1 Table of Contents Message from the CTRA/TRO 2016 Conference Co-chairs 3 Message from the CTRA President 4 Message from the TRO President 5 CTRA/TRO Conference Planning Committee 6 Wednesday June 1, 2016: At-a-Glance 7 Wednesday sessions 8 Annual General Meetings Information 19 CTRA Session 20 Recreate Sessions 25 Wednesday Awards Dinner & Social 26 Thursday June 2, 2016: At-a-Glance 27 Rise & Shine Sessions 28 Breakfast Session Speaker – Joyce Rowlands 29 Thursday Keynote Speaker – Tim Hague 30 Thursday Sessions 31 Tradeshow - Connecting Our Passion for Compassion 49 Thursday Social 50 Friday June 3, 2016: At-a-Glance 52 Friday Sessions 53 CTRA Panel Presentation 62 PCCs or CEU’s 63 Registration Information - How to get Connected 64 Hotel Information 65 Directions to Conference 66 Transportation Information 67 2 Message from the Conference Co-chairs We are thrilled to welcome you to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, for our combined Provincial and National Therapeutic Recreation Conference! The Waterloo Region provides the perfect balance between new and old, nature and technology, tranquility and adventure. The province of Ontario is also known for its great cities, great attractions and great outdoor opportunities. This year’s conference theme is “Connecting our Passion for Compassion” and we believe, by joining us for this incredible conference opportunity, that you will connect with so with many wonderful delegates and truly strengthen your passion for Therapeutic Recreation! We would like to recognize the dedication from a number of individuals from both the Therapeutic Recreation Association of Waterloo-Wellington (TRAW) and CTRA who have worked so hard in making this conference come to fruition. Volunteers have been meeting for over a year and a half to make this conference an incredible event! We would like to extend a huge thank you to you all! Hosting the conference is truly a wonderful opportunity. We hope to be able to connect individuals from across our province, across the country and internationally to enhance our Therapeutic Recreation clinical and community practice opportunities. We hope to provide support and resources for educational programs and to develop our personal and professional growth. Finally, we hope delegates will take time to socialize and explore the city of Kitchener-Waterloo and the recreation and tourism opportunities in Ontario. It is a beautiful area of our amazing country. We look forward to meeting you all as we move toward “Connecting our Passion for Compassion”. Join us in Kitchener-Waterloo and be a part of a spectacular continuing education and networking opportunity. Kind Wishes, Lindsey Oretan and Tanea Goncalves Forward TRO/CTRA 2016 Co-Chairs 3 Message from the CTRA President Welcome Conference Delegates! On behalf of the Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association Board of Directors I would like to welcome delegates from across Canada and North America to the 20th Annual CTRA Conference in historic Kitchener-Waterloo hosted in partnership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario. CTRA is fortunate to be working with TRO leadership and the organizing committee on this 20th annual conference running June 1 – 3, 2016. The CTRA conference is typically the largest annual event devoted to professional development of Recreation Therapy professionals and this year will be no exception given the strong membership base of TRO. The theme of the 2016 CTRA Conference is Connecting our Passion for Compassion. As Recreation Therapy professionals much of our work focuses on facilitating connections in our practice, with the individuals we work with, clients and professionals alike. Connections allow us to further enhance mutual respect, find similarities and learn about others, and provide each of us the opportunity to be authentic in our interaction. CTRA and TRO have provided us with a unique opportunity to learn from, with, and about each other! While at this conference, I would encourage you to establish or re-establish connections with professionals from across Canada and North America. Be proud of our shared passion for therapeutic recreation and our roots as a compassionate and caring profession. Please take advantage at the conference to network with other delegates with efforts to expand the reach and impact of CTRA, TRO and the profession. And don’t forget to take in the many arts, recreation, cultural and historic opportunities in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. We are sure to be inspired by an excellent roster of presenters including local, provincial, national, and international therapeutic recreation professionals. If you are a first time presenter, congratulations on taking this step toward expanding the body of professional knowledge. For those with a history of presenting at conferences thank you for continued commitment to the growth of the profession. A special thank you to the conference organizing committee and all volunteers associated with this exciting event. As delegates, we are sure to benefit from the hundreds of hours spent organizing and delivering the 20th