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Sharing Your TR Experiences through Therapeutic Recreation: Practice & Research (TRPR) – Journal of TRO

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Kimberly Lyons, Editor Recreation & Leisure Dept. University of Waterloo

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Welcome!

• Introductions:
• To the TRPR editorial team
• To the review and publication process

Kimberly Lyons, Editor

MA, TR Partner in Care Kimberly is invested in moving the profession from the medical model

• f healthcare into a more holistic,

community based paradigm that addresses fundamental existential concerns such as purpose, meaning, sex, spirituality, pain, and death.

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Associate Editors

• Shannon Knutson, MA, TRS
• With a passion for ongoing learning and helping others, Shannon's main

clinical interest involves supporting individuals with mental health challenges to engage in meaningful activities through an eclectic approach encompassing therapeutic recreation, occupational therapy, and mindfulness- based interventions. Shannon is also a trained yoga instructor who is passionate and driven to share the benefits and gifts yoga has given her in an accessible way to both clinical and non-clinical populations. 3

• Julian Macnaughton, MA , Ph.D. (c)
• Julian is a doctoral student in Recreation & Leisure Studies at the University of

Waterloo, with interests in community-based action research, social inclusion, and social capital. His diverse range of experiences include a variety of roles in non-profit, including as program facilitator for new immigrant and refugee youth in a recreation-based settlement program in Vancouver, British Columbia, as a volunteer for Street Soccer Victoria building social inclusion for street-entrenched and marginalized populations, and as a community support worker leveraging recreation to build life-skills and inclusion for adults with fetal-alcohol syndrome and autism spectrum disorders.

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About the journal

 The Therapeutic Recreation: Practice &

Research (TPPR) Journal is a resource affiliated with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO)

 The journal is housed within the department

• f Recreation and Leisure Studies at the

University of Waterloo

Content

+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  Phase Two  Phase One  Proof pages and publication 5

+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  A paper is received  Ed review paper, remove

identifiers, and assign paper based on reviewer interests, experience, and ‘expertise’

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+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  A paper is received  Ed review paper, remove

identifiers, and assign paper based on reviewer interests, experience, and ‘expertise’

 Phase One  Paper is sent to an assigned

reviewer one for commenting

 Paper is passed to an assigned

reviewer two for commenting

 Paper is returned to author(s) for

revisions

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+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  Phase Two  Phase One  Proof pages and publication 8

+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  A paper is received  Ed review paper, remove

identifiers, and assign paper based on reviewer interests, experience, and ‘expertise’

 Phase Two  Paper is received with

completed revisions

 Paper is sent to reviewer one

for commenting

 Paper is returned to author  Paper is received with

completed revisions

 Phase One  Paper is sent to an assigned

reviewer one for commenting

 Paper is passed to an assigned

reviewer two for commenting

 Paper is returned to author(s) for

revisions

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+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  Phase Two  Phase One  Proof pages and publication 10

+ Review process

(when you submit your paper)

 Submission and assignment  A paper is received  Ed review paper, remove

identifiers, and assign paper based on reviewer interests, experience, and ‘expertise’

 Phase Two  Paper is received with

completed revisions

 Paper is sent to reviewer one

for commenting

 Paper is returned to author  Paper is received with

completed revisions

 Phase One  Paper is sent to an assigned

reviewer one for commenting

 Paper is passed to an assigned

reviewer two for commenting

 Paper is returned to author(s) for

revisions

 Proof pages and publication  All papers are reviewed by Ed  Minor suggestions for change are

flagged and returned to author in ‘proof’ form

 Author accepts changes or

provides rationale for declining changes

 Paper is accepted and ready for

publication

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Webinar highlighting what it takes to get to publication with TRPR – Journal of TRO Accessed for free for TRO members on the TRO ‘Continuing Education’ site https://www.trontario.org/education-research/continuing-education/index.html

2016-2017 TRO Webinar Series:

The Journey to Publication…the good, the bad, and the ugly

by Jill Gibson & Joellyn Leblanc Featuring Kim Lyons as panel speaker

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Why is the TRPR Journal an important resource?

 Communication and networking  Advancement of the TR profession  Professional development  Contributing to a Canadian body of TR

knowledge

 Strengthen writing skills  Reflect on and evaluate your practice  Make your knowledge accessible to fellow

TRs, researchers, and educators

 Develop a body of evidence-based practices  Feedback on your programs/research  Disseminate innovative practices across the

field of TR and beyond

As a writer

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Why is the TRPR Journal an important resource?

 Communication and networking  Support the advancement of the TR profession

through readership

 Develop awareness of practices across the TR

practice/research spectra

 Learn from a body of Canadian TR knowledge  Reflect on and evaluate your own practices  Integrate evidence-based practices in your

• wn TR work

 Opportunity to give feedback on fellow TRs’

programs/research

 Opportunity to collaborate with fellow TRs’, TR

researchers and/or TR educators in programs and/or research

 Translate innovative practices across the field

• f TR and beyond

As a reader

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Research Papers Professional Practice Papers

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1) Papers highlighting a program, practice or intervention

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2) Papers exploring specific TR issues or topics

What kind of papers do we publish at TRPR – Journal of TRO?

+ Professional Practice Papers

 Introduce your reader to the

program, practice or intervention

 Provide a clear rationale  Provide a detailed program

description

 Discuss key literature used  Further discuss: participant

experience, outcomes, challenges, evaluation

 Recommend & discuss implications

for TR practice

 Introduce your reader to the issue  Explain purpose and provide

rationale

 Describe & develop the issue  Include citations  Provide specific stories or

examples

 Outline the implications of the

issue for the TR profession Professional Practice Papers - Intervention Professional Practice Paper - Issues

+ Research Papers

 Rationale for the study

 Clear purpose statement and/ or research questions

 Methodology

 A description of how you’re going to gather and analyze

your data

 Findings

 Address study purpose and research questions

 Implications for TR practice

 What contributions does your study make to TR practice

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+ Research Papers

 Compare the Research process to the APIE process (LeBlanc & Singleton, 2007)  Assessment/Literature Review  Gather all the relevant information you can about the subject  Plan/Methodology  Plan out how you’re going to carry out your research project  Implementation/Data Collection & Analysis  The action phase of your research project: interviews, observation,

surveys, recording, seeking out themes and outliers

 Evaluation/Results & Recommendations  What worked? What didn’t? What would you change? What does the

• utcome lend to TR practice as we know it?

The TRPR Journal

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What to write about?

+ Connect with the TRPR Journal

 Social Media + Email

 Twitter - @TRPRJournalTRO  LinkedIn –TRPRTRO  Facebook – facebook.com/TRPRJournalTRO  Email – trojournal@uwaterloo.ca

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+ Connect with the TRPR Journal

 Social Media + Email

 Twitter - @TRPRJournalTRO  LinkedIn –TRPRTRO  Facebook – facebook.com/TRPRJournalTRO  Email – trojournal@uwaterloo.ca

 Through TRO and TRO communications

 Website - https://trontario.org/trpr-journal-of-tro  Monthly eTRO  TRO communications –Twitter, Facebook, InTRO  Annual TRO Conference

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+ THANK YOU

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