IPRA's Therapeutic Recreation Section has produced a fine selection of articles for 1990's first special-focus issue:

• Should part-time staff be used for program leadership and coordination? Jane Hodgkinson and Carolyn Nagle create an interesting Point/Counterpoint feature, beginning on page 6.

• Dr. Norma J. Stumbo, CTRS, discusses the issues and current status of Licensure in Therapeutic Recreation.

• Pat O'Dea-Evans, SCAC/CTRA, presents A Leisure Education Model for Addicted Persons on page 16, and raises some challenging questions in her second article.
The Drug Crisis . . . Can Therapeutic Recreation and Leisure Professionals Meet the Challenge?, on page 25.

• Robert O'Shaughnessy takes us on a tour through NEDSRA's unique and highly-successful facility, the Cabin Nature Program Center.

• Mari Pat Schager, CTRS, outlines a T.R. Discharge and Referral process designed to coordinate leisure mainstreaming in your community.

• Robert A. Foster weighs the pros and cons involved in providing Transportation of SRA Participants . . . Good News or Bad News?, beginning on page 31.

IAPD Executive Director Dr. Ted Flickinger's article, Boardsmanship . . . What Makes an Effective Park, Recreation or Conservation Agency Board?, is excerpted from his forthcoming book.

IAPD General Counsel Peter M. Murphy reports on park legislation passed during the 1989 Veto Session and presents the 1990 Election Calendar, beginning on page 28.

We hope you find this issue insightful and informative. Pleasant reading and best wishes for the new year!

On The Cover

Carmen Clemens, a recreation client from Channahon Park District's Day Camp, earned the honor of pitching in the ball to start the Illinois Park and Recreation Day Cubs game this past summer at Wrigley Field.

Illinois Parks and Recreation

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January/February 1990

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