Lessons Learned: An Open Letter to Recreational Therapy Students Practitioners

David R. Austin

ISBN 10: 1571675825 / ISBN 13: 9781571675828

Published by Sagamore Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessons Learned: An Open Letter to Recreational Therapy Students Practitioners
• Publisher: Sagamore Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571675825
• ISBN 13: 9781571675828
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book provides a personalised approach and a fresh, bold guide for students and practitioners in recreational therapy. This thought-provoking, inspiring, and accessible text will help the next generation of recreational therapists to find purpose, meaning, and fulfilment in their own lives and to bring health and happiness to their clients. Sections include: Understanding Recreational Therapy, Approaches to Recreational Therapy, Conceptual Foundations of Recreational Therapy, Working with Groups, The Recreational Therapist, Techniques for Recreational Therapists, Social Psychology and Recreational Therapy, and What to Do and Not Do as a Recreational Therapist.

About the Author

Dr. Austin produced 23 instructional videos through the federally funded Recreation Therapy Video (RTV) Project, and he is author of the Health Protection/Health Promotion Model of Practice. Dr. Austin has served on editorial boards for the Journal of Leisure Research, Schole, Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, and Leisure Today. He is a past president of ATRA, the Society of Park and Recreation Educators, and the Academy of Leisure Sciences, as well as a past member of the NRPA Board of Trustees. Dr. Austin is a fellow in the Academy of Leisure Sciences and a founding fellow of the National Academy of Recreational Therapists. He is the only individual to have received the NTRS Distinguished Service Award, the ATRA Distinguished Fellow Award, and the SPRE Distinguished Fellow Award. He has been awarded Indiana Universitys highest teaching award, the Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching. He has been named to the Union College Hall of Fame and was presented the Brightbill Award by the University of Illinois. In 1998, Dr. Austin received the NRPA Literary Award.