Technology facilitates mobility and portability of relationships, interactions, and operational processes, and will increasingly be a part of high-functioning organizations continuing to drive change in health and human services. The global health issues of 2019-2020 witnessed recreational therapists experiencing a new normal with the virtual environment evident in education, management, research, professional interactions, and practices. This call invites therapeutic recreation professionals to consider implications for recreational therapy/therapeutic recreation as a result of the intersection of technology, health, and the pandemic. What is the “new normal” among professionals and RT/TR practices? What evidence supports our profession as an essential workforce during global emergencies? What will the future of RT/TR resemble in research, education, management, and practice?
Possible ideas include but are not limited to: Applications of virtual reality and augmented technology Computer-assisted therapy Connecting through technology Coping with a new normal in RT/TR Depression, anxiety, lifestyle among essential workers Globalization of TR: Global pandemic, health technology, recreational therapy practices Innovative research, practices, and education during health emergencies Mobile health New normal among RT/TR professionals Online communities and support groups Pandemic response technologies: remote working Professional development in a digital age RT interventions that address loneliness, isolation, depression, anxiety, stress, physical activity Technology and social inclusion Technology-based interventions Telehealth, telemedicine, tell-a-RT/TR professional Virtual education and experiences during a pandemic Virtual learning and social isolation Virtual interprofessional teams Wearable technology in RT/TR Wiihabilitation
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Editorial Policy The Therapeutic Recreation Journal (TRJ), published by Sagamore-Venture Publishing LLC, is a quarterly publication devoted to publishing scholarly and substantive manuscripts in the field of therapeutic recreation. Professionals, students, and academics both in and outside the profession are encouraged to present original research, practice perspectives, conceptual and theoretical papers, brief reports, and protocols. TRJ follows seventh edition of the APA style manual as the preparation and submission guide with articles undergoing a double-blind review process through editors with expertise appropriate to the particular submission. The review process takes approximately six weeks. The central criteria for publication are that the material is (a) germane to the topic of recreation therapy; (b) theoretically, empirically, or practically based; and (c) substantive in the sense of proposing, discovering, or replicating knowledge in the field of therapeutic recreation.
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