Shifting from Agency to Community: Exploring the Impact of a Community Connections Program for Mental Health Recovery
dc.contributor.author | Ostrom, Julie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-18T17:38:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-18T17:38:04Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/14520 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this project was to explore clients’ experiences of the Community Connections program, an outpatient mental health program in a clinical setting to determine the effectiveness of the program for mental health recovery and community integration. The common themes from the various forms of data collection suggest that (1) the program was effective in enhancing the clients’ self-awareness, (2) the program effectively taught the clients about leisure and its therapeutic benefits for mental health recovery, (3) the program taught clients about the importance of the use of leisure as a way to integrate into the community, and (4) the clients believed that the program could be improved by providing more of an experiential component to teach skills for community integration. While the program taught the clients important lessons that they have used or will use throughout their mental health recovery, the clients identified some areas for improvement that could help future clients experience successful community integration. Additionally, this research design produced an effective model for comprehensive program evaluations that integrate program design with service using prevalent principles of therapeutic recreation practice. This research supports the growing literature that suggests that leisure and therapeutic recreation can be beneficial tools for clients to understand as they progress through their mental health recovery and prepare for community integration | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brock University | en_US |
dc.subject | recreation therapy | en_US |
dc.subject | therapeutic recreation | en_US |
dc.subject | mental health | en_US |
dc.subject | recovery | en_US |
dc.subject | community integration | en_US |
dc.subject | community | en_US |
dc.subject | leisure | en_US |
dc.title | Shifting from Agency to Community: Exploring the Impact of a Community Connections Program for Mental Health Recovery | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en |
dc.degree.name | M.A. Applied Disability Studies | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Applied Health Sciences Program | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | Faculty of Applied Health Sciences | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-09-13T00:00:00Z |