Therapeutic Recreation Program Design: Principles and Procedures: United States Edition - Softcover

Stumbo, Norma J.; Peterson, Carol Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032154188X ISBN 13: 9780321541888

Publisher: Pearson, 2008

Synopsis

Therapeutic Recreation Program Design uses the most up-to-date information and powerful study tools to help students learn how to synthesize different elements of therapeutic recreation into one cohesive program. The Fifth Edition features an improved organization that guides students through the theory and practice of therapeutic recreation programming in a way that fully prepares them to work effectively in the industry. The book has been thoroughly updated to include the latest government/ organization regulations, and more client examples have been woven through each chapter to give students practical illustrations of the theories presented in the text.

 

The Fifth Edition features substantially updated content, the discussion of therapeutic recreation for special populations, more comprehensive Example Boxes that highlight practical applications, and new instructor resources.

About this title

About the Author

Norma Stumbo is a respected author and educator at the leading edge of the therapeutic recreation field, and has been the lead author on Therapeutic Recreation Program Design since the third edition. She boasts the highest name recognition in the world in the TR field. A prolific writer and researcher, Stumbo has received numerous awards throughout her career, such as the Presidential Citation from the National Therapeutic Recreation Society (2006), the Jorndt Outstanding Graduate Student/Faculty Mentor Award (Illinois State University, 2004), and the Outstanding University Researcher Award (Illinois State University, 1998). She taught for more than two decades at Illinois State University and is currently coordinating a National Science Foundation grant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

                       

Carol Peterson is another universally-known name in the field of therapeutic recreation. She has spent over 20 years as a university faculty member in the discipline. Her text, Therapeutic Recreation Program Design, is considered the Bible of therapeutic recreation. She is a founding member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association and was president of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society from 1980-81. She is the former Dean of the College of Human Performance and Development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is now retired, but is actively engaged in professional development of current TR practitioners through workshops and presentations.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 032154188X
• ISBN 13: 9780321541888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 496