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Therapeutic Recreation

Student Membership to Therapeutic Recreation Ontario
As a Georgian College student in the TR program, you have a membership for Therapeutic Recreation Ontario. You can access current and archived issues of Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO) Research Annual as well as other educational and research materials.
Please contact your instructor about EIM membership.
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TRO provides resources to help TR professionals develop quality services and advocates to advance the profession in order to protect the rights of individuals across diverse delivery settings throughout the province (https://trontario.org/).

Databases

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Looking for information for an assignment? Enter your keywords to find books, articles, streaming video & more in one click. Access to full text requires your Georgian user credentials.
CINAHL ULTIMATE This link opens in a new window
Definitive research tool and one of the most comprehensive sources of full text journal articles for nursing and allied health professionals, students and educators. It contains many of the most used journals to support nursing and health-related curricula. Provides information on aspects of nursing practice, theory, care and health promotion. It also includes the curation of open access (OA) journals.Full text coverage back to 1937 and includes access to dissertations, magazines, and evidence-based care sheets.
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DSM-5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) This link opens in a new window
DSM-V-TR (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and several textbooks from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Use Firefox to search this tool.
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Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) This link opens in a new window
Search for checklists, questionnaires, scales, and other behavioural measurement tools. Find articles that use those tools. Actual measurement tool not necessarily available but reference information provided. Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
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PubMed This link opens in a new window
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Open access medical, biomedical, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences database. Please note: PubMed is currently working best with PC browsers.
Science Direct College Edition This link opens in a new window
All sciences - technological, engineering, chemical, biological, medical, veterinary and social. All articles are peer reviewed and academic. This source includes ebooks on selected scientific topics.
Notice (Mar. 2019): Due to a misconfigured Elsevier server if you have created an individual account on ScienceDirect (Elsevier) using your personal/college email credentials, then change your password for those accounts.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Sport, fitness and sports medicine.
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Online Journals

American Journal of Recreation Therapy
Search the online copy of this journal. Please see "More" for login information. Click the PDF icon to access the full text.
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Annual in Therapeutic Recreation
It is included as part of the Therapeutic Recreation Journal subscription. The purpose of the Annual is to further advance the body of knowledge of the therapeutic recreation profession. The Annual publishes a wide range of original, peer-reviewed articles
Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership
Focus on the improving areas of outdoor recreation, education, and leadership.
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Peer reviewed original research on all aspects of outdoor recreation planning and management, covering the entire spectrum of settings from wilderness to urban outdoor recreation opportunities.
Therapeutic Recreation Journal
Articles discussing the needs of people with disabilities, professional development, current trends, etc.
Therapeutic Recreation Ontario
Georgian’s TR program has an educational membership which allows students to activate a free student membership. The membership gives you electronic access to TRO journals. Please contact your instructor for information.

Sample of eBooks from our collection

Animal-Assisted Therapy and Interventions
ISBN: 9783030329716
Describes the basic interactions that occur between clients or patients and therapy animals.
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy
ISBN: 9780128153956
Discusses the benefits of incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders and patient populations.
Teaming with Your Therapy Dog
ISBN: 9781557537034
Using an exciting new methodology, the author outlines several STEPs for teaming with your dog: Speak conversationally, stay in touch with your dog, keep your eyes on your dog, maintain close proximity to your dog, and (most importantly) be fully present.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents
ISBN: 9781608827985
The skills outlined are helpful for all ages but particularly at-risk adolescents experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, and the myriad behaviors that can result from these emotions.
Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy
ISBN: 9781283379007
The book provides an accessible introduction to DBT while enabling therapists of any orientation to integrate elements of this evidence-based approach into their work with emotionally dysregulated clients.
The Skills Training Manual for Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
ISBN: 9781626259317
Offers worksheets and sample training sessions

Artistic Music Therapy
ISBN: 9781937440916
Offers the theory and some case studies
Defining Music Therapy by Kenneth E. Bruscia
ISBN: 9781937440572
The third edition of this book is the culmination of a 25 year project aimed at conceptualizing music therapy in a critically inclusive and integrative way.
Involving Senior Citizens in Group Music Therapy
ISBN: 9781849058964
Ideal for those working with older people in assisted living or nursing care homes, the book covers initial assessment, setting measurable goals, and evaluating progress; discusses current music therapy techniques; and offers an improved plan of intervention.
Invitation to Community Music Therapy
ISBN: 9781136634314
Practicing music therapists explain how music "speaks" to all of us, regardless of our language, culture, or abilities and how it can be used with groups and individuals in nursing homes to encourage relaxation and expression of feeling and increase socialization.
Music therapy in action
ISBN: 9781937440152
Discusses the health aspects of music.
The Handbook of Music Therapy
ISBN: 9780415157070
The Handbook of Music Therapy is illustrated with many case studies and clinical examples throughout, placed within a variety of different theoretical and philosophical perspectives.

