About the course

Community recreation is not just about getting someone into a public space. A person can be at the park, near the court, inside the community center, or beside the splash pad and still need a better fit. This course focuses on what happens once the person is there. During this course, you will examine practical ways to support inclusion in playgrounds, parks, trails, splash pads, pools, courts, gyms, libraries, hobby groups, community events, and other public recreation environments. The course emphasizes access, adaptation, autonomy, support intensity, play across the lifespan, interaction patterns, proactive and reactive facilitation, dignity, community partnerships, documentation, and follow-up. The course is designed for a mixed but therapy-forward audience, including recreational therapists, therapeutic recreation professionals, disability service providers, behavior support providers, direct support supervisors, and related therapeutic professionals. Examples are fictional and focused on practical community-based support.

What you'll learn

Inclusion Beyond Attendance

Learn how to look beyond physical presence and consider access, choice, comfort, dignity, support, and meaningful engagement inside real recreation settings.

Practical Setting Fit Tools

Use the Layered Inclusion Model and Setting Fit Scan to notice environmental, activity, communication, social, safety, and follow-up needs before they become barriers.

Therapy-Forward Facilitation

Explore how to adapt activities, support play and interaction, encourage without forcing, respond to mismatch, and preserve autonomy across child, youth, and adult examples.

Curriculum

6 Chapters · 14 Lessons

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      Welcome and Course Frame

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      Inclusion, Participation, Autonomy, and Play Across the Lifespan

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      The Layered Inclusion Model and Setting Fit Scan

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      Access, Adaptation, Accommodation, and Universal Design

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      Community Settings Walkthrough, Part 1

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      Community Settings Walkthrough, Part 2

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      Stages of Play and Activity Interaction Patterns

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      Joint Attention, Shared Moments, and Facilitation Without Forcing

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      Proactive and Reactive Therapeutic Facilitation

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      Safety, Dignity, Boundaries, and Practices to Avoid

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      Community Partnerships, Documentation, and Follow-Up

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      Scenario Lab and Final Assessment Orientation

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      Final Knowledge Check

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      Course Evaluation

Tyler Neimeyer, MS, CTRS

Tyler Neimeyer is a recreational therapist and community-based service professional with experience supporting disability services, behavioral support, recreation access, documentation practices, and practical staff training. His teaching focuses on helping professionals make useful decisions in real settings: how to notice barriers, adapt activities, preserve dignity, support autonomy, communicate clearly, and improve the next opportunity for the person being served. Through Community Practice Institute, Tyler develops practical training for professionals working in recreational therapy, disability services, behavioral support, waiver services, and community-based care.

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