Started January 1999
Activity Analysis
in Therapeutic Recreation
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While the previous comments are dated, they are still troubling. Perhaps it is not a representative sample. All university TR/RT programs should be teaching activity analysis. It has been in our literature for at least 30 years. It is the critical step between client goals and activity selection. How else will you know that an activity has the potential to effect a specific outcome if you don't analyze its functional/behavioral requirements for participation? See D. Austin's Therapeutic Recreation Processes and Techniques for a good explanation of this concept/skill.
Activity analysis is missing from our Standards for Practice. The Treatment Planning standard should indicate the need to perform an activity analysis as a prerequisite for activity selection. Without this step (analysis and selection and modifications as needed), it appears we make some intuitive or "obvious" leap from identifying goals and outcomes to implementation.
Posted by anonymous
Saturday, January 09, 2010 at 16:17:59 (CST), IP Address: 98239143147
Activity Analysis should be done by
the TRS only these outside surveyors doing activity analysis is
a big waste of time with invalid unreliable non TR evaluation tools
is unreliable.
anonymous
Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:48:17 (CDT)
I have heard from several people at several institutions
that different people or different quality assurance consultants have come in
and do activity analysis and have gotten all different responses depending on
the surveyor or the survey questions. in my eyes its been totally invalid. sometimes
scores high sometimes low. first the questions seemed biased.then the surveyors
were staff on the unit. then the data collection was low and not given consistently
to everyone. it seemed patients were selected. now there are outside consultants
coming in charging big bucks to make pretty charts. and forget about reviewing
it with the staff, no one even understands them.we seem to be changing things
around to save money instead of for the well being of patients.all it seems to
amount to is that administration wants staff to do more and more. its seems like
institutions are spending alot of money and time on responding to surveys and
surveyors or researchers instead of patient care these days. its really a shame.
patients complain about not getting enough treatment time. when are they going
to get it that patients needs change and new patients come in all the time so
therapists have to modify programs to patient needs all the time. I think TR
specialist should only be allowed to audit TR programs with their own evaluation
tools. A Doctoral TR specialist if anyone should come in consult if anyone and
use reliable and valid TR evaluation tools. We are all trained to do evaluations
of our own programs in an unbiased and trustworthy way. so why can't we just
do our own like we use too. I also think there should be an TR specialist on
the joint commission staff. The joint commission survey this year will to be
a beauty contest to see who has the best cosmetic survey and the results must
look good too if you are to pass.... and in the meantime the survey test is invalid
and unreliable. And most of all a big waste of patient care time. Hey, maybe
we are doing our own joint commission surveys. I say joint commission should
do the surveying and leave the patient care up to staff. There is a staff shortage
as it is.
anonymous
Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:07:05 (CDT)
Please show an example of an activity analtsis survey
anonymous
Saturday, May 04, 2002 at 17:50:48 (CDT)
We use activity analysis in providing Recreation Therapy
for at risk kids. Activity analysis is a must for anyone providing TR services.
I believe that activity analysis is used in the wrong way by many professioanls.
Many times only the physical aspects of an activity is looked at, however social,
emotioanl and cognitive aspects are as equally or even more important considerations.
Bill Garrison
Thursday, January 17, 2002 at 11:04:44 (CST)
Boring
anonymous
Monday, May 28, 2001 at 18:50:47 (CDT)
Bingo is King: I learned that this game involves all
of the senses, motor skills and cognitive abilities. It should be an essay question
on the NCTRC exam.
anonymous
Saturday, January 20, 2001 at 00:57:28 (CST)
using it with my acute unit (developmental center
jennifer bush
Sunday, October 01, 2000 at 03:04:54 (CDT)
Well i am an Occupational Therapy Student(OTAS) and
we use Activity Analysis as a part of our everyday jobs. Matter of fact we are
in the class now learning the process and how to get all you can out of an Ax
Analysis. It really works and it is so helpful!!
Tiffany
Wednesday, June 07, 2000 at 21:38:10 (CDT)
surveyor in LTC reviewing nursing, assisted living and residential care facilities.
I worked in direct service as a recreation therapist and a consultant for 15
years before joining the state. The quality of activitiy services I have observed
since surveying has been spread across the continuum from very poor to good.
The largest area in programming that is in need of improving is providing services
to cognitively impaired residents. More activity analysis and thoughtful programming
needs to occur in order to provide a successful and beneficial opportunity to
the residents. If we want RT's to gain more repect in the provider arena and
with surveyors, especially non-RT surveyors, the quality of service for this
population needs to improve. Special care units are a perfect example of where
the success of a recreation therapy program will be the basis for managing behaviors
and providing excellent qulaity of life and care for the resident's we serve.
anonymous
Tuesday, June 01, 1999 at 12:00:24 (CDT)
Not using any professional activity analysis
at my facility.
anonymous
Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 18:42:33 (CST) |