experiences when acquiring disability. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health is considered in its relationship to therapeutic recreation practice.
Course content
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
Course content will be guided by research, empirical knowledge and best practice. The following values and principles, consistent with professional standards, inform course content.
- Increasing knowledge and understanding of a range of disabilities increases competence of TR practitioners
- Building leisure and recreation life skills increases individuals' capacity to engage in meaningful and challenging activity, develop personal networks and wellbeing, and increase opportunities for community engagement
- Understanding classification systems used in cross disciplinary practice enriches inter-professional collaboration
- Advocating for the rights of all individuals is central to therapeutic recreation professional standards of practice
- Developing adaptation techniques for increasing access to leisure experiences is integral to inclusion
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- explain characteristics of a variety of physical, neurological, intellectual and developmental disabilities
- discuss secondary implications of disability for people living with physical, neurological, intellectual and developmental disabilities
- analyze and justify the role and benefits of leisure and recreation opportunities and experiences for people living with a physical, neurological, intellectual or developmental disability using evidence-based research
- explore therapeutic recreation frameworks and interventions to solve problems that relate to diversity in abilities and disabilities including the principles of task analysis and adaptation
- explain the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health philosophy, codes and qualifiers and their relationship to therapeutic recreation practice
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. Typical means of evaluation will include a combination of:
- written assignments
- presentations
- testing
- participation
This is a graded course.
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 Therapeutic Recreation and adapted physical education practice textbooks
- Selected audio-visual and computer resources
- Selected readings from books and journals
Prerequisites