RECREATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL THERAPY IN
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: THERAPEUTIC RECREATION
Therapeutic recreation services are essential to the
patient with TBI for three important reasons:
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A method of treatment to improve your physical, psychological, social, and
emotional well-being, such as conducting a volleyball activity to improve
balance
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A method of education to increase your knowledge of and successfully provide
for your leisure activities, which are an integral part of your rehabilitation
and social reintegration
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Recreational participation, which is necessary for a normalized, balanced
lifestyle for all people, and essential as a means of self-expression, release,
and socialization for the people with TBI.
Like all other rehabilitation therapies, therapeutic recreation helps you
achieve your highest possible level of independence and quality of life. |
Based on Brain Injury Patient Care and
Education Manual, by Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital; Neuro section of
the Trauma Manual, Jackson Memorial Hospital; and Recovering from Head Injury;
a Guide for Patients, by Nova University Neuropsychology Service, and edited
for PoinTIS by the Louis Calder Memorial Library of the University of Miami
School of Medicine and the PoinTIS Advisory Committee, and on Rehabilitation
of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury, NIH Consensus Statement 1998 Oct.
26-28.
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