Therapeutic Recreation Program Considerations

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Therapeutic Recreation Program Considerations

• HPR 451
• Chapter 3

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Assessment/Programming Relationship

• Outcomes must be delineated
• Practitioner must understand concepts and
  rationale underlying the provision of TR Svcs
• Program Design
  Activity Analysis Client
  Assessment Client
  Characteristics

Intervention Programs
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Foundational Concepts of TR Svcs

• Leisure Lifestyle
• Rationale for TR Svcs
• Leisure Ability Model
• Leisure Lifestyle def on pg 74
• Implies that the individual has sufficient
  skills, knowledges, attitudes, and abilities to
  be successful and satisfied and leisure is
  incorporated into their life pattern

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• Leisure is incorporated into their other actions,
  behaviors and patterns (work, school, religion,
  friends, family, community, health)
• Contribute to overall quality of life
• It is the starting point and ending point gives
  CTRS ideas on personal programming and rationale
  for outcomes

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Rationale for TR Svcs

• 1st Assumption every human being needs, wants,
  and deserves leisure
• Presents opportunities to try new behaviors,
  experience mastery, learn new skills, meet new
  people, deepen existing relationships and develop
  clearer sense of self
• Allows an individual to learn, take risks,
  interact, express individualism and
  self-actualize

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• Less restraints and boundaries
• Benefits are numerous, diverse and defined by the
  individual (see Table 3.2 pg 76)
• 2nd Assumption Many if not most individuals
  experience barriers to full and satisfying
  leisure (see Table 3.3 pg 77)
• Many individuals overcome or compensate for
  barriers

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• Individuals with disabilities and/or illnesses
  experience more frequent, severe or lasting
  barriers
• Lack of accessibility
• Substance addiction
• Reduced physical endurance coordination, strength
• Lack skills or opportunities
• Social isolation or societal attitudes
• Lack awareness of resources
• They need our help to reduce, eliminate overcome
  or compensate for barriers

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• We provide functional interventions (tx
  services), leisure education and/or recreation
  participation
• Table 3.4 pg 79 Typical attitudes, knowledge,
  and skills necessary
• When an individual possesses these they may reap
  the benefits of a satisfying leisure lifestyle

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Leisure Ability Model

• Functional intervention Improving physical,
  social, cognitive and affective (emotional)
  abilities to facilitate participation in leisure
• Leisure Education Awareness, skills, resources,
  social skills
• Recreation Participation Organized leisure
  participation with supervision

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How is TR Unique?

• Focus more on abilities than dysfunction or
  pathology Do what we can to minimize, erase or
  compensate for deficits
• Focus exclusively on leisure abilities as a major
  aspect of life Multifaceted attitudes,
  knowledge, skills, abilities
• Focus on use of skills in the community skills
  are transferred to real life situations
• Focus on combination of cognitive understanding,
  physical abilities, social and emotional skills
  psycho/social/biological