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Living Well With Memory Loss: Finding the Balance conference, July 31, 2009
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ARROW
This set of online training modules is offered to help practicing Recreational Therapists prepare for MDS 3.0.
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Pet Partners Program
The Pet Partners program prepares handlers and their pets to work in animal assisted activities and animal assisted therapy programs.
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Wheelchair Biking
Four of Dr. Lin Buettner's Therapeutic Recreation students participated in a wheelchair biking program at Whitestone-A Masonic and Eastern Star Community.
[Wheelchair Biking Research Video]
Simple Pleasures Manual
The Simple Pleasures manual includes 23 handmade recreational items for use with nursing home residents with dementia.
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Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management
Stuart J. Schleien, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS
Professor, and Director of Graduate Study
P. O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336) 334-3119 (office)
(336) 334-3238 (fax)
sjs@uncg.edu
Curriculum Vita
Stuart J. Schleien, Ph.D., CTRS/CPRP, is a Professor and Director of Graduate Study of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 1997. Dr. Schleien has made a significant impact on recreation/leisure and sports programming in the United States and throughout the world. As a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist and leader in the field, he has developed best practices that have helped parents and professionals design inclusive recreation, sports, and volunteer programs for children and adults with diverse skills and abilities. He has specific expertise as a systems change agent for inclusive recreation services, helping agencies manage successful organizational change and development. Dr. Schleien has written seven books and over 125 journal articles and book chapters on these topics. His most recent text, entitled "Community Recreation and People with Disabilities: Strategies for Inclusion" (2nd edition), is used in recreation and park settings, schools, and universities across the globe. He has presented his work throughout the U.S. and Canada, and in Australia, England, Germany, Israel, and Sweden. He was recognized as the "Researcher of the Year" by the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association, and "Educator of the Year" by the Minnesota Association for Retarded Citizens. He was the recipient of the "Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research," the most prestigious award bestowed upon a researcher by the National Recreation and Park Association. Dr. Schleien made keynote addresses to the 5th Paralympic Scientific Congress for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, and at the Lund University (Sweden) 2003 Conference on Inclusive Communities, as well as a presentation at the Sweden Paralympics Games in Stockholm in October 2003.
Dr. Schleien' research interests include therapeutic recreation, volunteerism, developmental disabilities, and the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities in community settings.
