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Facilitation of Therapeutic Recreation Services asks the question, what interventions and programs are therapeutic recreation specialists, regardless of specific setting or client groups or geographic regions, most likely to design, based on their scope of practice? The answers to this question make up the outline for this book and help therapists to improve their systematic application of various techniques and modalities in the practice of therapeutic recreation. Eight introductory chapters explore evidence-based practice, leisure education, selecting programs and activities based on goals and outcomes, planning and leading group activities/group interventions, communication techniques, instructional techniques, counseling techniques, and behavior change strategies. The remaining chapter discuss popular and specific interventions and techniques within therapeutic recreation practice.
Beyond higher education, the authors have professional work experiences in physical medicine and rehabilitation, long-term care, at-risk youth, independent living, and a women’s prison. They have also published numerous articles and made many presentations at state, national, and international levels.
Chapter 1—The Need for Evidence-Based and Best Practice Interventions
Chapter 2—Leisure Education
Chapter 3—Selecting Programs and Activities Based on Goals and Outcomes
Chapter 4—Planning and Leading Group Activities/Group Interventions
Chapter 5—Communication Techniques
Chapter 6—Instructional Techniques
Chapter 7—Counseling Theory and Practice: Some Applications for Leisure Education
Chapter 8—Health Behavior Change Theories and Models
Chapter 9—Problem-Solving Therapy
Chapter 10—Anger Management
Chapter 11—Social Skills Training
Chapter 12—Assertiveness Training
Chapter 13—Physical Activity
Chapter 14—Pain Management
Chapter 15—Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Therapeutic Recreation
Chapter 16—Intergenerational Programming
Chapter 17—Stress Management
Chapter 18—Sensory Stimulation and Sensory Integration
Chapter 19—Reality Orientation, Validation, and Reminiscence
Chapter 20—Community Integration
Chapter 21—Virtual Reality Technologies