#recreation therapist

[zendeedesigns]

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[rectherapywellness]

What is Therapeutic Recreation (TR)?

According to Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO), TR can be defined as, “a process that utilizes functional intervention, education and recreation participation to enable persons with physical, cognitive, emotional and/or social limitations to acquire and/or maintain the skills, knowledge and behaviours that will allow them to enjoy their leisure optimally, function independently with the least amount of assistance and participate as fully as possible in society,” (2023). But what does that really mean? What do Recreation Therapists actually do? Rec Therapists are trained professionals who practice in clinical and/or community settings (2023). Clinical settings are places such hospitals, rehabilitation centres, and inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities, while community settings are places such as community recreation centres, schools, and sports centres. In these different settings, Rec Therapists have a variety of responsibilities, but at the core of all Therapeutic Recreation work is a professional helping groups or individuals improve their quality of life through meaningful participation in recreation and leisure (2023). Recreation and leisure is a huge category that encompasses many different activities. Below are some examples of recreation and leisure: - sports and exercise (ex. walking, weightlifting, dancing, soccer, volleyball, tennis) - art (ex. drawing, painting, colouring, sculpting, knitting, embroidery) - gardening - spending times with friends and/or family - cooking - baking - yoga - meditation - reading - birdwatching - doing a puzzle - board games - video games - going to a museum or art gallery Another big part of a Rec Therapist’s role is adapting activities so that the participants can engage fully and get the most out of the activity. For example, for individuals with mobility issues, yoga may be adapted into chair yoga so that it is more accessible to these individuals. Another example could be painting with fingers and sponges for individuals who may have an issue with gripping a paintbrush. In Therapeutic Recreation we want to make activities accessible to everyone because everyone can benefit from therapeutic recreation and leisure. The last vital part of TR that I will touch on in this post is the domains of wellness. The theory of domains of wellness posits that for an individual to achieve optimal quality of life, each of the six domains of wellness must be addressed. The six domains are: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, behavioural, and social (2023). These domains can be addressed and improved in an individuals life through recreation and leisure activities. To conclude, Therapeutic Recreation is a complex and diverse profession which is based upon the improvement of individual’s lives through meaningful engagement in various recreation and leisure activities. Check out more of my blog to learn more about TR, how TR can be used to help individuals with mental health concerns, and the importance of leisure education! Works Cited: About therapeutic recreation - therapeutic recreation ontario. Therapeutic Recreation Ontario - Believe, Belong, Become. (2023, March 10). https://www.trontario.org/about/about-therapeutic-recreation/

[tina-nina]

I needed more characters blatantly appalled by the regulators and going "yeah, we need to dismantle that brick by bloody brick" instead of "oh wow that's kind of wack, let's try and see where they're coming from."

I know where they're coming from. It still needs to be dismantled brick by bloody brick.

[sydmarch]

I dont abuse substances I treat them really niceys

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

i need to consume something or my thoughts consume me

[sunnist4rs]

Girl, you need therapy, not a blog. You clearly suffer with some kind of paranoid/delusional disorder.

I actually go to therapy for my anxiety and other issues/traumatic experiences I’ve had. Most of my traumatic experiences have been because of men, does this give me an obvious bias? Yes. Is it my fault? No, this bias has helped me keep safe from men in more recent encounters. Encounters which like the previous ones were caused by men and their aggressive tendencies, not me.

So thanks but no thanks because I don’t think the opinion of a stranger on the internet who doesn’t know anything about me or my life is more valuable than my own. Especially when determining how I care for my own health and spend my free time.

[fairygoremutt]

Il porcellino in Mercato Nuovo, Florence

[kimtaegis]

What do you mean by "I keep prioritising the less important things"? 😕

e.g. running a blog is significantly less important to my future than writing my stupid thesis right now and doing my jobs 🥲 yet here I am constantly delaying or skipping work to make gifs on time, it’s not good. I just can’t seem to regulate this sense of obligation? I don’t know if it’s the right word for what I mean I’m sorry

[w33dcommie]

i feel like i’m permanently stuck feeling 18 and overwhelmed/confused/lost in every possible way

[factorydefaultlu]

Fucked up ships are like crack to me.

Someone mentions a problematic ship in a fandom and I have to go sniff it out like a bomb dog.

Most of the time my reaction is "This really isn't that bad yall are just mean."

But other times? Oh I get so excited when the ships are heavily abusive and/or illegal.

[martian-martian-martian]

when your therapist is an addiction specialist and you tell them your concerns about self discipline and overcaution with intoxicants, only for them to tell you you’re 100% correct and that their advice would be the exact same.

[dragynkeep]

thinking on how we mirror our parents even when we lose them / go no contact because i fall into the exact same rhythm of cleaning the house with his music playing alongside me & dinner on the stove & clean laundry drying on the radiators & it feels like home.

[genderkoolaid]

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

[chirpybirdy]

my favorite thing about austin butler is how theres so many people who worked with him who say things like "i saw how hard austin was working and kicked my own ass into gear." and then pugh talking about one of her few interactions with him on d2ne being "we gotta get you out the house" because he was using his off-time to study for bikeriders (i think)

[infinityhealthsurrey]

Infinity Health

Infinity Health was established in 2009 to provide community rehabilitation services across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley area. Our team of occupational therapists, kinesiologists, recreational assistants, and counsellors assist with client recovery to achieve overall health and wellness after suffering from injury or illness. Our staff members work with clients to improve their quality of living and work towards pre-injury/illness lifestyle and independence.

Address: 9850 King George Blvd, #308, Surrey, BC V4A 9C4, Canada Phone: 778-278-1179 Website: https://infinityhealth.ca/locations/surrey/

[infinityhealth]

Infinity Health

Infinity Health was established in 2009 to provide community rehabilitation services across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley area. Our team of occupational therapists, kinesiologists, recreational assistants, and counsellors assist with client recovery to achieve overall health and wellness after suffering from injury or illness. Our staff members work with clients to improve their quality of living and work towards pre-injury/illness lifestyle and independence.

Address: 303-2845 Cruickshank Street, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6X1, Canada Phone: 778-278-1179 Website: https://infinityhealth.ca/