Produced by:
Professor David R. Austin, Director
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the RTV Project, Indiana University

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21 minutes

Explores various types of assistive devices that are available through vendors as well as items that can be made by recreation therapists. Provides a springboard of ideas for the therapist.

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33 minutes

Seven case study vignettes to demonstrate recreational therapy in practice. Presents interviews and interactions between counselors and clients in the following situations: a cocaine abuser in a detox program; a graduate student whose personal and academic life are suffering due to obsessive-compulsive disorder; a 16-year-old with muscular dystrophy arriving at summer camp; a 61-year-old man who has been over-extended caring for his wife who suffers from Alzheimer's disease; a 17-year-old girl who recently over-dosed on sleeping pills; and a 27-year-old schizophrenic man.

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32 minutes

Utilizing a panel of both professionals and students, explores clinical supervision and its potentially powerful impact on therapeutic recreation services. Explores goals and rationale for clinical supervision, and concerns for the initial supervisory session.

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22 minutes

Illustrates how computers can be used in therapeutic recreation. Charlie Dixon of CompuTR guides the viewers through some currently available computer applications.

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46 minutes

 A panel format facilitated by Bryan McCormick, Ph.D., CTRS, of Indiana University, is used to examine documentation and behavioral observation in therapeutic recreation. Panel members explore the role and function of documentation, possible forms of documentation, progress note writing and techniques of observing and documenting client behavior. Along with the discussion, includes vignettes to provide for guided practice.

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41 minutes

Provides an in-depth examination of effective listening responses in the following areas: establishment of initial environment, responding skills, questioning techniques, and closing techniques.

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20 minutes

 Utilizes vignettes and an interview format with Charles Bullock, PhD., CTRS, to examine the proper use of, and need for, feedback in performance situations. Explains the relationship of attribution theory to feedback, lists guidelines for the therapist in providing feedback, and provides analyses in the therapeutic setting.

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72 minutes

Professor David R. Austin of Indiana University hosts a discussion of the history of therapeutic recreation. The first program looks broadly at the historical development of the field. The second program looks at the first "revolution" in therapeutic recreation, which occurred after World War II.  The third program looks at the professionalization of the discipline, which occurred gradually in the 1960s and 1970s with the creation of a journal, guidelines, standards of practice, and university accreditation. Concludes with "To Serve a Purpose," a profile of the profession used for educational recruitment.

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23 minutes

Follows a client through the treatment services provided by a therapeutic recreation specialist: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Gives an opportunity for viewers to develop their own plans for their clients.

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22 minutes

Explores issues regarding the importance of effective and respectful interactions with persons with disabilities. Shot on location at Bradford Woods, a camping facility for persons with disabilities, with Gary Robb, Director of Bradford Woods.

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28 minutes

Provides an in-depth exploration of the significance of nonverbal communication in the following areas: visual, vocal, spatial, and temporal cues. Discussion features therapeutic recreation students and professionals.  Professor David Austin moderates.

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111 minutes

 Presents the most influential persons in the area of therapeutic recreation in two parts.  Part One: Earlier Pioneers portrays Fred Humphry, Ira Hutchinson, Gerald S. O'Morrow, Janet Pomeroy, and Jean R. Tague.  Ann James, Marcia Carter, Glen Van Andel, Gerald O'Morrow, David Austin, Bryan McCormick, Jean Folkerth, Youngkhill Lee, David Compton, Gary Robb, Don Rogers, Janet Funderbuck, Pamela Wilson, and Sharon Nichols provide comments and insights into the professional significance and personal aspects of these early leaders.  Part Two: More Recent Pioneers portrays David Austin, Marcia Jean Carter, David Compton, Carol Peterson, and Gary M. Robb.  Professors Don Rogers, David Compton, Glen Van Andel, Jean Folkerth, Marcia Carter, Bryan McCormick, Debbi Hutchins, David Austin, Gerald Hitzhusen, and Gary Robb as well as Ann Huston, Janet Funderburk, and Sharon Nichols, provide comments and insights into these pioneers' professional significance and personal aspects.

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38 minutes

Utilizes an interview with ethicist Meg Gaffney, M.D., of the Indiana University School of Medicine, in combination with vignettes, to examine the role of ethics in therapeutic recreation settings. Explores seven basic tenets of ethical behavior. Defines basic concepts related to ethics: confidentiality, autonomy, beneficence, justice, non-malificence and fidelity.

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24 minutes

Features a discussion with Ann Huston, MPA, CTRS, Executive Director, American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA). Discussion explores a variety of the components that can contribute to and enhance professionalism.

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34 minutes

Explores six different approaches to quality of life: philosophical, sociological, economic, behavioral, scientific, and medical. Also examines the person-centered quality of life model. Features David Compton, Ph.D., of the University of Utah.

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14 minutes

Outlines the steps important for safely transporting individuals with disabilities. The basics of infant and child restraint systems and lift operations are also discussed.

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46 minutes

Provides a general overview of the following components of therapeutic communication: listening responses, nonverbal communication, potential blocks to communication, and stages of an interview. Panel discussion led by Professor David Austin features therapeutic recreation students and professionals.

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16 minutes

Provides an understanding of the many roles and responsibilities of the recreational therapist and serves as a positive educational recruitment tool of future recreational therapists. Provides definitions and information regarding the process of recreational therapy, as well as perspectives from practitioners and professionals in the field. Includes interviews with Gene Hayes of the University of Tennessee; Cindy Konarski of Western Piedmont Community College; Suzie Lane of Oklahoma State University; Charlie Bullock of the University of North Carolina; Mary Jean Erwin of the Memphis VA Medical Center; Kerry O'Dell from the Riley Hospital for Children; Rita Langolis from Community Hospital; Nellie Simpson from Fairbanks Drug Rehabilitation Center; Dawn Bassler, Michael Berkowitz and Carla Chase from the IU Rehabilitation Hospital; Sharon Croteau from the VA Medical Center; Jayne Edison from Hooverwood Jewish Home for the Aging; John Clampitt from Larue Carter Memorial Hospital; Kristin Dean from the Mental Health Center; By Welker from Hamilton Center Group Homes; Renard Alotta from the Community Hospital North; and Jim McCormick, from the Mooresville (IN) Public Schools. Hosted by Professor David R. Austin of Indiana University.

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37 minutes

Utilizes a panel format to explore the formative years of recreation therapy (late 1940s to early 1960s). Panel members include two founding members of the National Association of Recreational Therapists (NART), former NART Executive secretary, Al Grubb, and TR historian Jerry Dickason, Ph.D., of Montclair State University.

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58 minutes

Utilizes an interview with David Park, former Executive Director of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society, to examine the history of TR from the middle 1960s to the present.

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20 minutes

David Austin, Ph.D., of Indiana University, discusses the components of his Health Protection/Health Promotion model: prescriptive activities, recreation, and leisure. Applications of this model to the therapeutic recreation field are also discussed.

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21 minutes

Carol Ann Peterson, Ph.D., discusses the three components of the Leisure Ability Model: therapy, leisure education, and leisure participation. Applications of this model to the TR field are also discussed.

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23 minutes

Examines the basic principles of transferring that need to be considered when assisting a wheelchair user to and from a variety of surfaces. Demonstrates three types of transfer techniques. Narrated by Edward Hamilton, Ph.D., of Indiana University.