Database of Recreation Therapy Articles
TR News
4-17-16 - Power Point Presentation of California Recreation Therapy Title Protection 101 by Ann Battiste, see more at the CA RT Title Protection page.
5-31-15 THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS by Elizabeth Heinbuch-Daughen
4-18-13 Bringing the Arts to Life: A Guide to the Arts and Long Term by Judy Rollins
12-7-11 Drumbeats Bring Therapeutic Rhythm to Veterans’ Lives by Bill Armstrong, Public Affairs Specialist, New Mexico VA Health Care System
10-18-11 Providing Spirituality Groups in a Behavioral Health Setting by Dean Parker, MS, CTRS
6-27-11 Therapeutic recreation specialist wants to show you how
to exercise your brain and have fun, too by Tracey Weiss
6-29-10 Multi-sensory Environments for a Better Quality of Life by Tavya Jackson
3-28-08 Grounding the Therapeutic Recreation Process in an Ethic of Care by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
3-28-08 Time Poverty by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
3-28-08 THE IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY: AN INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS TO STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND PRACTITIONERS by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
3-28-08 The Spirituality of Suffering: Can Therapeutic Recreation Help by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
3-28-08 LET’S FIRST REVISIT THE MEANING OF LEISURE by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
3-8-08 Palliative
Care & The Spiritual Nature of Plants by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
3-2-08 Art Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
12-28-07 An Essay for Students Interested in Therapeutic Recreation by Cathy O'Keefe, M.Ed., CTRS
1-30-07 The Lowdown on Recreation Therapy: Effective use of
leisure time by By Matt Gold, CTRS
11-13-06 Art Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (powerpoint converted to PDF) by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
8-13-06 TAG by Charles
A. Sourby,
MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
5-27-06 The
CTRS Dictionary by Charles A. Sourby,
MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
2-13-06 Bibliotherapy
In Nursing Care Facilities by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
8-6-05 The
Restorative Environment by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
5-25-05 Introduction
to Horticultural Therapy + Benefits + Garden
Care by Charles
A. Sourby,
MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
This is a large file and will take a while to download. (powerpoint converted to PDF)
5-20-05 Feeding
the Senses: INTEGRATING TR NUTRITIONAL SERVICES
AND CREATIVE ARTS IN DEMENTIA CARE by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
(powerpoint converted to PDF)
5-17-05 Magic Moments
- TR Program For Developmental Disabilities & Alzheimer’s
Diseases by Charles A. Sourby, MS Ed.
CTRS-HTR (powerpoint converted to PDF)
5-15-05 Universal Design by Charles A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
5-15-05 Bedside Nature Activities by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
3-21-05: Role
of the Recreation Therapist who works in a Palliative Care Setting by Charles Sourby, CTRS
09-01-03: Autism
and the role of Aquatic Therapy in Recreational Therapy Treatment
Services by Laurie Jake CTRS, CEDS
06-22-02: Aquatic
Therapy Certification by Laurie Jake CTRS, CEDS
TR Managers and the Internet compiled by Charles Dixon, MS, CTRS
11-18-01: Autobiographical
Writing: An Innovative Therapeutic Recreation Intervention by Nancy Richeson, Ph.D., CTRS
11-18-01: Bibliotherapy Applications
for Recreation Therapy by Laurie Jake CTRS, CEDS
8-9-01: The
Recreational Therapist Role in Prescribing Exercise to the Eating
Disorder Patient by Jon Mitchell, CTRS, CLC and Robyn
Eisenbach of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
4-11-00 Therapeutic
recreation in the nursing home:
reinventing a good thing by Linda L. Buettner
4-11-00 Easy
Rider wheelchair biking: A nursing-recreation therapy clinical
trial for the treatment of depression,
by Suzanne Fitzsimmons and
Linda L. Buettner
9-99 PROMOTING INCLUSION IN RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES: AN INFORMATION PACKAGE by Pam Walker
1-99 Recreation in the Community Institute Brief - Vol. 9, No. 1 by Maria Paiewonsky, & Susan Tufts
Simple Pleasures: a multilevel sensorimotor
intervention for nursing home residents with dementia by Linda
Buettner
7-2-98 THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THERAPEUTIC RECREATION AND PALLIATION
IN THE TREATMENT OF THE ADVANCED CANCER PATIENT by Charles
A. Sourby, MS Ed. CTRS-HTR
4-8-98: Efficacy research: An opportunity
for reflection on what we do, by Kenneth E. Mobily, University
of Iowa (your feedback to this article can be posted here)
1997 My Interview with Bernie,
Transcript of interview with Dr. Bernath Eugene Phillips by Jeff
Mansfield
8-19-97 Fukushi Recreation...
TR in Japan, by Hiro Chino
10-97 The Importance of Friendships Between People With and Without
Mental Retardation by Zana Marie Lutfiyya, Center on Human Policy
June 3, 1997 Therapeutic Recreation in an Elderly Persons Care Setting: A Literature
Review by Robert Pressley, student of Health Studies at the
Centre for Nurse Education in conjuction with Manchester Metropolitan
University of the United Kingdom.
1997 Therapeutic Recreation-Nursing Team: A Therapeutic Intervention for
Nursing Home Residents with Dementia by Linda
L. Buettner and Joyce Ferrario
Fall 1995: Licensure: Questions for
the Profession, by Peg Connolly, Ph.D., CTRS
1997 Challenges Facing Therapeutic
Recreation, Alistair MacKinnon
5-7-97 Preventing Falls in Long-term
Care: A Model Recreation Therapy Program, Linda L. Buettner,
C.T.R.S., Ph.D. and Janet Waitkavicz, B.S., RN (your feedback
to this article can be posted here)
2-7-97 Thoughts on Recreation Therapy for Reflection/Reaction: "Thought
Number 3: On Research Versus Teaching." David R.
Austin, Ph.D., CTRS, FALS (your feedback to Dr. Austin's thoughts
can be posted here)
1-11-96 Recreation Therapists are
"Yelling Surf's Up!!" & Riding the Internet Wave. Charles C. Dixon, MS,
CTRS (your feedback to Charlie's article can be posted here)