Description of the Network: The Community Inclusion Treatment Network is a speciality group within ATRA established to promote and preserve the grassroots philosophy of professional development. This network is being developed to provide recreational therapists who study, volunteer, or work in community-based settings a means of support that will ultimately benefit them as practitioners who are better able to provide quality therapeutic recreation services to their clients. The Network also educates ATRA members about the community as a recreational therapy setting.

Settings:
Community park and recreation departments, recreation centers and playgrounds
Partial hospital programs
Acquired brain injury programs
Private practice
Community behavioral health centers
Group homes/residential facilities
Private family/home-based locations
Home health care
Adventure programs
Rural, suburban, urban recreational programs
Community sports and arts programs
Community organizations such as Little League, Scouts

Functional areas addressed:
Social integration/relationship-building with individuals without disabilities
Development of community connections & linkages
Greater independence when traveling
Cognitive retraining
Recreation, play, and leisure skill development
Leisure independence
Quality of life
Ego enhancement
Reality orientation
Assertiveness training
Family engagement
Values clarification
Self-advocacy, self-determination, self-empowerment
Stress management
Community awareness
Money handling skills
Networking with others
Adaptive equipment education
Communication skills development
Time management
Knowledge of community resources
Lifetime recreational skill development
Behavior management
Coping skills development
Awareness of self in the community
Self-acceptance
Harnessing and use of remaining skills and strengths

Interventions:
Stress management
Anger management
Leisure and life satisfaction
Healthy leisure lifestyle
Social skills
Adventure training
Physical activity activity programs
Recreational skills development
Leisure education
Leisure counseling
Community reintegration/integration
Behavior management
Assertiveness training
Knowledge of generic recreational opportunities, facilities, and programs
Time management
Communication skills
Assistive technology
Disability awareness training / non-CTRS
Disability awareness training / non disabled peers

For coordinator contact information, go to the treatment network home page