Therapeutic Recreation Programs

AIM

Therapeutic Recreation programs are specially designed for children, teens and adults with special needs. It mainly focuses on promoting physical fitness, increasing community involvement and developing social skills. The UUM students are a grassroots community organization dedicated to improving the health, therapeutic educational attainment, human welfare, and opportunities for the residents of “Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society. Its aim is to provide the programmers and activities that can enhance the ability of disabled people mentally and physically.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost our group would like to thank Mr. Edwin our recreation lecture. This is because our lecture tends to give us opportunity to prepare this Programming assignment for the Recreation subject. The topics involved in this assignment have helped us in understanding more on “Therapeutic Recreation of Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society” which we planned to conduct the programmed in the Uum Sport Centre. By doing this assignment it enhances our knowledge to complete our assignment perfectly. Without our lectures teaching bay and guidance from our lecture, we agree that we won’t be able to complete this project on the particular time.We enjoyed collecting information, do the research of the place and gained extra knowledge about “UUM Sport Centre”.

Other than that, we also learned about challenges and the motivation of the disable people when do certain activities. Besides, we also would like to thank our team members for sharing their experiences during their personal experience and ideas in order to help to get further details, information and ideas in order to complete this proposal. We also hope that the proposal that created by us would satisfy our lecture.

Thank You.

INTRODUCTION

We planned to conduct the therapeutic recreation which is mainly for the disabled people in the “Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society”. The reason we choose this home because it’s quite near to the Uum Sports Center who is people with disabilities. Other than that, it is easy to access with the various transportation modes.

Regardless of the specifics of a particular disabling condition, first and foremost, when we talk about disability, we are talking about people who happen to have disability/disabilities. Beyond that, it becomes somewhat more difficult because we are talking about a wide range of people who have a wide range of conditions that may cause functional limitations with varying degrees of severity and impact in many different areas of life. There is often confusion over such terms as disability, handicap, and impairment. They are used interchangeably yet they can imply very different things. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a definition of disability titled the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH). Hollander et al. (1989) described the 1980 classification system as a linear process that starts with an impairment that leads to a disability that may in turn lead to a handicap. The three terms are defined as follows:

1) Impairment: any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or

function, which might result from a disease, accident, genetic or other environmental agents 

for instance deficit in intellectual functioning.

2) Disability: any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or the range considered normal for a human being such as slowness in learning developmental skills, for example talking at the usual time, walking at the usual time.

3) Handicap: a disadvantage for a given individual that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal (depending on age, sex, and social and cultural factors) for that individual for example parents speak for her, parents carry her around even when she begins to be able to walk, does not play with other children her age.

            In designing the program for this disable people it is quite interesting because the motivation for those participated in this program sure will be back for another program again. We are choosing disable student particularly in this University itself because most of them as we can see does not involve actively in any recreation program even they were invited so that we expect that they don’t want to join it perhaps because that kind of program is including the entire of student. Then, this proposal is specifically designed for disability people who unable to stand then we think that they should have a right to experience on this program. Sport Centre is seem the most suitable place for implementing this program because there have many facilities besides the location of this venue is seems strategic where it is near to the main road even can be accessed until the main building of Sport Centre. This program probably will be one of the programs that included as the first choice for disable student in other to make their student life more valuable. Hopefully, they will be enjoy and happy besides tend to be more motivated even though there are lack of skill in term of sense such other people have.

OBJECTIVE

1) To enhance the talents of disable people

2) To motivate and improve the disable people creativity.

3) To motivate the disable people to do more challenging activity.

4) To keep the disable people to be healthy through their mind and body.

5) To make the disable people to be enjoy and out of stress.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

The actual target of this program is UUM student however once it is successful implemented it will be opened to disable people who come from “Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society”. There are many benefits of this program to disable people where it can change the perception of society about their confidence level. Before this, probably their friend even family will never take care about them because they can’t do anything. However, once the joint the program perhaps they can be more comfy and tend to be active then previously so that this certainly will make them more convinced to do anything rather than just study at their room. Keep healthy also the main aim in term of advantage they get from this program. Today, a lot of chronic ailment such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Diabetes Melitus, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Lipid disorders (e.g. high blood cholesterol) and Stroke was faced by the teenager. Therefore, by joining the program also they might prevent all these kind of disease in other to keep healthy as well because our body need to rest in other to have a better IQ. This program also let them to be more socialized. They can know who their disable friends which they never know besides other UUM student. They may share their experience, to know each other so that they will never fell alone anymore and sure they will more enthusiastic to do everything.

UUM Sport Centre being the best selection for the program because there are many facilities provided there for the activities such as swimming pool, gymnasium, stadium arena, badminton and squash court and so on. These facilities will be used for them especially for tennis game because they probably have to play by using their wheel chair so that it seems a little bit challenging to them whereas they never play such game. Therefore, hopefully they can use fully facilities being provided in that Sport Center as their leisure and recreation activities for other day after the program has been successfully implemented.

Program Implementation

The program for the disable people is planned to conduct on the 24 May 2015 at “Uum Sports Center”. The program is planned to conduct on this particular date because it falls on weekends and it will be easy for the arrival of the Disable people to the Uum Sports Center. The Disable people can come and participate in the program with pleasant mind and comfort situation. This is program will tend to makes the disable people from their daily stress and it also will gives them opportunity to show their hidden talent by participate in the activities that include in this program.

By participating in the activities the disable people also tend to tend to feel more motivated and enjoyed themselves in the new environment. The disable people will feel more supported and encouraged by the community. This program is conduct in the Uum Sports Center because it provides lot of facilities that convenience for the participants. For example, there are lot of activities that can do in the Uum Sports Center such as swimming, playing squash, badminton, lady’s gym, men’s gym, Sauna, running track and others. The facilities that provided in the Uum Sports fulfilled the needs and wants of the participants. Other than that, the facilities that provide also will provide the satisfaction of the participant.

