But really, aside from these nice side benefits, the whole thing is a boondoggle, at least it is for us.
Therapeutic Recreation involves a process, which uses recreation activities to habilitate or rehabilitate functional abilities, which contribute to behavioral change. The process involves assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
A typical rehabilitation team aims to achieve maximal increase in function and participation in every day life for the patient or client. Functional assessment is the method used to document these outcomes, with activities of daily living scales being the most frequently used tools. evaluations can be used to: 1  Provide an overview of functional status. 2  Determine activity limitations.