Pub Date : 2022-10-20DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i4-11554
L. Mische Lawson, Natalie Kivlin
Evidence suggests physical activity (PA) improves sleep of typical children but benefits for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are not established. We examined the effects of PA, particularly swimming, on the sleep behaviors of three children with ASD using objective and parent-report measures. Children participated in eight weeks of a specialized swim program. Parents completed sleep and behavior measures at the beginning and end of the eight-week program. Parents also completed a sleep log for one week while their child slept on a sleep sensor. Results showed variable response to the Sensory Enhanced Aquatics intervention. One child’s sleep and behavior were stable and/or improved, one child’s outcomes were variable, and one child’s sleep worsened. The sleep sensor revealed children fell asleep more quickly after swimming, but increased times out of bed for one child. Recreational therapists should use caution when recommending physical activity to improve sleep with this population and carefully monitor outcomes.
{"title":"Exploring the Effects of Swimming on Sleep Behaviors of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Single-Subject Design","authors":"L. Mische Lawson, Natalie Kivlin","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i4-11554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i4-11554","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence suggests physical activity (PA) improves sleep of typical children but benefits for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are not established. We examined the effects of PA, particularly swimming, on the sleep behaviors of three children with ASD using objective and parent-report measures. Children participated in eight weeks of a specialized swim program. Parents completed sleep and behavior measures at the beginning and end of the eight-week program. Parents also completed a sleep log for one week while their child slept on a sleep sensor. Results showed variable response to the Sensory Enhanced Aquatics intervention. One child’s sleep and behavior were stable and/or improved, one child’s outcomes were variable, and one child’s sleep worsened. The sleep sensor revealed children fell asleep more quickly after swimming, but increased times out of bed for one child. Recreational therapists should use caution when recommending physical activity to improve sleep with this population and carefully monitor outcomes.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46277042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11184
Lindsey Ryan Oakes
With the capability of virtual reality (VR) interventions outside the field of therapeutic recreation to produce meaningful outcomes in various domains for individuals with varying disabilities, it would be valuable to establish VR as an evidence-based therapeutic recreation practice that could greatly benefit individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). This systematic literature review explores VR evidence-based practices with individuals with IDD in various fields. Twenty-two databases were searched in October 2020, and 32 articles were reviewed. Thematic topics included: VR increases skills; VR motivates; VR to support traditional services; most effective types of VR; suitability and accessibility of VR; complimentary support for VR implementation and successful engagement; VR challenges, lessons learned, and needed improvements; and full potential of VR not yet realized. Results revealed a variety of implications and future recommendations that support future research to test VR with individuals with IDD and establish evidence-based therapeutic recreation practice.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11729
A. Richard
To provide a measured, data-driven response to the changes COVID-19 brought about that also reflects the organizational mission of protecting the public, NCTRC used feedback and guidance from the profession, legal counsel, and accreditation bodies within the credentialing industry to increase access to certification and support for applicants and certificants. The NCTRC financial assistance programs were heavily promoted, and changes were made to certification standards and interpretive guidelines related to internships, access to the CTRS exam, and options to regain certification for those outside the re-entry period.
{"title":"Summary of NCTRC Response to COVID-19 Related to Certification Standards, Interpretive Guidelines, and Financial Assistance Programs","authors":"A. Richard","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11729","url":null,"abstract":"To provide a measured, data-driven response to the changes COVID-19 brought about that also reflects the organizational mission of protecting the public, NCTRC used feedback and guidance from the profession, legal counsel, and accreditation bodies within the credentialing industry to increase access to certification and support for applicants and certificants. The NCTRC financial assistance programs were heavily promoted, and changes were made to certification standards and interpretive guidelines related to internships, access to the CTRS exam, and options to regain certification for those outside the re-entry period.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42869134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11348
Heather K Bright, L. Cripps, Brent L. Hawkins, S. Moore, Laura McLachlin, A. Sullivan, Susan Purrington
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many internships during the January 2020 semester to be shift ed to a virtual/remote format. Due to the unprecedented nature of this forced shift , there was minimal consistency in how virtual/remote internships were conducted. Using a cross-sectional design, this study aimed to summarize the experiences of RT/TR interns during the COVID-19 outbreak and assess their perceived competency in the NCTRC Job Task domains. A quantitative survey was developed for interns to self-assess their perceived competence in the ten domains. Interns reported being concerned about finishing their internship and graduating yet were satisfied with the amount of support received from their site and faculty supervisors. Interns perceived their highest competency in the areas of professional relationships and awareness and advocacy. Concerns are discussed regarding the inconsistent nature of remote internships during COVID-19, as well as implications for the profession and suggestions for future research in this area.
