1. Therapeutic Recreation Program Considerations
HPR 451
Chapter 3

2. Assessment/Programming Relationship
Outcomes must be delineated
Practitioner must understand concepts and rationale underlying the provision of TR Svcs
Program Design Activity Analysis Client Assessment Client Characteristics
Intervention Programs

3. Foundational Concepts of TR Svcs
Leisure Lifestyle
Rationale for TR Svcs
Leisure Ability Model
Leisure Lifestyle – def on pg 74
Implies that the individual has sufficient skills, knowledges, attitudes, and abilities to be successful and satisfied and leisure is incorporated into their life pattern

5. Leisure is incorporated into their other actions, behaviors and patterns (work, school, religion, friends, family, community, health)
Contribute to overall quality of life
It is the starting point and ending point – gives CTRS ideas on personal programming and rationale for outcomes

6. Rationale for TR Svcs
1st Assumption – every human being needs, wants, and deserves leisure
Presents opportunities to try new behaviors, experience mastery, learn new skills, meet new people, deepen existing relationships and develop clearer sense of self
Allows an individual to learn, take risks, interact, express individualism and self- actualize

7. Less restraints and boundaries
Benefits are numerous, diverse and defined by the individual (see Table 3.2 pg 76)
2nd Assumption – Many if not most individuals experience barriers to full and satisfying leisure (see Table 3.3 pg 77)
Many individuals overcome or compensate for barriers

8. Individuals with disabilities and/or illnesses experience more frequent, severe or lasting barriers
Lack of accessibility
Substance addiction
Reduced physical endurance coordination, strength
Lack skills or opportunities
Social isolation or societal attitudes
Lack awareness of resources
They need our help to reduce, eliminate overcome or compensate for barriers

9. We provide functional interventions (tx services), leisure education and/or recreation participation
Table 3.4 pg 79 – Typical attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary
When an individual possesses these they may reap the benefits of a satisfying leisure lifestyle

10. Leisure Education – Awareness, skills, resources, social skills
Leisure Ability Model
Functional intervention – Improving physical, social, cognitive and affective (emotional) abilities to facilitate participation in leisure
Leisure Education – Awareness, skills, resources, social skills
Recreation Participation – Organized leisure participation with supervision

11. How is TR Unique?
Focus more on abilities than dysfunction or pathology – Do what we can to minimize, erase or compensate for deficits
Focus exclusively on leisure abilities as a major aspect of life – Multifaceted – attitudes, knowledge, skills, abilities
Focus on use of skills in the community – skills are transferred to real life situations
Focus on combination of cognitive understanding, physical abilities, social and emotional skills – psycho/social/biological