Professional issues in therapeutic recreation
Subtitle: on competence and outcomes
By: Norma J. Stumbo, editor
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sagamore Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9781571675354
Subjects: Health Care Quality Assurance; Methods; Health Care Outcome and Process Assessment; Recreation Therapy; Recreational therapy; Rehabilitation; Clinical Competence
Description: This work offers a refreshing look at some of the most challenging issues facing therapeutic recreation specialists. Authored by 42 highly respected professionals, the book represents the most current thinking in the field and challenges the reader to seek greater involvement in the profession.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. On Competencies and Outcomes in Therapeutic Recreation / Norma J. Stumbo; title: TR Past, Present and Future: A Historical Issues in Therapeutic Recreation / Kari Kensinger; title: World Demographics and their Implications for Therapeutic Recreation / Jerome Singleton; title: The Role of the International Classification of Functioning. Disability and Health (IFC) in Therapeutic Recreation Practice, Research and Education / Marieke Van Puymbroeck; title: Multicultural Diversity and Competence in Therapeutic Recreation / Charlsena Stone; title: International Perspectives of Therapeutic Recreation / Heewon Yang; title: Education Issues. Keynote Perspectives on Therapeutic Recreation Education / Nancy H. Navar; title: Profile of Undergraduate and Graduate Therapeutic Recreation Curricula / Norma J. Stumbo; title: Accreditation: The Quest for Educational Quality / Marcia Jean Carter, Ramon B. Zabriskie; title: Reconciling Different Professional Expectations of Student Internships / Peggy Holmes-Layman, John Henry Pommier; title: Perspective: The Value of Support Courses and Fieldwork in the Therapeutic Recreation Curricula / Jean E. Folkerth; title: Perspective: Curricular Standardization in Therapeutic Recreation: Professional and University Implications / Jeffrey P. Witman [and others]; title: Practice Issues. Keynote: Therapeutic Recreation Practice: Art, Science, or Magic? / Sharon Nichols; title: Therapeutic Recreation Practice Models / Jo-Ellen Ross, Candace Ashton-Shaeffer; title: Integrating Evidence into Recreational Therapy Practice: An Important Focus for the Profession / Ray E. West; title: Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Decision-Making Tool for Best Practice? / Nancy E. Richeson, Suzanne Fitzsimmons, Linda L. Buettner / Issues and Concerns in Therapeutic Recreation Assessment / Norma J. Stumbo; title: Ethics and the CTRS / Sharon Nichols, Mary Ann Keogh Hoss; title: Reimbursement: Surviving Prospective Payment as a Recreational Therapy Practitioner / G.T. Thompson; title: Legislative and Regulatory Issues in Therapeutic Recreation / John W. Shank; title: Certification and Licensure: Recognition and Oversight of the Profession / Peg Connolly; title: Walking the Tightrope, Juggling, and Slow Dancing: Metaphors for Building Effective Therapeutic Relationships / Susan L. Hutchinson; title: Higher Education and Healthcare: Parallel Issues of Quality, Cost, and Access / Norma J. Stumbo, Mary Ann Keogh Hoss; title: Perspective: Facilitating the Transition from Student to Professional Through Internship / Charles W. Bloom; title: Research Issues. Keynote: Status of Therapeutic Recreation Research / Leandra A. Bedini; title: The Role of Theory in Therapeutic Recreation: A Practical Approach / Linda Caldwell; title: Methods for Outcome Research in Therapeutic Recreation / Mark A. Widmer, Neil R. Lundberg; title: Research into Practice: Building Knowledge through Empirical Practice / Bryan P. McCormick, Youngkhill Lee, Marieke Van Puymbroeck; title: Perspective: Clinical Research: Methods and Mandates / George Patrick.