Recreation Therapy Videos

A total of 23 instructional videos were produced by the Recreation Therapy Video (RTV) Project directed by Professor David R. Austin, Ph.D., CTRS, of Indiana University. The RTV Project was made possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Topics of the RTV videos range from an introduction to recreation therapy, provided by “To Serve a Purpose,” to developing such skills as engaging in therapeutic communications, making client observations, completing documentation, giving and receiving clinical supervision, and understanding models of practice. Three separate videos extensively cover the history of recreation therapy and another presents pioneers in recreation therapy.

The list of videos available are:

1. Adaptive equipment
2. Case studies
3. Clinical supervision
4. Computer use in therapeutic recreation
5. Documentation and behavioral observation
6. Effective listening
7. Feedback in learning and performance situations
8. History of therapeutic recreation parts I, II, III
9. Individual program planning
10. Interactions with people who have disabilities
11. Models of practice : health protection/health promotion model
12. Models of practice : leisure ability model
13. Nonverbal communication
14. Portraits of pioneers in therapeutic recreation, Part I
15. Portraits of pioneers in therapeutic recreation, Part II
16. Professional ethics
17. Professionalism in therapeutic recreation
18. Quality of life
19. Safe transportation : safely transporting clients
20. Therapeutic communication
21. Therapeutic recreation history : the formative years
22. Therapeutic recreation history: the modern era
23. To serve a purpose
24. Transfer techniques