Therapeutic Recreation Practice II: Diploma

Professionalism

• Self awareness and self evaluation skills
• Safe practice and safety awareness including personal hygiene procedures
• Effective working relationships with staff, volunteers and participants
• Effective client interaction skills
• Confidentiality in all communications concerning the agency
• Personal wellness and appropriate work habits
• Respond to the changing needs of the agency, balancing flexibility and organizational skills
• Adherence to agency policies and procedures

Knowledge of Agency

• Organizational structure, philosophy, goals
• Recreation department (equivalent) goals, philosophy, practitioner role
• Application of therapeutic recreation service models
• Recreation health promotion practices evident within the agency

Helping Relationships and Skills

• Client-centered, age appropriate approach to all interventions
• Helping relationships built upon humanistic values
• Basic communication and interview skills
• Problem management/opportunity development approach to helping
• Helping skills and discussions about healthy leisure lifestyles

Assessment and Individual Program Planning

• Describes the disabling condition(s) of the client
• Analyses 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

Activity Analysis, Selection, and Adaptation

• Activity analysis
• Activity adaptation

Program Planning and Leadership

• Breadth and depth in recreation activity skills
• Effective group leadership
• Activity analysis and adaptation skills
• Group assessment, awareness of group dynamics and needs
• Documents program with a program protocol and session plans
• Implements and evaluates the program