Resources

Books

Activity professionals and recreational therapists have been very pleased with the latest revision of Long Term Care for Activity Professionals, Recreational Therapists and Social Services Professionals, Fourth Edition. It includes all of the information in the old editions and adds more details on the RAI, RAPs and MDS 2.0. It is a must for anyone who works in long term care.

How often have you gone to a medical dictionary, a book with medical abbreviations or any other "health care" reference and found that the material was great if you were a nurse or physician, but the information was not directed toward what you needed as a therapist or educator? Well, take heart! Idyll Arbor’s Therapy Dictionary by joan burlingame, now in its second edition, solves the problem by providing therapy information. Idyll Arbor’s Medical Abbreviations is a great quick reference. Both references were written to help therapists and educators find the information they want and need, and to know the implications for therapy and teaching.

Assessments

Assessment is the process of finding out more about your patient: obtaining information critical to determining how you, your team and the patient himself/herself can improve the patient’s functional ability and quality of life. Clinical judgment, formal testing tools, written material and observation of the patient during activity are used to make this determination. Idyll Arbor’s material on assessment plus our standardized testing tools will help you. If you have more questions, feel free to ask to speak to joan burlingame or another of our professional staff for help by e-mail or phone (360-825-7797).

The hottest book we have right now is Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields, Third Edition. It is 694 pages of information on assessments, the assessment process, federal laws regarding assessment, and a whole lot more. Colleges across the continent are adopting this book as a must-have resource for their students in recreational therapy, and now in general recreation, too.

Idyll Arbor started out by specializing in testing tools, and we continue to be one of the leaders in providing testing tools for therapists. Whether you are looking for testing tools themselves — or reference material on testing — Idyll Arbor has it! We are proud to announce that we have added Connie Schenk’s Leisurescope Plus to the Idyll Arbor family of products. We wish Connie luck in her new position as a forensic psychologist and will try to carry on her dedication to measuring leisure interests and risk taking.

We have also added to our collection of books on testing. While Assessing the Elderly remains very popular, we now have the Leisure Competence Measure, an excellent testing tool, which can be used on almost every patient population to measure change over time (or because of interventions) on eight recreational therapy related subscales.

Games

As therapists we work on functional skills. While cognition is one aspect of function, it is only one aspect. So why is it that we bow to pressure and use so much paper, pencil and talk when we work with our patients? Enough is enough! Idyll Arbor decided to change that trend — mainly so that our patients and your patients could improve their level of functioning while being active and having fun. You will find over 20 games for you to use. These games teach knowledge and skills in ways that carry over into the real world. And Alanna Jones, who wrote The wRECking Yard of Games and Activities, an extremely popular book filled with 104 activities to help improve function and understanding, has a second volume out called  104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery and Coping Skills which has 104 additional activities.

Audio and Video

Idyll Arbor has a varied selection of audio and video resources for both the professional and his/her patient.  Our most popular video is  Like You and Me, an excellent resource for helping patients with new disabilities or new staff understand what challenges individuals with disabilities face in the community.

Bargains!

Sometimes we have damaged book that we can't sell as new books. We occasionally stop carrying books and have a few left over. This is the place to find books at bargain prices. Sorry, there are no returns on these books.