Certificate of Diversional Therapy

Unit 1 – Work effectively in the leisure and health industries

• Values of recreation and leisure
• Enhancing well-being
• Holistic programs
• The fitness sector
• The sport sector
• Outdoor recreation sector
• Community recreation
• Models of leisure and health
• Client participation
• Planning the program
• Values and attitudes
• Hazards
• Policies and procedures
• Professional development
• Career pathways

Unit 2 – Contribute to leisure and health programming

• Develop activity / program plans
• Consultation with health professional
• Client needs and interests
• Program criteria
• Prepare activity / program plan
• Operational arrangements
• Implementation and evaluation
• Develop goals and outcomes
• Program reflects good practice
• Program equipment and resources
• Encourage client participation
• Promote activity / program
• Identify program users
• Design and distribute information
• Motivational strategies
• Deliver program
• Health and safety
• Contingency plans
• Evaluate program effectiveness

Unit 3 – Participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of individual leisure and health programs

• Record client information
• Assess client needs
• Holistic approaches
• Individual strengths and interests
• Benefits of recreational activities
• Confidentiality
• Consultative approaches
• Ideas and experiences
• Effective strategies and partnerships
• Enhancing health and well-being
• Life stages / developments
• Capability of clients
• Implement plans
• Settings and environments
• Flexible timetables
• Program extensions
• Feedback
• Individual program reviews
• Program assessment

Unit 4 – Participate in planning leisure and health programs for clients with complex needs

• Client issues
• Characteristics and symptoms
• Determine client readiness
• Special needs
• Maximise participation
• Complex needs
• Equipment and resources
• Holistic practice
• Trauma-informed care
• Strength-based practice
• Positive behaviour support
• Integration of leisure activities
• Empowering clients
• Client interests and concerns
• Designing programs
• Reasons / benefits
• Modifying equipment
• Client capabilities and competence
• Therapy
• Optimise client involvement
• Individual program plans

Unit 5 – Incorporate lifespan development and sociological concepts into leisure and health programming

• Lifespan development stages
• Physical and intellectual development
• Theories of development
• Development psychology
• Leisure and recreation
• Retirement
• Behavioural change
• Cognitive style
• Dementia
• Muscle memory
• Life expectancy
• Development psychology
• Passive leisure
• Goals and objectives
• Recreational therapists
• Attitudes
• Motivational strategies
• Age and cultural strategies
• Health, wellness, illness and disability
• Humoral pathology
• Ayurveda
• Acupuncture
• Naturopathy
• Gender responses
• Illness and stress
• Psychological and psychiatric illness

Unit 6 – Coordinate planning, implementation and monitoring of leisure and health programs

• Comprehensive client assessment
• Interpret assessment results
• Confidentiality
• Designing programs
• Cultural needs
• Frequency and duration of programs
• Maximise client involvement
• Document activity plan
• Develop delivery plan
• Develop timetables
• Clear staff communication
• Utilising facilities, materials and equipment
• Assess individual progress
• Regular review processes
• Evaluation of programs
• Surveys
• Evaluation graphs

Unit 7 – Provide leisure education

• Provide leisure education
• Suitability of client
• Goals of leisure education
• Develop plan
• Remedial and therapeutic benefits
• Client assessment / personal details
• Risk assessment
• Conduct leisure programs
• Develop relationships
• Delegate responsibilities
• Environment and equipment
• Presentation techniques
• Document and evaluate program
• Performance indicators

Unit 8 – Apply concepts of human psychology to facilitate involvement in leisure programs

• Concepts of motivation
• Psychological foundations of leisure
• Benefits of leisure programs
• Health and illness
• Life stages health
• Happiness and well-being
• Optimising well being
• Developmental stages
• Individual strengths and interests
• Pain management
• Successful programs
• Managing anger and conflict
• Behaviour management strategies
• Program evaluation