Professional Models_01

Areas of competency that you, as an emerging TR professional need to evaluate include:
1. Theories/understanding of play, recreation, and leisure
2. Human development throughout the lifespan
3. Anatomy and Physiology
4. Basic assumptions about human nature
5. Etiology, course, and prognosis of various diagnostic categories
6. Disease sequelae
7. Effects of stress on individuals
8. Perception of clients as “whole persons,” not just as individuals possessing symptoms
9. Effects of major drugs
10. Health and safety information for working with clients
11. Medical and psychiatric terminology
12. Principles of rehabilitation
13. Concepts of health and wellness
14. Attitudes toward illness and disability
15. Self as a therapeutic agent
16. Leadership of various recreation/leisure activities (camping, games, sports)
17. Theory and technique of group leadership
18. Community leisure resources for client involvement
19. Activity analysis procedures
20. Careful selection of activities to meet treatment aims
21. Interpersonal relationship skills
22. Interview skills
23. Leisure counseling theory and technique
24. Client assessment
25. Treatment goals formulation
26. Stating behavioral objectives
27. Treatment/rehabilitation planning
28. Theory and application of treatment/rehabilitation approaches (e.g., client centered approach)
29. Learning/teaching principles
30. Behavioral management principles
31. Evaluation of intervention outcomes
32. Client records and documentation (e.g., charting on clients)
33. Referral procedures
34. Assistive techniques and adaptive devices for specific illnesses and disabilities
35. Ethical and professional standards of practice
36. Legal aspects of therapeutic recreation
37. Procedures for mainstreaming and integration
38. Giving and receiving clinical supervision
39. Role and function of health care systems
40. Role of therapeutic recreation as a component of health care
41. Role and function of interdisciplinary treatment teams
42. Role and function of kindred professionals
43. Current professional issues and trends (accreditation, credentialing)
44. Historical foundations of therapeutic recreation as they influence the philosophy of practice