Description
The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy is a comprehensive guide to the theories that horticultural therapists use as a foundation for their practice and provides wide-ranging illustrative models of programming. This book aims to enhance understanding and provide insight into the profession for both new and experienced practitioners. It is directed to students in the field, along with health care and human service professionals, to successfully develop and manage horticultural therapy programming.
The book is organized into four sections: an overview of the horticultural therapy profession, theories supporting horticultural therapy use, models for programs, and tools for the therapist.
Areas of focus include:
- Overview of the profession, including the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to practice
- Discussion of related people-plant endeavors and theories supporting horticultural therapy
- Issues within the profession of horticultural therapy, including employment models, professionalism and ethics, and credentials
- Characteristics and implementation of therapeutic, vocational, and wellness program models
- Accommodations and adaptive techniques to best serve the needs of all participants
- Strategies for assessment and documentation for horticultural therapy intervention
- Issues for managing programs including how horticultural therapy programs collaborate with other disciplines, determining program costs and budget, managing staff and growing spaces, and conducting program evaluations
Horticultural therapy serves the needs of the whole individual when practitioners have a broad and deep comprehension of the theories, techniques, and strategies for effective program development and management. The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy provides relevant and current information on the field with the intent to inspire best practices and creative, effective programs.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Chapter Authors
Contributors
Section I: Overview of horticultural therapy practice
Chapter 1 Introduction to the profession of horticultural therapy
Christine L. Capra, Rebecca L. Haller, and Karen L. Kennedy
Chapter 2 Horticultural therapy, related people–plant programs, and other therapeutic disciplines
Rebecca L. Haller and Karen L. Kennedy
Chapter 3 The therapist–client relationship
Jay Stone Rice
Chapter 4 Development of the profession: Assets and issues
Rebecca L. Haller and K. René Malone
Section II: Theories supporting horticultural therapy efficacy and practice
Chapter 5 People–plant response: Theoretical support for horticultural therapy
Beverly J. Brown
Chapter 6 Brain, mind, and relationship: Implications for horticultural therapy
Jay Stone Rice
Chapter 7 Theories that inform horticultural therapy practice
Matthew J. Wichrowski
Section III: Practice within program models
Chapter 8 Therapeutic model
Jonathan Irish and Pamela Young
Chapter 9 Vocational model
Gwenn Fried and Rebecca L. Haller
Chapter 10 Horticultural therapy grounded in wellness models: Theory and practice
Jane Saiers
Section IV: Tools for the therapist
Chapter 11 Considerations and adaptations to safely accommodate program participants
Susan Conlon Morgan
Chapter 12 Assessment and documentation strategies for horticultural therapy intervention
Barbara Kreski
Chapter 13 Tools for program management
Emilee Vanderneut
Chapter 14 Research applied to practice
Barbara Kreski
Index
