REC 324 Course Schedule (Tentative) and Readings
Fall 2008
9/08 Introduction
- Introduction: Students and instructor
- Introduction of the course
9/10-12 Current Issues in Health Care Systems
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002), Chapters 1-2.
9/15 A Client-System
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002), Chapter 3
9/17-19 Practice Models: Review of three models
9/22 - 29 Outcomes: Functional vs. Existential
Reading:
- Lee, Y. (1999). Research update: How do individuals experience leisure? Parks and Recreation, 34(2), 40-46.
- Shank, W. & Riley, B. (1996, September). Determining the congruency of outcome measurement perspective among practitioners within therapeutic recreation services. Paper presented at the meeting of the ATRA, San Francisco, CA.
- Lee, Y., & Yang, H. (2000). A review of therapeutic recreation outcomes in physical medicine and rehabilitation between 1991-2000. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 9, 21-33.
- Lee, Y., & McCormick, B. P. (2002). Sense making process in defining health for people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 36(3), 235-246.
- McCormick, B., & Funderburk, J. (2000). Therapeutic recreation outcomes in mental health practice. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 9
10/1- 10/6 Therapeutic Recreation Process Due: Interview tape and critique (10/3)
Reading:
Evidence-Based Practice
10/6-8 Review of Theories
Theory-Based Practice
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002). Chapters 5-6
10/10-13 Examination of Some Key Words: Therapy, Therapist, Recovery, Healing, etc
Reading:
10/15-24 Assessment
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002). Chapter 7
- Levenstein, et al. (1989). Patient-centered clinical interviewing. In M. Stewart & J. B. Brown (Eds.), Communicating with medical patients (pp. 107-120). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
- Cowley, S., Mitcheson, J., & Houston, A. M. (2004). Structuring health needs assessments: The medicalization of health visiting. Sociology of Health & Illness, 26, 503-526.
10/27 -11/5 Treatment Plan
Reading:
11/7-19 Implementation Due: Treatment/Care Plan (11/7)
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002). Chapters 11-12
- Hutchinson, S. L. & Dattilo, J. (2001). Processing: Possibilities for therapeutic recreation. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 35(1), 43-56.
- Hutchinson, S. L., LeBlanc, A., & Botth, R. “Percpetional problem-solving”: An ethnographic study of clinical reasoning in therapeutic recreation setting. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 36(1), 18-34.
11/21-24 Practice Demonstration by Students & Follow-Up Discussion: TBA
Due: Practice Demo VCR/DVD tape (11/21)
11/26 Reading recess
12/1-3 Practice Demonstration by Students & Follow-Up Discussion: TBA
12/5-8 Clinical Supervision & Client Evaluation
Reading:
- Shank & Coyle (2002). Chapter 14
- Pearson, Q. M. (2001). A case in clinical supervision: A framework for putting theory into practice. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 23(2), 174-183.
- Corcoran, W., & Durham, C. F. (2000). Quality of life as an outcome-based evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft critical paths using the SF-36. Quality Management in Health Care, 8(2), 72-81.
- Iyer, S. N., Rothmann, T. L., Vogler, J. E., & Spaulding, W. D. (2005). Evaluating outcomes of rehabilitation for severe mental illness. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50, 43-55.