{"title":"Perceived Competence in NCTRC Job Domains among Therapeutic Recreation Interns during COVID-19","authors":"Heather K Bright, L. Cripps, Brent L. Hawkins, S. Moore, Laura McLachlin, A. Sullivan, Susan Purrington","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11348","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic caused many internships during the January 2020 semester to be shift ed to a virtual/remote format. Due to the unprecedented nature of this forced shift , there was minimal consistency in how virtual/remote internships were conducted. Using a cross-sectional design, this study aimed to summarize the experiences of RT/TR interns during the COVID-19 outbreak and assess their perceived competency in the NCTRC Job Task domains. A quantitative survey was developed for interns to self-assess their perceived competence in the ten domains. Interns reported being concerned about finishing their internship and graduating yet were satisfied with the amount of support received from their site and faculty supervisors. Interns perceived their highest competency in the areas of professional relationships and awareness and advocacy. Concerns are discussed regarding the inconsistent nature of remote internships during COVID-19, as well as implications for the profession and suggestions for future research in this area.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49207530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11000
Ivanka Simić Stanojević, Jonathan Gerth, J. Piatt
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an immense worldwide impact on everyday activities, including social contact, especially for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Individuals with IDD are challenged because of their preexisting vulnerability to issues associated with loneliness that may increase with COVID-19 countermeasures. The purpose of this paper is to (1) briefly review COVID-19 effects on loneliness of individuals with IDD, (2) identify promising in-person and telehealth RT interventions, and (3) suggest the need for recreational therapy evidence-based research and discussion to address COVID-19 consequences experienced by individuals with IDD.
{"title":"Stuck Inside: Impact of COVID-19 Countermeasures on Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Role of Recreation Therapy Interventions—Call to Action","authors":"Ivanka Simić Stanojević, Jonathan Gerth, J. Piatt","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11000","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic is having an immense worldwide impact on everyday activities, including social contact, especially for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Individuals with IDD are challenged because of their preexisting vulnerability to issues associated with loneliness that may increase with COVID-19 countermeasures. The purpose of this paper is to (1) briefly review COVID-19 effects on loneliness of individuals with IDD, (2) identify promising in-person and telehealth RT interventions, and (3) suggest the need for recreational therapy evidence-based research and discussion to address COVID-19 consequences experienced by individuals with IDD.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49311367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11405
Lindsey Ryan Oakes, Christel F. Massaad
With there being a nine-and-a-half percent increase in prevalence of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) among children in the U.S. over nine years (i.e., 2009-2017; Zablotsky et al., 2019), the number of adults with IDD in our communities is growing and there is great potential for CTRS to produce multi-level and influential opportunities, outcomes, and benefits for adults with IDD through therapeutic recreation (TR) services in community-based settings. However, community-based settings is not a well-represented employment setting among CTRSs in the U.S. This mixed methods study aimed to identify best practices, barriers, and facilitators CTRSs experience when providing TR services to adults with IDD in community-based settings, as well as to examine how COVID has impacted TR service delivery and ideas for future provision of virtual TR services among these CTRSs. A total of 278 CTRSs across the country who work with adults with IDD in community-based settings completed a Qualtrics survey and 15 of these CTRS completed a follow-up, individual interview. Integrated data analysis revealed widespread impacts of COVID, lack of use of evidence-based practice, lack of involvement in evidence-based practice research, and need for standardized assessment and use of evidence-based practice to increase billing for TR services. Important implications for TR service delivery among adults with IDD in community-based settings were revealed, as well as directions for future research.
{"title":"Examining Therapeutic Recreation Service Delivery for Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities in Community-Based Settings","authors":"Lindsey Ryan Oakes, Christel F. Massaad","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i3-11405","url":null,"abstract":"With there being a nine-and-a-half percent increase in prevalence of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) among children in the U.S. over nine years (i.e., 2009-2017; Zablotsky et al., 2019), the number of adults with IDD in our communities is growing and there is great potential for CTRS to produce multi-level and influential opportunities, outcomes, and benefits for adults with IDD through therapeutic recreation (TR) services in community-based settings. However, community-based settings is not a well-represented employment setting among CTRSs in the U.S. This mixed methods study aimed to identify best practices, barriers, and facilitators CTRSs experience when providing TR services to adults with IDD in community-based settings, as well as to examine how COVID has impacted TR service delivery and ideas for future provision of virtual TR services among these CTRSs. A total of 278 CTRSs across the country who work with adults with IDD in community-based settings completed a Qualtrics survey and 15 of these CTRS completed a follow-up, individual interview. Integrated data analysis revealed widespread impacts of COVID, lack of use of evidence-based practice, lack of involvement in evidence-based practice research, and need for standardized assessment and use of evidence-based practice to increase billing for TR services. Important implications for TR service delivery among adults with IDD in community-based settings were revealed, as well as directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42673343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11352
C. Autry, S. Anderson
Participation in sailing is regarded as having positive outcomes on quality of life (Recio, et al., 2013). The same outcomes apply to people with physical disabilities; however, evidence-based research on sailing as a recreational therapy intervention is limited (Autry & Anderson, in press). Due to various constraints, low participation rates of people with physical disabilities in sailing programs is one reason for such paucity in research. Use of virtual reality sailing simulation (VRSS) to teach people with disabilities how to sail is one way to overcome those constraints. The purpose of this paper is to provide a Brief Report of the results of a research study focusing on participant knowledge and skills of sailing. Seven participants with physical disabilities completed an 11-week VRSS Learn to Sail program, passed the sailing standards, and reported the program contributed to their perceived abilities to learn how to sail and aspirations to sail on water.