Annual CTRA Conference. I look forward to meeting you in Kitchener-Waterloo. Douglas Cripps CTRA 2015-2016 President 4 Message from the TRO President Welcome to the annual TRO conference in Kitchener-Waterloo, home of my alma mater! On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to welcome all of our delegates, including our CTRA friends who are joining us this year as they celebrate their 20th anniversary! I’m sure we are in for many exciting sessions this year, including some superb keynote speakers. Remember to take the time to reconnect with your colleagues and friends. The conference is always a great time to regenerate our passion for the field of Recreation Therapy, which in turn allows us to continue to treat our clients compassionately. Thank you so much to the many volunteers who make this conference possible, including the conference committee, students and a variety of others. Because of your commitment, we are able to come together to learn and reconnect. I look forward to seeing all of you in Kitchener. Please feel free to approach me, introduce yourself and share your ideas with respect to the field of Recreation Therapy. Enjoy the conference! Ein prosit! Cheers! Sue Verrilli, R/TRO President, TRO 5 CTRA/TRO Planning Committee Overall Conference Co-Chairs: Lindsey Oretan Tanea Goncalves Forward Facilities Co-Chairs: Program Co-Chairs: Penny Nickel Leeann Ferries Anne Scanlon Rebecca Thompson Registration Chair: Marsha Krueger Socials Chair: Volunteers Co-Chairs: Alyssa Graham Corrie Bradfield Rebekah Larter Tradeshow/Sponsorship Chair: Marketing Chair: Katie Hinbest Mary Friesen TRO Conference Liaison: Alison Wideman 6 Wednesday June 1, 2016 At-a-glance Tues May 30 Tuesday Evening Early Registration 6:30 – 8:00 7:00 Registration and Breakfast for Pre-Conference delegates 8:00-11:45 W1 W2 W3 W4 Canada’s Meaningful and What Makes Exploring a Optional Recreation Compassionate Outdoor Strengths-Based Half Day Framework Approaches to Experiential Recovery Orientation: Pre- and TR Palliative Care Learning Translating Theory of Conference working Therapeutic?... for the Leisure and Well- **extra together Mental Health Being Model into charge** Recovery Everyday TR Mental Health Practice 10:00-10:15 Break 12:00-12:45 Lunch 12:45-1:00 Opening Remarks and Presidents’ Welcome Research W5 W6 W7 W8 Sessions The Role of TR An Environmental A Picture is Worth Aquatic Internships: Scan of Health More Than 1000 1:00-1:30 Therapy in Learning from Promotion Programs Words. New Part 1 Pediatric the for Adolescents with Assessment Tool – Rehab: A Experiences of Physical Disabilities… Emoticons Working Collaborative Students for Clients Adventure 1:30-2:00 SportFIT and Part 2 Connecting Perceptions of Recreation – A Impact of TR Program Creativity Therapeutic Collaborative for Care-Partners of and Recreation Intensive Individual’s with Community Physiotherapy/Therap Alzheimer’s Disease eutic Recreation Camp for Youth with Cerebral Palsy 2:00-3:30 TRO Annual General Meeting and Board Update 2:00-3:30 CTRA Strategic Planning: Vision 2020 - Connecting our Passion for Therapeutic Recreation in Canada Tanea Goncalves Forward and Doug Cripps 3:30-3:45 Break 3:45-5:15 W9 W10 W11 W12 90 Min Social Media Connecting Rethinking Aging, Upgrading Your Toolkit: Concurrent 101- A Basic Education and Community Settings, Incorporating Research Introduction Practice: A and Health Into Therapeutic on How to University of Promotion: An Recreation Practice Use Social Lethbridge Opportunity … Media… Case Study 5:30 Recreate Sessions 6:30 Awards Dinner and 90’s Party to Celebrate CTRA’s 20th Anniversary 7 Wednesday June 1, 2016 8:00-11:45 Session Title: W1 - Canada’s Recreation Framework and TR Working Together Presenters: Jane Crawford, Kellie Duckworth, Susan Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Sullivan Session Description: This interactive session will look at Canada’s 2015 Recreation Framework and highlight how TR professionals can support the goals of the Framework in the programs, services and supports they offer. Building on sharing by TR professionals of their ‘best practice’ examples, the session will allow participants to reflect on their own practice and determine if and how they are or want support the Framework’s goals and priorities and identify possibilities for working collaboratively with our community recreation colleagues. The sessions will enable participants to identify the connections between the Framework’s goals and their own scope of practice (e.g., APIE). The session will help TR professionals develop an understanding of the importance of the role partnerships have in creating programs that impact health and wellbeing and support community inclusion. Learning Objectives: Identify the 5 goals of the Framework for Recreation in Canada Identify a TR program they could or do work collaboratively with in community Recreation Identify the skills/knowledge and values that they would bring to a partnership within their community. Identify two community partners that they could foster a collaborative working relationship with and to develop a preliminary action plan for initiating this.