Introduction to Recreational Therapy

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Explain holistic health and wellness for people with and without disabilities, including disease prevention and health promotion

• Analyze and apply health care and recreational therapy service delivery models, theories, and concepts

• Explain the use of self as an instrument in therapeutic relationships

• Summarize the sociological, psychological, historical, & physiological significance of therapeutic recreation

• Explain the history & development of the therapeutic recreation field within the leisure services profession

• Identify the steps in the RT process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation or APIED)

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of a Recreational Therapist working as an integral part of the interdisciplinary treatment team process

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Syllabus Quiz	20 points
Scavenger Hunt	20 points
Pop Quizzes	TBD
Practice Model Presentation	50
APIED Presentation	100 points
Disability Simulation	100 points
Adaptive Sports Expo	100 points
Exam #1	50 points
Exam #2	100 points
Total	540 points (+ pop quizzes)

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 - 100%	A
90 - 92%	A-
87 - 89%	B+
83 - 86%	B
80 - 82%	B-
77 - 79%	C+
73 - 76%	C
70 - 72%	C-
67 - 69%	D+
63 - 66%	D
60 - 62%	D-
Below 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Carter, M. J., & Van Andel, G. E. (2020). Therapeutic Recreation: A Practical Approach (5th ed.). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate, and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.