Recreation Leadership III: Advanced Leadership and Group Processes in Therapeutic Recreation
Curriculum guideline
Lecture: 4 hours/week
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lecture, class discussions, small group work and workshops, experiential learning, research, and student presentations.
Group Practice and Techniques
- Facilitating effective group dynamics, building trust and cohesion
- Multicultural perspective of group work practice
- Exploring diversity, equity, and culture in group practice
- Trauma informed group practiceandinclusive leadership
- Advanced group leadership skills including facilitation and co-facilitation techniques
- Ethical and legal issues in group work
- Conflict management and collaboration
- Evidence-based interventions
- Use of motivational interviewing and storytelling
- Experiential learning through role play and small group leadership
- Program protocol application for psycho-education groups
- Self-reflective practice
Group Assessment
- Principles of group observation and data analysis
- Methods of assessing group dynamics, culture, and environment
- Linking assessment to intervention
Group Program Planning: therapeutic group interventions
- Program protocol and session planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Group proposal development
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- analyze the theoretical foundations of group process and practice;
- synthesize a theoretical orientation upon which to guide group practice;
- describe how co-facilitation and experiential group work can be applied in therapeutic recreation service delivery;
- describe ethical group practice, including cultural consideration and integrating diversity in group work;
- assess the dynamics and process of a small group;
- plan, present and evaluate a Therapeutic Recreation program for a clinical or community-based group;
- demonstrate advanced leadership skills in experiential group work;
- reflect on group work practice of oneself and of co-facilitators, integrating feedback.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Typical means of assessment includes a combination of:
- Testing
- Written assignments
- Group facilitation and leadership
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of a student’s grade performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the instructor’s course outline and allowed for in the course curriculum guideline.
This course may have an assignment that has been identified as part of the TR Department Research Framework and therefore the assignment must be passed at a minimum of a C (60%) level in order for a student to achieve a C (60%) final grade in the course. Each course outline will clearly identify these research framework assignments if relevant.
All students in the Therapeutic Recreation program, both diploma and degree students, are required to attain a minimum of 60% (C letter grade) in all courses utilized for credit towards a Diploma and/or Degree in Therapeutic Recreation in order to progress in the program.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required readings and course materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
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