TRJ Special Topic: Call for Papers - AI in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

2026-02-17

Special Topic: Call for Papers

AI in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

Topic Areas (content examples)

Administration/Professional: ethics, safety, human resources, professional competen- cies

Practice: interventions, protocols, APIE process, documentation, collaboration Academic: curriculum, accreditation, student practices, digital literacy Research: methods, data and statistical techniques, impact, platforms, use of AI

Proposal: one 250- to 300-word paragraph: Email to Editor-in-Chief, Marcia Jean Carter, mj-carter2@wiu.edu (before May 15, 2026)

  • Purpose of manuscript-address topic area (admin/prof., practice, academic, research)
  • Rationale/justification/relevance to topic
  • Type of manuscript (conceptual; qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods research; brief report; interven- tion/protocol; practice perspective/case study, systematic literature review)
  • Author(s) e-mail-contact(s)
  • References

Electronic Submissions (Due before August 1, 2026)

Submit paper to: http://js.sagamorepub.com/trj. Adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychologi- cal Association, 7th edition, and the Therapeutic Recreation Journal-ATRA Annual guidelines. Submission steps, APA, and author guidelines are found online: https://js.sagamorepub.com/trj/about/submissions.

Authors of accepted manuscripts will be requested to submit 10 multiple-choice questions and three objectives for their respective manuscripts for continuing education.

 

AI tools that make suggestions to improve or enhance your own work, such as tools to improve language, gram- mar or structure, are considered assistive AI tools and do not require disclosure by authors, editors or review- ers. Guiding principles for output to disclose from use of generative AI tools in manuscripts:

To be transparent, provide the necessary information for readers to understand how generative artificial intelli- gence (AI) was used during the research and manuscript drafting process. Disclose the use in the most relevant place in the manuscript, most likely the Introduction or Method sections. Cite the following: 1) The full name of the tool used (with version number); 2) How it was used; and 3) The reason for use.

Submission Dates

Proposal: May 15, 2026

Manuscript: August 1, 2026