              Furthermore, University Utara Malaysia is the only place that provided lot of facilities for the participants that come to the Uum Sports Center. The Uum Sports Center is also provides the outdoor and indoor sports activities. The recreational activity in Uum Sports Centre would make the participants that to lead a healthy life in terms of physically and mentally. The participants of the programmed would be feel more relaxed and hassle free. The disable people will be feeling more contented to do activities in the Uum Sports Centre because there is also instructor for each of the activity. The instructor could be more patient and friendly guide the participants of the Uum Sports Centre. By this the participants (disable people) would be encouraged and motivated to do the activities in the sports center.  In the Uum Sports Centre there also safety box and the safety equipment or material that needed if in case there is an emergency. 

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY

The main participation in this program will be the resident of “Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society”.  This nursery has Personal Care Assistants (PCA) which their job is to provide assistance and care to individuals with special needs including developmental disabilities, chronic health problems or mental health diagnoses. The services that a PCA provides may enable the individual to remain at home rather than in a group home or other environment. Their program carefully matches each client with a trained PCA. Types of assistance provided by a PCA will vary based on individual need, but may include daily living and health-related task, supervision for health and safety, behavior redirection/intervention and assistance with participating in home and community settings. Several agencies in the Kedah and Perlis are concerned about disable people, but none have a primary mission of addressing it in “Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society”.  UUM will work with the groups listed below to provide therapeutic educational materials, mobilize residents to participate, and assess the program's success.

Kedah Health Clinic (Operated by Northern Health and Hospitals):  They will provide the doctors and medical assistants for physiatrist education on therapeutic and hypertension, and publicize the initiatives events such as health fair, exercise classes, screenings. Besides they also will be the person in charge for the participation during the programmed. They will also provide medical assistants to the participants if happen any accidents during the programmer. The staff of the selected organizations will also participate in the planning process, and identify residents interested in helping develop the program.

Designing and Staging of the Program

7.30am	The arrival of the disable people from the Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society
8.00am-8.30am	Registration of disable people       Categorize them according to the disable problem
8.45am-9.30am	Breakfast time
9.30am-10.00am	Briefing about the activities       The rules and regulation
10.00am-12.30pm	The activities begins       Table ball       Wheelchair tennis       Ball toss       Swimming       Cycle power       Wheelchair runners
12.45pm-1.30pm	Lunch time
1.30pm	Souvenir time for all the disable people and photograph session
1.45pm	Time to disable people return back to the Sunshine Cottage Welfare Society

The description about certain activities:

      Table Ball

Equipment: Tables that line up together and a ball (preferably a bright color).

Objective: The objective Table Ball is: improved hand eye coordination, socialization, attention span, following of simple directions.

Description: Place tables end to end (enough to fit about 10 or more people all the way around). Place the ball (we use a bright red one) in front of one of the participants and tell him/her to roll it to someone else at the table. Encourage each participant to keep the ball moving on the table. It should be natural for them. Another trick I've found for this activity that lessens the agitation of the participants is that using custom stress balls as the table ball lends an extra tactile element to the game and this added dimension provides the participants further stress relief, which is always welcome.

      Wheel chair tennis

Equipment: the tennis ball and the racket for the participants

Objective: The disable people will be feel more motivate and face more challenges.

Description: The disable people will play the tennis activity with their wheelchair. There will be one instructor that guides the participants to play the tennis. The instructor is mainly for help the participants if there any emergency case or any participants get injured. The facilities that provide such as the tennis ball and racket are provided for the participants.

PROGRAM BUDGETING

	PRICE PER UNIT(RM)	AMOUNT	RM
Banquet/reception ·         Participants (breakfast and lunch) ·         Assistants (breakfast and lunch)	6.00 7.00	50 15	300.00 105.00
		SUB TOTAL	405.00
Souvenir ·         VIP ·         participants	7.00 5.00	1 50	7.00 250.00
		SUB TOTAL	257.00
Management ·         Rent (sound equipment)	200.00	1	200.00
		SUB TOTAL	200.00
Publicity ·         Banners ·         Flyers	50.00 0.10	1 100	50.00 10.00
		SUB TOTAL	60.00
Transportation
·         Bus (come and back to from)	350.00	2	700.00
		SUB TOTAL	700.00
GRAND TOTAL			1622.00

CONCLUSION

Programming is the central focus of the leisure service profession and the primary mission of leisure service organizations. Programmers stage opportunities for leisure to occur. Leisure is a primary social space in modern society for exercising free choice and the development of self. Leisure occurs through interactions in social occasions that are characterized by perceived freedom, intrinsic satisfaction, and opportunities to experience a positive effect. Recreation, games, play, sport, tourism, and events are all specific forms of leisure with additional defining concepts.

In line of that, by understanding the disability people it is essential to creating successful recreation program. Knowledge about their needs can assist us in successfully meeting their desires. Furthermore, the main focus for this program is to determine it beneficial for those involved in that program. Overall, the awareness for physical activity and fitness is at all time high and will increase in the future.

Besides that, the successful of program is increase the positive beneficial as well where the society perception tend to consider these disable people can do something which they never imagined it before. Through the program also, they gain a solid understanding such as friendship and socialization while involved aggressively in the program. Finally, the most important segment in other to make this program to be continued in the next period is the collaboration between Programmer, committee and customer (disable people) need to give more attention. This is because it seem that this kind of program most attracted rather than let them have a leisure and recreation together with ordinary people whereas that program is more specifically for them only so that they will feel comfortable because they think that they have a right to have the program like that as what they are expect before.

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