ATRA 1
What are the ATRA Standards for the Practice of Recreational Therapy & Self-Assessment Guide?
This guide consists of 12 standards with rational, structural, process, and outcome criteria for recreational therapy practice.
This RT ethical principle requires personnel always to be truthful and avoid deception, whether by dishonesty or omission.
What is Veracity?
Though uncomfortable, Jasmine must learn that prolonged periods of this are to be expected when leading her first group.
What is silence?
This statement represents an illegitimate concern about confidentiality when working with patients from different cultures.
What is 'some cultures do not take confidentiality as seriously as others'?"
In a setting with multiple RTs, it's ideal for both RTs to interview clients, but this is often impractical.
What are time constraints?
This ATRA committee recommends that every recreational therapy professional purchase the Standards guide and attend conference trainings.
What is the Standards of Practice Committee?
This RT ethical principle obligates personnel to assist clients while protecting them from harm and respecting their decisions.
What is Non-Maleficence?
Beginning leaders use this assessment tool to identify their strengths and weaknesses in group leadership.
What is a self-assessment of group leadership skills?
The group leader's obligation to Donna, who wants to go river rafting four months after her TBI.
What is cautioning her regarding dangers and consequences?
A clearly spelled-out participation statement is significant when this authority requires group attendance.
What is court-mandated?
The ATRA SOP is considered highly valid, while the self-assessment guide demonstrates reliability through controlled data collection and very high internal consistency with regulatory standards.
What are the ATRA Standards of Practice (SOP)?
This RT principle gives clients the right to accept or reject treatment after receiving information about benefits, risks, and credentials.
What is Informed Consent?
Using this supervisory technique, RT supervisors can observe and discuss what trainees are actually doing during group facilitation.
What is co-leading?
Therapists should outline limitations to confidentiality during this initial process with clients.
What is the informed consent process?
Short-term therapy groups typically use this standard practice to prepare members before the group begins.
What is pre-group orientation (typically occurs during the assessment)?
This ATRA standard outlines the process in which the RT works collaboratively to develop a discharge or transition plan.
What is Standard 5: Discharge/Transition Planning?
This ethical principle requires RT personnel to protect private information while disclosing relevant information to clients seeking services.
What is Confidentiality & Privacy?
This behavior involves the therapist setting an example of themselves to address client issues.
What is modeling?
To help Sarah, whose culture views initiating as self-oriented, the therapist should ask her to share this instead of expecting self-initiated disclosure.
What is at least one reaction she experienced while listening to another member?
To help Juan find PTSD group clients, interagency colleagues may perform these three functions.
What is publicizing, recruiting, and screening potential members?
This ATRA standard requires RT staff to meet qualifications, demonstrate competency, maintain credentials, and have ongoing development opportunities.
What is Standard 9: Staff Qualifications and Competency Assessment?
Under Principle 10, RT personnel must comply with laws at these three levels of government and ATRA policies.
What are local, state, and federal laws?
Working with a coleader can reduce the risk of work-related exhaustion.
What is burnout?
This type of formal agreement is recommended to reinforce expectations of confidentiality among group members.
What is a written contract?
Screening and selecting group members prioritizes this above all else to protect clients.
What is preventing harm by participating in the group?