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NCHPAD - Building Healthy Inclusive Communities

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Inclusion Model of Practice


Many models of recreation programs for persons with disabilities exist. Several agencies and organizations provide opportunities ranging from segregated specialized activities to programs designed to mainstream, integrate, or include persons with disabilities in the community. All these programs have a purpose in providing recreation and leisure opportunities for persons with disabilities. Traditionally, community parks and recreation departments have renovated and built facilities to be accessible and then offered more specialized programs for persons with disabilities with the idea of being able to move to a more inclusive model of service in the future.

However, with limited resources, no current therapeutic recreation programs in place, and an immediate need to provide access and inclusion within the department, the City of Reno elected to study a different approach to therapeutic recreation and inclusion.

In 2000, the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department conducted a management audit that recommended one or more therapeutic recreation specialists be hired to promote inclusion and accessibility, and meet the needs of persons with disabilities in the community. A needs assessment distributed to Reno citizens demonstrated further evidence of a need for more services. Several organizational models of service provision were studied, including hiring of inclusion staff within each division and creation of a supervisory position to coordinate inclusion throughout the department.

Upon request from the management audit and support from several citizen groups and committees; approval was given to fund a position at a supervisory level to provide inclusion support to all divisions of recreation. In October 2000, a national job search was conducted to find and hire a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist.


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