Effective Management in Therapeutic Recreation Service

Effective Management in Therapeutic Recreation Service

Effective Management in Therapeutic Recreation 3rd Edition,provides theoretical and practical knowledge about the management of therapeutic recreation services in health and human service organizations in North America. The text was written forupper-level under-graduate students as well as practitioners. The text was also prepared for a therapeutic recreation specialist who has responsibility for managing direct therapeutic recreation service and the assignment and direction of staff, volunteers, and interns who deliver the service.<br><br>While acknowledging that all the information useful to a potential manager or practicing manager cannot be contained in this one volume, the intent is to present the most important portions of management information relevant to the professional who is a first-line manager. Changes are taking place on a daily basis in health and human service organizations which in turn affect therapeutic recreation service and its management. Management of therapeutic recreation service, regardless of setting, will change dramatically in the future.<br><br>New features of this third edition introduced to support instructors and learners are an instructors' CD and a text format with interactive pedagogical tools, The instructors' CD includes PowerPoint slides, test questions, and review questions. Each text chapter is introduced with learner outcomes that are then embedded in the text narrative in close proximity to the relevant learner content. Within the chapters, significant content is presented in Figures and Tables and enumerated in the chapter summary. Lastly, the text has ben reduced in length so instructors may organize units according to the average number of weeks in an academic academic term.<br><br>Another new feature of this edition is the introduction of information relevant to therapeutic recreation management in Canada. <br>Since publication of the second edition, academic programs in Canada are increasing; where appropriate, discussion presents information unique to Canadian learners. Likewise, throughout the text, the global interactions of heath and human services are acknowledged: Students and practicing managers may engage in professional preparation, live, and practice in completely different geographic areas, so culture and diversity are integrated into topics throughout the text.