Our web site will still help you in three ways. You will be able to purchase resources to help you at work and at home, you will be able to access our three free journals, and you will be able to contact our staff for answers to questions you might have.
Idyll Arbor's primary mission is to improve the quality of health care provided to clients by providing quality information and resources to practitioners. One way in which we provide this information is through our over 200 products. We carry books, games, assessments and video/audio supplies. Access these products through our Topics or Resources pages. You may also access resources directed toward specific Professions.
Our free, on-line journals, collectively called Idyll Arbor’s Journals of Practice (IAJP), cover three different occupational and topic groups: Recreational Therapy, Activity Professionals and Chemical Dependency. Each journal accepts three types of contributions: Articles, Notes on Practice and comments. The material presented in IAJP will be rotated off the web page and saved to be published periodically in a paper format. These discipline specific volumes will be available for purchase through Idyll Arbor, Inc.
A Guide to Published Articles in Recreational and Adjunctive Therapies is also available. The Guide is designed to give the reader easy access to information published in 16 Therapeutic Recreation and Adjunctive Therapy journals from 1967 to 2004. Searches can be made by author, subject, journal and date.
Idyll Arbor, Inc. is both a publishing house and a consulting firm. Our consultants, editors and authors are some of the best in their fields. We are known throughout North America as a company which carries practical products — books, audio, video, testing tools, posters, games and consultation — that the professional can use in his/her everyday practice. We can do this because we are practitioners who still work with patients as well as being product developers. We try out our products before we offer them to you. In addition to providing quality materials, Idyll Arbor also provides consultation services for activities, therapy departments and facility management.
Idyll Arbor, Inc. is unique because our practitioners talk with other practitioners across the country on a regular basis. We hear about trends in Joint Commission, CARF, NCQA and HCFA surveys as they are happening. Professionals know that they can contact our professional staff and ask about programs, products and techniques which have worked for other therapists across the United States and Canada. We hope this web site will help your practice. Please feel free to contact us with suggestions for making our site more useful for you.

Speakers and Seminars

The following authors are dynamic presenters who are exceptionally knowledgeable in their fields. Please contact Idyll Arbor for more information about scheduling them to speak to your group or facility.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Newhouse, author of Faces of Combat, PTSD & TBI and Alcohol: Cradle to Grave, is available to speak on the problems our troops are having when they return from Iraq and Afghanistan (and point to possible solutions), addictions, and mental disorders. He has written extensively on alcoholism, methamphetamine addictions, troubled teens, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among returning combat vets. Call him at 406-791-1485 or email him at enewhous@greatfal.gannett.com

Ann Rosenstein teaches how to use water exercises to relieve the pain of fibromyalgia and arthritis and slow down the negative effects of Parkinson's disease. She has four books on water exercises available now: Water Exercises for Fibromyalgia, Water Exercises for Osteoarthritis, Water Exercises for Rheumatoid Arthritis, and the newly revised Water Exercises for Parkinson's.   If you want the latest information on the her forthcoming book on nutrition myths, check out Ann's website The Diet Fitness Diva: debunking diet and fitness myths & misinformation or send an e-mail.

Julie Davey, creator of Writing for Wellness: A Prescription for Healing would be happy to demonstrate how easily anyone can start Writing for Wellnes classes. For more information about Julie and Writing for Wellness classes click here.. You can also send an e-mail for a free description of how you can lead classes at your church, health care facility, or community center.

SJ Hart, author of Lies In Silence speaks about issues related to the growing epidemic of bipolar and related disorders. You can send an e-mail to hear how you can have her speak to your organization.

Barry Bocchieri writes and speaks on recovery topics. He offers simple and straight-forward concepts for getting into recovery and staying there. Click here for information on his books: Things That Work and Reflections along the Way.

Dr. Charles Tindell is available to speak about how to nurture the enduring human spirit in long term care facilities. His caring approach shows how to improves the quality of care by celebrating the spirit that remains even after physical and mental skills have declined. For information on his book, The Enduring Human Spirit, click here.

Jay Parker presents on a variety of topics including:
Internet Addiction
Sex and Love Addiction: Fact or Fiction
Our Culture and Sex... American Denial
Growing Up in an MTV World: sex, drugs and rock and roll (for age 15-25)
For information on his book click here. For more information about Jay Parker click here..

Julia Hislop, Ph.D., author of Female Sex Offenders: What Therapists, Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services Need to Know presents on the latest research on female sex offenders. For more information about Julia Hislop and her upcoming presentations click here.. For more information on the seminar click here. For information on the book click here.

Luis Vargas, Ph.D., PT is an internationally recognized expert on aquatic therapy. He is a faculty member of the Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute, Inc. (ATRI) and the recipient of the 2004 Aquatic Therapy Professional of the Year Award. For more information on his presentations see the ATRI web site. For information on his book click here.

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