Author: Starr LaMonde, CTRS
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Cinema Therapy; Recreation Therapy Intervention in Mental Health
Cinema therapy is the process of using movies as an intervention to promote therapeutic outcomes. Cinema is an art form that allows the viewer to learn, understand, relate, and grow from watching other characters maneuver vulnerable situations. Much like music and poetry, cinema can have an effect on a person’s attitude, mood and improve introspection/insight.…
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Therapeutic Recreation and Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning
A treatment plan is the road map of what the treatment team is committing itself to do to treat the patient based on the assessments of the patient’s needs. Each treatment plan is patient specific and therefore unique in its content. The information gained from the assessments must be utilized to create an individualized plan…
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Documentation in Therapeutic Recreation
Much of my experience comes from inpatient mental health. Proper documentation is essential for continuity of care in mental health. The purpose of documentation is to continually assess our patients affect, attitude, cognition and behavior. It is also important to describe the patient’s response to interventions that have been utilized. The clinician must have clear…
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Recreation Therapy Games for Mental Health
We all need to refresh our tools from time to time. These are a few pieces that I have been looking at adding to my collection. If you have tried these, please give me a shout. I’m also looking for recommendations 🙂 Coping Skills Card Game Better Me The Insight Game Cards for Calm TableTopics…
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Using Instagram to Promote Recreation Therapy
Hello Fellow Recreation Therapists! I wanted to take a moment to discuss social media and what you can do to offer education and insight, not just to other recreation therapists, but multiple disciplines. As many of you know, I offer a webpage with a few free resources. I recently released a t-shirt that sparked a…