Recreation Therapy At Indiana State University Department of Recreation

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Recreation TherapyAt Indiana State
UniversityDepartment of Recreation Sport
Management

• Don Rogers, Ph.D., CTRS
• Indiana State University
• Terre Haute, IN - USA
• http//www.indstate.edu/rcsm

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Recreation Therapy in the U.S.

• The provision of Treatment Services and the
  provision of Recreation Services to persons with
  illnesses or disabling conditions.

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Recreation Therapy

• The primary purposes of Treatment Services, which
  are often referred to as Recreational Therapy,
  are to
• restore, remediate or rehabilitate in order to
  improve functioning and independence and
• reduce or eliminate the effects of illness or
  disability.

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Recreation Therapy

• The primary purposes of Recreational Services are
  to provide recreation resources and opportunities
  to people with disabilities in order to improve
  specific and general health and well being.

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Who provides Recreation Therapy

• Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists
• National Counsel on Therapeutic Recreation
  Certification (NCTRC) administers and oversees
  the CTRS credential.
• To be awarded the Certified Therapeutic
  Recreation Specialist (CTRS) certificate, a
  candidate must meet the NCTRC eligibility
  requirements and pass a knowledge-based exam.

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Where do CTRSs work and who do they serve?
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What do CTRSs do?

• A CTRS typically functions as part of an
  interdisciplinary treatment team.

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What do CTRSs do?

• Use activity (leisure, recreation sport)
  modalities to treat, improve or maintain the
  physical, mental, and emotional well-being of
  consumers served. Interventions include
• structured activities which enhance specific
  functional skills
• organized sports and fitness activities
• adventure or challenge activities
• lifestyle/behavioral and family education
• supported community re-integration activities.

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Introduce a person with a spinal cord injury or
  amputation to wheelchair sports as part of
  Physical Rehabilitation.

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Use plants and gardening as a therapeutic method
  and as inclusive recreation

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Use creative arts with clients to achieve
  physical and psychological goals

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Coordinate local participation in your states
  Special Olympics program through a Special
  Recreation District or local parks and recreation
  agency.

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Improve the self-esteem of adults or youth
  at-risk through participation in an adventure
  program sponsored by a mental health facility.

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What does a Recreation Therapist do?

• Improve the functional ability of an older adult
  who has experienced a stroke, or age-related
  debilitation, through participation in recreation
  activities in long-term care or physical
  rehabilitation.

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Benefits of Recreation Therapy

• Improvement in physical health status
• Reduction in complications related to secondary
  disability
• Improvement in long-term health status and
  reduction in health risk factors
• Improvement in cognitive functioning

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Benefits of Recreation Therapy

• Improvement in psychosocial health and well-being
• Reduction in reliance upon the health care system
• Improvement in ability to manage stressors which
  threaten sobriety
• Alleviation of delays in development resulting
  from illness or neglect (children)
• Improvement in familial coping

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Job Specifics

• Jobs are expected to grow up to 9 in the next 7
  years.
• The middle 50 of recreation therapists earn
  between 23,180 and 38,620.
• Fast employment growth is expected in the
  residential and outpatient settings that serve
  people with disabilities, older adults, or people
  diagnosed with mental retardation, mental
  illness, or substance abuse problems.

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A Degree in Recreation Therapy

• The core course work in Recreation and Sport
  Management.
• Recreation Therapy emphasis classes
• Anatomy Physiology
• Social Psychology
• Psychology Abnormal Developmental
• Medical Terminology
• Recreation Therapy courses
• Recreation Therapy Internship

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Find out more about R.T.

• General Info www.recreationtherapy.com
• American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  www.atra-tr.org
• National Therapeutic Recreation Society
  http//www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentI
  d530
• National Council for Therapeutic Recreation
  Certification http//www.nctrc.org

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Want more information about R.T. at Indiana State
University?

• Dr. Don Rogers , CTRS
• Department of Recreation and Sport Mgmt.
• 812-237-3210
• derogers_at_indstate.edu
• www.indstate.edu/rcsm