Therapeutic Recreation: Planning and Managing Service

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

Therapeutic Recreation Process

• assess and analyzes group’s needs
• develops a plan using shared vision, values and beliefs
• puts the plan into action
• evaluates and monitors using formative and summative evaluation

Therapeutic Recreation Service

• uses the Leisure Ability model to guide range of services
  • functional intervention
  • leisure education
  • recreation participation
• writes a therapeutic recreation philosophy
• leisure philosophy
• builds a vision and a mission statement
• service protocols – putting the vision, values and beliefs into action
  • program goals and objectives
  • client criteria for participation
  • documentation of implementation plan
• considers possible therapeutic recreation interventions
  • assessment, monitoring and follow-up
  • leisure education
  • leisure counselling
  • recreation programs and experiences
  • leisure referrals
  • leisure resource identification
  • marketing therapeutic recreation service
• develops evaluation plan
  • formative evaluation tools
  • summative evaluation tools

Quality Management Systems

• philosophies and theories of management
• explores models/systems of quality management including continuous quality improvement
• strategic planning process
• problem solving using value decision making
• risk management
• policies and procedures