Therapeutic Recreation and Physical and Developmental Disabilities

• Strengths and diversities of persons living with physical and developmental disabilities
• Therapeutic recreation intervention and implementation strategies and techniques
• Disability and disease related changes a person experiences when acquiring disability
• The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and its relationship to therapeutic recreation practice

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

Course content will be guided by research, empirical knowledge and best practice.  The following values and principles, consistent with professional standards, inform course content.

• Increasing knowledge and understanding of a range of disabilities increases competence of TR practitioners
• Building leisure and recreation life skills increases individuals' capacity to engage in meaningful and challenging activity, develop personal networks and wellbeing, and increase opportunities for community engagement
• Understanding classification systems used in cross disciplinary practice enriches inter-professional collaboration
• Advocating for the rights of all individuals is central to therapeutic recreation professional standards of practice
• Developing adaptation techniques for increasing access to leisure experiences is integral to inclusion