Genealogy of the United States Therapeutic Recreation Certification Framework

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
RODNEY B. DIESER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation

A global therapeutic recreation discussion: An overview from Rimini, Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklos Banhidi, PhD ◽  
Fran Stavola Daly, EdD, CTRS ◽  
Eduardo De Paula Azzine, MS ◽  
Rodney B. Dieser, PhD ◽  
Shannon Hebblethwaite, PhD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
National Council ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Leisure Education ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

The 2012 World Leisure Congress (hosted by the World Leisure Organization) took place in Rimini, Italy, from September 30 to October 3. The World Leisure Organization currently has 12 global commissions on various topics (eg, children and youth, leisure education, tourism and the environment, and women and gender), which is focused on having global interactions and discussions related to the three main objectives of research, information dissemination, and advocacy.1 The purpose of this article is to summarize the World Leisure Commission on Accessibility and Inclusion academic labor related to the topic of global therapeutic recreation. To this end, the question at hand for this global commission to discuss was as follows: Is the United States National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) an appropriate credentialing framework for professionals in different countries who are dedicated to working with people with disabilities/special needs in the area of accessibility, inclusion, and therapeutic recreation? The purpose of this article is to share, to the wider United States therapeutic recreation profession, responses and thoughts of members of the global therapeutic recreation commission.

Impact of seated Tai Chi on range of motion as a therapeutic recreation intervention

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Suzie W. L. Lane, EdD, CTRS ◽  
Sanghee Chun, PhD, CTRS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Large Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Shoulder Flexion ◽  
Alternative Means

Given the large population of older adults and the prevalence of increasing medical costs in the United States, there is a need for alternative means to assist or increase mobility and physical functioning. This study evaluated the efficacy of seated Tai Chi, specifically the number of sessions needed to facilitate an improvement in shoulder mobility. Twenty-eight individuals between the ages 65 and 83 began this program, and 22 completed all nine sessions. This evaluation indicated that shoulder flexion and abduction were significantly increased after six sessions and increased again after three additional sessions.

Perceived benefits of and attitudes about alcohol use among therapeutic recreation students

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Heewon Yang, PhD, CTRS ◽  
Hansook Yi, PhD
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
General Public ◽  
The United States ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Students First ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

A previous study1 found that therapeutic recreation (TR) students are more heavily engaged in a variety of alcohol-related activities than are other recreation major students. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to provide both educators in TR and TR professionals in practice with more information about alcohol use among TR students. First, this study examined the participants’ perceptions on the benefits of alcohol use. The study results were compared with the perceived benefits that are reported by other recreation students and general public in the United States. This study further examined beliefs and attitudes about alcohol use among TR students. As supplemental data, the participants’ attitudes were compared with those of other recreation students (ie, outdoor, community, and commercial).

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

Digital image acquisition, processing, and analysis in a polymer microscopy laboratory

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Berry ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Image Transmission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Image Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Image

In recent years it became apparent that we needed to improve productivity and efficiency in the Microscopy Laboratories in GE Plastics. It was realized that digital image acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis, and transmission over a network would be the best way to achieve this goal. Also, the capabilities of quantitative image analysis, image transmission etc. available with this approach would help us to increase our efficiency. Although the advantages of digital image acquisition, processing, archiving, etc. have been described and are being practiced in many SEM, laboratories, they have not been generally applied in microscopy laboratories (TEM, Optical, SEM and others) and impact on increased productivity has not been yet exploited as well.In order to attain our objective we have acquired a SEMICAPS imaging workstation for each of the GE Plastic sites in the United States. We have integrated the workstation with the microscopes and their peripherals as shown in Figure 1.

Silence of the Land: On the Historical Irrelevance of Territory to Congressional Districting and Political Representation in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rehfeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Congressional District ◽  
Congressional Districts ◽  
Communities Of Interest

Every ten years, the United States “constructs” itself politically. On a decennial basis, U.S. Congressional districts are quite literally drawn, physically constructing political representation in the House of Representatives on the basis of where one lives. Why does the United States do it this way? What justifies domicile as the sole criteria of constituency construction? These are the questions raised in this article. Contrary to many contemporary understandings of representation at the founding, I argue that there were no principled reasons for using domicile as the method of organizing for political representation. Even in 1787, the Congressional district was expected to be far too large to map onto existing communities of interest. Instead, territory should be understood as forming a habit of mind for the founders, even while it was necessary to achieve other democratic aims of representative government.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document