Recently added articles from Therapeutic Recreation Journal:
Call for Papers: Therapeutic Recreation Journal Special Issue on "Trends and Innovations in Therapeutic Recreation Higher Education"
Oct 01, 2008; ... Education and training is the life blood of any legitimate profession. For the therapeutic recreation profession, the need to reflect on, evaluate, and advance the educational system that is responsible for preparing competent practitioners is critical to our future. Over the past 40 ...
Contribution of Community Integration to Quality of Life for Participants of Community-Based Adaptive Sport Programs
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of community integration to quality of life (QOL) for people with disabilities who were the participants of community-based adaptive sport programs. Specifically, it was hypothesized that community integration contributes ...
Editor's Perspective
Oct 01, 2008; ... This edition of the Therapeutic Recreation Journal (TRJ) is somewhat unique in that it contains two personal narratives that reflect on "client" experiences as recipients of health cate services. Personal narratives are a relatively rare form of publication in the Therapeutic Recreation ...
"I Love Pumpkins": The Role of Therapeutic Recreation in Oncology
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract The purpose of this narrative is to recount my personal journey with bile duct cancer, focusing on the experience during a 12 day in-patient stay on a surgical unit. The surgery, the Whipple procedure, consisted of the removal of the bile duct and gallbladder and small parts of ...
A Personal Narrative of Involvement in Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: What Can We Learn for Therapeutic Recreation Practice?
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper is an autoethnographic exploration of one woman's illness narrative. It provides an in-depth understanding of her lived experience of rehabilitation after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and poly-trauma. The narrative confirms the importance of providing people ...
The How of Happiness
Oct 01, 2008; ... S. Lyubomirsky (2008). The How of Happiness. New York: The Penguin Press. Reviewed by Dr. Terry Long, Co-Editor, Therapeutic Recreation Journal In October of 2008, during an annual meeting of the Therapeutic Recreation Journal (TRJ ) Editorial Board, I asked the group to provide ...