Category: Education
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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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Walking Meditation and Gratitude
This will change your life. I mean it! We all know what we need to do to improve both our physical well being and mental health. What if we could combine different techniques into a solid everyday routine? Let’s Talk! Yesterday I posted a little bit on motivation and we touched a little bit on…