{"title":"Virtual Reality Sailing Simulation for People with Physical Disabilities: Learn to Sail","authors":"C. Autry, S. Anderson","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11352","url":null,"abstract":"Participation in sailing is regarded as having positive outcomes on quality of life (Recio, et al., 2013). The same outcomes apply to people with physical disabilities; however, evidence-based research on sailing as a recreational therapy intervention is limited (Autry & Anderson, in press). Due to various constraints, low participation rates of people with physical disabilities in sailing programs is one reason for such paucity in research. Use of virtual reality sailing simulation (VRSS) to teach people with disabilities how to sail is one way to overcome those constraints. The purpose of this paper is to provide a Brief Report of the results of a research study focusing on participant knowledge and skills of sailing. Seven participants with physical disabilities completed an 11-week VRSS Learn to Sail program, passed the sailing standards, and reported the program contributed to their perceived abilities to learn how to sail and aspirations to sail on water.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47990659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11380
Gretchen Snethen, Kyra H. Baker, B. McCormick
The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to develop and test distance-based interventions. Based upon the Competence Enhancement model, ConnectionsRx is a distance-based intervention designed to support emerging adults with serious mental illnesses to identify and increase participation in the community. Using a case study approach, the purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of ConnectionsRx. The case study details the APIE process, highlighting the individualized, client-driven nature of the intervention. Preliminary outcomes suggest the intervention has the potential to improve well-being through increased social and community participation. This study lays the groundwork for future research, which should explore the effectiveness of the intervention using more robust research methods.
{"title":"ConnectionsRx: A distance-support, community participation intervention for emerging adults with serious mental illnesses","authors":"Gretchen Snethen, Kyra H. Baker, B. McCormick","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11380","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to develop and test distance-based interventions. Based upon the Competence Enhancement model, ConnectionsRx is a distance-based intervention designed to support emerging adults with serious mental illnesses to identify and increase participation in the community. Using a case study approach, the purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of ConnectionsRx. The case study details the APIE process, highlighting the individualized, client-driven nature of the intervention. Preliminary outcomes suggest the intervention has the potential to improve well-being through increased social and community participation. This study lays the groundwork for future research, which should explore the effectiveness of the intervention using more robust research methods.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46997592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11109
Kris Prentice, Miya Narushima
As our population ages, more seniors will require care in long term care (LTC) homes, including care from recreation therapists and staff. This study examined recreation therapists and staff’s retrospective views of what would make them better prepared for working in LTC homes. A questionnaire distributed to 290 LTC homes in Ontario was completed by 487 recreation therapists and staff. Data were analyzed using ANOVAS and frequencies. Participants ranked experience as the most important and education as the least important factor for preparing them to work in LTC. Participants indicated increased practicum experience and knowledge of charting and documentation would help prepare them to work in LTC. The results of our study suggest the need for further training in gerontological competences for TR students, such as incorporating interprofessional collaboration and experience into TR curricula. TR practitioners can also enhance their learning by collaborating with others through communities of practice.
{"title":"Preparation for Working in Long Term Care Homes: Recommendations on Therapeutic Recreation Curricula from Recreation Therapists and Staff in Ontario","authors":"Kris Prentice, Miya Narushima","doi":"10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11109","url":null,"abstract":"As our population ages, more seniors will require care in long term care (LTC) homes, including care from recreation therapists and staff. This study examined recreation therapists and staff’s retrospective views of what would make them better prepared for working in LTC homes. A questionnaire distributed to 290 LTC homes in Ontario was completed by 487 recreation therapists and staff. Data were analyzed using ANOVAS and frequencies. Participants ranked experience as the most important and education as the least important factor for preparing them to work in LTC. Participants indicated increased practicum experience and knowledge of charting and documentation would help prepare them to work in LTC. The results of our study suggest the need for further training in gerontological competences for TR students, such as incorporating interprofessional collaboration and experience into TR curricula. TR practitioners can also enhance their learning by collaborating with others through communities of practice.","PeriodicalId":45238,"journal":{"name":"Therapeutic Recreation Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41479616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.18666/trj-2022-v56-i2-11182
J. Piatt, Čedomirka Stanojević, Ivanka Simic-Stanojevic, Abigail Fisher, Junhyoung Kim
Sexual wellness, an important component of overall quality of life, is often ignored or omitted from the scope of recreational therapy practices, mostly due to attitudes, beliefs, and lack of formalized training and education. No prior research exists on the attitudes of recreational therapists (RT) and students toward incorporating sexual wellness into practice for individuals with disabilities. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the current attitudes of practicing recreational therapists, as well as the attitudes of current students on sexual wellness within the scope of recreational therapy practices. A cross-sectional survey design was employed with a purposive sample of 112 RT practitioners and students. Results indicated that both RT students and practitioners believe that sexual wellness is an important component of rehabilitation and should be included in undergraduate and graduate education. Implications for practice and research are presented.
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