Therapeutic Recreation   

This course examines the foundations, principles, and procedures utilized in developing therapeutic recreation programs to ensure effectiveness in facilitating change. Students learn a systematic approach to designing, implementing, and evaluating accountable, outcome-oriented therapeutic recreation programs.

This course provides an in-depth overview to the field of therapeutic recreation. The course covers the historical, conceptual, and philosophical foundations of the profession. Topics include service-delivery models, professional ethics, standards of practice, credentialing, practice settings, populations served, and relationships with other allied health care providers. Students participate in a 12-hour field experience and interact with professionals in the field during the course.

This course introduces delivery of recreational therapy services for persons with illnesses, disabilities, and those who are disadvantaged. Content includes symptomology, etiology, prognosis, and remediation using therapeutic intervention, concentrating on recreational therapy diagnostic protocols and diagnostic language used in healthcare that fosters interprofessional collaboration such as the application and use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.