Community Recreation Therapy for Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

*This course has been pre-approved by OAPHERD for 5 clock hours.

This course provides an overview of Recreation Therapy modalities that can be used to assist other professionals in community-based service settings, specifically geared towards individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The course includes the need for community-based recreation therapy, and reviews the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation process of 5 common RT interventions geared towards children and adults living with I/DD. At the completion of this course, participants will need to pass an exam with a minimum score of 80%. Participants must complete the course within 365 days of starting the course to receive a completion certificate.
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Statement for HPERD Professionals

Course instructor, Jennifer Bell, designed this amazing course!  It has in-depth information regarding physical and intellectual disabilities; it includes commonly used assessments, and it has an exhaustive list of games and sports.  Also included are excellent risk management considerations to conduct safe programs in the community or after school.

Course Objectives

  • Learner will be able to identify and describe at least 3 Intellectual & Developmental disabilities.

  • Learner will be able to identify 5 RT modalities appropriate for individuals with I/DD in community-based service settings.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 1 assessment measure to utilize pre- and post- program.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 3 pieces of adaptive equipment and/or safety considerations to utilize during the implementation process of a program.

Jennifer Bell, M.S., CTRS/LRT, CIFT

Instructor Bio:

Jennifer Bell is a nationally certified therapeutic recreation specialist, NC licensed recreation therapist, and nationally certified inclusive fitness trainer. Devoting her professional career to children and adults living with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), Jennifer has worked in community-based adapted sports, behavioral health, and long-term care service settings. Jennifer is currently serving as a Tailored Care Manager in NC at Trillium Health Resources linking those living with I/DD to health care, home and community based services, and community resources.

Jennifer Bell, M.S., CTRS/LRT, CIFT

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