FTR707 - Therapeutic Recreation, Field Placement

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Subject Title
Therapeutic Recreation, Field Placement

Subject Description
This course provides students with the framework to build on their previous fieldwork experience. It is composed of both classroom work and field experience that enables the student to integrate the academic content from the program with TR work in a health care or social service agency. Each placement will allow the students to meet a minimum of two TR competencies each term. Information about the practicum experiences are shared, discussed, and analyzed in the online classroom to integrate academic learning with the realities of the TR work place

Credit Status
One Credit

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this subject, the student will be able to:

1. Integrate the knowledge base, theories, methodologies, and approaches of therapeutic recreation used in professional practice, through previous course knowledge.

2. Analyze client assessment to design the most appropriate therapeutic recreation interventions based on field placement experience.

3. Create a therapeutic intervention specific to client needs and/or population.

4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the therapeutic interventions based on field placement experience.

5. Identify best practices encountered during field placement to inform therapeutic recreation practice.

6. Demonstrate adherence to the professional standards of practice in therapeutic recreation.

7. Reflect using journaling and weekly discussion boards as a self-development tool.

8. Document professional development opportunities, goals, and progress during field placement.

9. Perform effectively as a team member and recreation therapy student in an interdisciplinary team.

10. Demonstrate your role as a self-directed learner by working independently, taking initiative, multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, and utilizing appropriate stress reduction techniques. 11. Develop professional competencies relevant to issues encountered in the field placement.

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