Introduction to Recreation & Leisure Review

Where can you find TR?

Rehabs, Hospitals, Correctional Settings, Treatment centres, Retirement homes, Long term care

Cafes, Restaurants, Factories

What is a health care profession?

Studying to be a nurse

Nurse, Doctor, Psychiatrist, Therapist, Dietitian, Physiotherapist, Social Workers, Youth workers.

Explain why Therapeutic Recreation is a specialised area of recreation.

In TR, what are the benefits directly focused on?

Various activities that will produce a measurable outcome

Helping people cook

TR helps people with potentially limiting conditions make the most out of their lives..

TR is the use of what?

Functional intervention, leisure education, recreation participation

Treatment centres, communities

TR enables people with cognitive, social, physical, emotional limitations to maintain the skills/knowledge/behaviors that will allow them to....

Enjoy the leisure optimally, function independently, participate fully as possible

Sing, dance, laugh

What are some of the characteristics of TR?

Great, brilliant, fantastic

Dynamic, treatment/education/purposeful, fun, for people with unique needs, about mind, body and spirit

TR is a recreation process through which purposeful efforts are directed towards achieving desired effects. What are some of those desired effects?

Fun, gain social skills, increase physical function, increase in wellness, self-esteem, self fulfilment

Making friends, learning how to cook, etc

What can TR treat?

Scars, wounds, cuts

Dementia, developmental delays, head injuries, mental health challenges, substance abuse and addiction, aged facing barriers to participation and health issues, adults with mental health issues, youth at risk

Assessment tools examples:

Leisure scope, FACTR, leisure competence measure

Quizzes, tests, surveys

Who's your boss in TR?

Clinical managers, directors of team, administrators

Security guards, employers, supervisor

Standards are developed to assist therapeutic recreation practitioners to...

Systematically plan, implement, evaluate, and adapt their performance according to approved standards

Laugh, sing, talk

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