Programming Recreational Services serves as a handbook for recreational practitioners at every level. It clearly presents the methods and materials necessary for the planning, organization, and operation of recreational services.
This reader friendly text addresses each of the 12 recreational program categories in detail and includes illustrations to assist with learning. It teaches students a methodology for evaluating recreational programs from the establishment of objectives to the final instrument used, to determine whether or not the program performed in the way that it was intended.
The text also covers:
Adaptations for persons with disabilities
Computer applications for use in recreational service - available software and applications, computerized program development, web site development, and scheduling
Specialized places, facilities, and space standards necessary for recreational activities to occur
Participation motivation and how to build and sustain participant interest