Canadian Journal of Music Therapy
Search within publication from 2004-2016 or browse specific issues by clicking on the dates at the bottom of the page.

Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation
ISBN: 9780415252263
This is a key reference guide for the exploration of leisure and outdoor recreation. It reflects the multidisciplinary nature of these fields and contextualizes the leading research and knowledge on key concepts, theories and practices.
Leisure Activities in the Outdoors by Mandi Baker (Editor); Neil Carr (Editor); Emma Stewart (Editor)
ISBN: 9781789248203
The benefits of being outdoors in a leisure context are widely acknowledged across a range of disciplinary perspectives (including tourism, therapeutics, education and recreation).
Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Leisure
ISBN: 9781283838153
This combination of skills and knowledge is important to your understanding of your clients and their needs.
Solution-Focused Practice in Outdoor Therapy by Will W. Dobud; Stephan Natynczuk
ISBN: 9781032108810
A comprehensive model for working therapeutically with clients outdoors, with adventure, and in any outdoor setting.
The Therapeutic Powers of Play
ISBN: 9781118420201
Offers play therapy recommendations and theories

Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism
ISBN: 9781849058070
Therapeutic art-making can be a useful tool to tap into their imaginations and help them to express their thoughts and feelings.
Art Therapy
ISBN: 9781634836029
Artistic activities promote tolerance, dialogue, respect for diversity and interaction among others.
Assessment and Outcomes in the Arts Therapies
ISBN: 9780857007889
The case studies show assessment and outcome models for music therapy, art therapy and dramatherapy used with a range of client groups including people with intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease and those suffering from depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or coping with bereavement.
Materials and Media in Art Therapy by Catherine Hyland Moon (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415993135
In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts and feelings, and their external manifestation in a tangible, sensual form.
The Wiley Handbook of Art Therapy
ISBN: 9781118306567
A collection of original, internationally diverse essays, exploring a wide range of themes.

Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing
ISBN: 9780826124296
The up-to-date, easy-to-retrieve, and authoritative information readers have come to expect is augmented by new chapters, contributors and references, along with live web resources. Also new to this edition is a broad emphasis on culture, including cultural applications in each chapter.
Creating Person-Centred Organisations: Strategies and Tools for Managing Change in Health, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector
Call Number: HV40.S69 Barrie
ISBN: 9781283905855
Available at: Barrie
A guide for charities and private sector organisations in health and social care on how to become a person-centred organisation, which provides strategies and tools rooted in experience.
Introduction to Alternative and Complementary Therapies
ISBN: 9781283963213
The therapies presented in this book--including mindfulness and meditation, spirituality, poetry therapy, art therapy, psychodrama, dance/movement therapy, music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, and touch therapy--provide the reader with creative non-traditional modalities that are effective in conjunction with traditional treatment, or as substitutes.

Evidence Based Physical Therapy
ISBN: 9780803637863
The five steps of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) provide the foundation for this book that supports student learning to find, appraise, and apply evidence to improve patient outcomes.
Gender and Leisure
ISBN: 9780415261555
The highly contested nature of both 'gender' and 'leisure' encapsulates many of the most critical social and cultural debates of the early twenty-first century.
Recreation as a Developmental Experience
ISBN: 9781118172506
Book offers thoughtful, multi-faceted approaches to helping our youth develop into responsible, stable, well-rounded citizens.

Activities with Developmentally Disabled Elderly and Older Adults
ISBN: 9781283964371
Shares innovative and creative strategies for programming activities with older adults with DD. They focus on diverse issues, services, and programs from researchers, educators, and practitioners, represented varied disciplines. Each chapter demonstrates the diversity that makes serving a growing number of older individuals with DD both challenging and rewarding.
Global Aging Issues and Policies
ISBN: 9780398088668
Information from all continents
Geriatric Physical Therapy
ISBN: 9780323072410
Clinically accurate and relevant while at the same time exploring theory and rationale for evidence-based practice, it's perfect for students and practicing clinicians.
The Encyclopedia of Elder Care
ISBN: 9780826137357
The Encyclopedia is organized alphabetically and includes links to important Web-based resources and Apps.
The Multi-Sensory Reminiscence Activity Book
ISBN: 9781785922398
A key theme for every week of the year

Helpful Medical eBooks

Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary
ISBN: 9781118690871
This dictionary is clear, concise and easy to use
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
ISBN: 9781455709854
Understand and correctly use all the latest terminology in today's ever-evolving medical field
The Encyclopedia of Elder Care
ISBN: 9780826137357
Entries are written at an undergraduate level and would be useful for practitioners, students, and caregivers.
Quick Medical Terminology by Shirley Soltesz Steiner, Natalie Pate Capps
ISBN: 9781283239783

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