Not available for degree credit for thesis-track students. This course examines recreation's role in rehabilitation. Topics include organization and development of programs, approaches to understanding patient behavior, and adaptation of activities to basic disability areas. The course examines human growth and development, and the concomitant development of recreation and leisure life-styles among individuals. It focuses on investigating the developmental patterns of special populations.
Special attention is given to therapeutic recreation intervention for specific disability groups.
This course addresses philosophical, ethical, professional, and theoretical issues that have an impact on the delivery of therapeutic recreation services. The impact of legislation, standards of practice and professionalization, and health care reform are investigated. This course is an upper-level undergraduate course that addresses the rehabilitation process in therapeutic recreation. The course is instructed by faculty. This course addresses the specific adaptations required for exercise testing and prescribing physical activity programs for individuals with special needs.