These documents aim to educate and empower individuals with psychiatric disabilities and providers about the importance of recreation and leisure activities for mental health and community inclusion. They provide practical guidance, resources, and training materials for promoting physical activity, leisure engagement, and independent participation in recreational programs, emphasizing their role in enhancing well-being and quality of life.
During the pandemic, it has been challenging to engage in family leisure activities outside. However, family leisure is crucial. This document provides information about the benefits of family leisure and resources for planning activities at home.
The Family Leisure Toolkit educates and provides ideas on how to jump-start your leisure lifestyle as a family. It presents benefits of family recreational activities, suggestions on how to use family leisure to build strong bonds, and a guide for planning activities.
Gretchen Snethen from the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion discusses one of the half day events that will take place at the 2017 Summer Institute
Beginning a walking program fact sheets provide providers with a resource that details how to start a walking program, such as the benefits of walking, what to wear while you are walking, how much you should walk, and goals/motivations.
Beginning a walking program fact sheets provide consumers with a resource that details how to start a walking program, such as the benefits of walking, what to wear while you are walking, how much you should walk, and goals/motivations.
Recreational therapy promotes community participation, but documenting its health benefits can be a challenge. This session provides measures for tracking physical activity outcomes, negative symptoms, cognition, and recovery in individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
Two recreation therapy interns developed 8-week protocols for increasing community participation for mental health agency consumers, resulting in a coping toolbox protocol to identify personal coping strategies and community resources after discharge from inpatient facilities.