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Tag Archives: leisure
Answered Questions for August 2022: Information on Recreation, Music, Art, and Related Therapies and Mental Health
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is I have a mental health condition and my psychotherapist has advised me that recreational therapy, art therapy, or music … Continue reading
Lescer Foundation: Supporting People with Traumatic Brain Injury, Their Families, and the Professionals who Support Them
The Lescer Foundation (in Spanish) supports the traumatic brain injury (TBI) community in Spain, improving the quality of life through comprehensive care, specialized rehabilitation, and covering their basic and social needs from the beginning rehabilitation until their re-entry into the … Continue reading
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Tagged comprehensive care, families, Fundación Lescer, leisure, recreation, rehabilitation, service providers, Spain, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Fundación Orange, People with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Technology
Since its inception in France in 1987, the Fundación Orange is made up of 16 foundations that develop and support projects in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Fundación Orange coordinates activities and projects within this … Continue reading
Is there a difference between recreational therapy and activity programs?
Recently, we wrote about recreational therapy. However, if you have visited a long-term care center or similar facility, you may have heard of their activity program. You might be wondering: Are activity programs the same as recreational therapy? There are … Continue reading
What is Recreational Therapy?
What do you think of when we say therapy? Do you think of playing a video game, making crafts, or painting a picture? You might if you’ve ever experienced recreational therapy! The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) defines recreational therapy … Continue reading
February is International Recreational Therapy/Therapeutic Recreation Month!
February marks this year’s International Recreational Therapy/Therapeutic Recreation (RT/TR) Month. To celebrate, we’d like to share the purpose and some of the benefits of RT/TR. Although RT/TR and Activities seem like just fun and games, there is a purpose for … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, anxiety, arts and crafts, benefits, bingo, children, creative expression, dementia, Disabilities, disability, exercise, International RT/TR Month, leisure, memory, music therapy, NARIC, News, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, recreation, recreation therapy, RT, Sundown Syndrome, therapeutic recreation, TR. RT/TR
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Answered Questions January 2015: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged adapted swimming, assistive technology, benefits of recreation, children with diabetes, chronic illnesses, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, exercise physiology, families, funlibre, GoBabyGo, interactive exercise technologies, kid-friendly exoskeletons, leisure, mobility disabilities, modified racecars, motor disabilities, nchpad, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, physical activity, physical disabilities, racecars, rec therapy, rec tx, recreation, recreation technology, recreation therapy, Recreational therapy, RecTech, Spanish, sports, swimming, therapeutic recreation, Therapeutic Recreation Society of Puerto Rico, universal design, University of Delaware
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged accessibility, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Apps, Asperger Syndrome, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive disabilities, cognitive function, dementia, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, elderly, epilepsy, games, INECO, integration, intellectual disabilities, leisure, leisure therapies, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rec tx, recreation, Recreational therapy, RecTech, schixophrenia, seniors, social activities, spinal cord injury, therapeutic recreation
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