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RECREATION AS A PROFESSION

RECREATION AS A PROFESSION. Recreation Providers. Providers of recreation are generally referred to as recreation professionals, or leisure service professional or specialist.

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RECREATION AS A PROFESSION

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  1. RECREATION AS A PROFESSION

  2. Recreation Providers • Providers of recreation are generally referred to as recreation professionals, or leisure service professional or specialist. • Recreation professionals who become certified by the National Recreation and Park Association are called Certified Park and Recreation Professionals (CPRP) • Therapeutic Recreation Professionals are Certified Therapeutic Recreation Professionals (CTRS)

  3. What kinds of recreation are there? Public Recreation • Run by state, federal programs/subsidiaries or by non-profit agencies • Example: Paul B Johnson State Park • Tries to meet specific social needs • Accountable to elected officials • Operate under the scrutiny of the media

  4. Commercial Recreation • Run by for-profit businesses and organizations • There is no need to associate these with better or worse facilities or a disdain for profit • Receive less pressure to consider the social and environmental consequences • Less obligated to educate or consider socioeconomic status • Focused on profit margins

  5. Commercial Recreation is a collection of industries that provide a wide range of recreation, entertainment or amusement services such as amusement and theme parks, professional sports, tourist industry, manufacturers of apparel and equipment, health and sports clubs, and elements of transportation and food industries. • Size ranges from mom & pop enterprises to a multi-national corporations.

  6. The 5 Domains of Commercial Recreation • Entertainment services – movie theater, nightclub, bowling alley, water parks • Natural environment based services – campgrounds, marinas, ski resorts, wildlife parks • Retail related services – specialty stores, department stores, home shopping network • Hospitality and food services – catering, hotel, resorts, restaurants • Travel and Tourism services – airlines, tour buses and boats, travel agencies

  7. Corporate Recreation • These forms of recreation are put on for the benefit of employees or investors • Can exist in conjunction with commercial or public recreation • i.e. a bowling team in a for-profit bowling league or a corporate picnic held at a state park.

  8. Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Therapeutic Recreation services involve the use of recreational activities, education and personal support to enhance the lives of people. • Services special populations such as, but not limited to people with disabilities • Services may support the improvement or maintenance of functional daily living skills, social skill development, health and wellness • Professionals attempt to modify or reinforce behaviors through recreation and play experiences. • Can occur in both public and private sectors

  9. THERAPEUTIC RECREATION • WHAT IS IT? • Settings • Hospitals • Physical rehabilitation • Psychiatric treatment facilities • Acute care hospitals • Specialty hospitals • Long-term care facilities • Public schools • Residential settings • Community based • Private practice

  10. Therapeutic Recreation assist in maintaining or improving health status, functional capacities, and quality of life • Benefits include: • Physical health –improvement in respiratory and cardiovascular function, decrease in secondary physical difficulties due to disabilities, improvement in physical motor functioning • Cognitive health – improvement in general cognitive functioning, improved memory, decrease in disorientation and confusion

  11. Continued • Psychological health – decreased depression, anxiety, increase coping mechanisms, decreased stress level, • Social health – improved communication skills, improved language, decreased inappropriate behaviors, increased social support and use of community

  12. Assumptions about Therapeutic Recreation • Individuals needing Therapeutic Recreation services generally have some type of barrier (physical, mental, emotional or social) to life fulfillment. • Individual populations addressed through T.R. are not all the same. • Variety of impairments, levels of functioning, and needs for a variety of interventions

  13. Inpatient facilities in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, healthcare centers, and correctional institutions exist because community services do not meet the needs of people with disabilities. • In these types of facilities a T.R. professional works in a team with other professionals to address the functioning of the individual. • T.R. specialist assess individual needs and desires, design individualized treatment plans, implement plans using various techniques and evaluate and monitor progress to document efficacy of services and readiness for discharge.

  14. Careers in Recreation • Recreation services • Lead organized activities • Recreation resources • Protection of resources • Tourism • Travel for pleasure • Amusement and entertainment • Operation of games

  15. Resource & Park Management • Senior Centers • Student Unions • Therapeutic Recreation – Multiple populations available • Travel & Tourism • Volunteer Agencies • Wildlife Manager • Youth Sports

  16. Adventure Recreation • College Teaching • Commercial Recreation • Community Education • Community Recreation • Convention Management • Corporate Fitness • Correctional Recreation • Cultural Arts

  17. Entertainment Law • Facility Management • Intramural Sports • Leisure Counseling • Military Recreation • Outdoor Recreation • Park Ranger • Recreation Forester

  18. Levels of Recreation Leadership • Administrator who plans, organizes, and coordinates operations of the agency • Providing supervision for other staff members • Working with other TR specialists or treatment team members; exerting leadership with peers • Actual delivery of TR to clients

  19. Professional Organizations for Recreation and Therapeutic Recreation Professionals • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (APHERD) • American Camping Association (ACA) • Resort and Commercial Recreation Association (RCRA) • National Employee Services Recreation Association (NESRA) • National Intramural Recreation Services Association (NIRSA) • World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) • American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) • National Therapeutic Recreation Society (NTRS) • National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) • Society for Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE) • Mississippi Recreation and Park Association (MRPA)

  20. Professional Organizations • ATRA, NRPA • Create: • Code of Ethics • Standards of Practice

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