2023-24 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2023-24 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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REC 532 - Therapeutic Recreation in the Schools

This course prepares students to provide therapeutic recreation services to students with disabilities in public school systems, as mandated by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Participants will learn to apply the therapeutic recreation process in a school setting and develop appropriate recreation goals for Individualized Educational Plans. Curricula to support therapeutic recreation in the schools will be identified, as well as the roles therapeutic recreation specialists can play to advocate for and deliver recreation as a related service in the schools. Prerequisites: REC 330 or department consent. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Provide therapeutic recreation services to students with disabilities in public school systems, as mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  2. Articulate a rationale for school-based therapeutic recreation and federal legislation that supports leisure education for students with disabilities.
  3. Apply the therapeutic recreation process in a school setting and develop appropriate leisure education goals for Individualized Educational Plans.
  4. Identify curricula to support therapeutic recreation in the schools.
  5. Explain the roles therapeutic recreation specialists can play to advocate for and deliver leisure education in the schools.  



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