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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Fall 2017
- Course Number:
- GRN 270
- Course Title:
- Therapeutic Horticulture Programming for Adults & Children
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
This is the fourth course of a 6 course, 13-credit sequence in therapeutic horticulture required by the Therapeutic Horticulture and Horticultural Therapy Certificates of Completion.
Intended Outcomes for the course
• Design and conduct comprehensive therapeutic programs and gardens, appropriate to the developmental and special needs of children and older, frail adults in hospital, adult day care, and intergenerational settings.
• Conduct and evaluate activity, individual and group sessions, and develop and present pediatric and geriatric case studies, based on therapeutic and development models appropriate to a variety of neurological impairments and other disabling conditions.
• Develop a personal plan for continuing education and skill development in the field.
Course Activities and Design
Course is conducted in a hospital setting, including contact with the therapeutic horticulture program and garden. Includes a combination of reading, lecture, discussion, observation and practice in the program and garden, and in other locations. Focuses on program design, implementation and assessment for intergenerational, children, and frail elder populations in a variety of treatment settings.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will demonstrate they have met the learning outcomes through various means, including assessment, documentation, task analysis, session plans, and case studies; written and oral examination; and group and individual projects.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Treatment issues related to stroke, spinal cord injury, MS, diabetes, cardiac conditions, amputation, traumatic brain injury, developmental disabilities, cancer, mental illness and other orthpedic and neurological impairments
Assessment and documentation
Developmental and aging stages model
Special needs of children and older adults
geriatric and pediatric case studies
12-month programs for frail elders, dementia clients, inpatient pediatric patients
Group and individual therapeutic sessions
Horitculture skills for theerapy
Professional ethics
Program design components and process
Program budgeting
Continuing education plans