Horticultural therapy methods : making connections in health care, human service, and community programs / Rebecca L. Haller, Christine L. Kramer, editors.

Boac Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, [2006]

xx, 153 pages ; 22 cm

Horticultural therapy defined -- Program settings, types and goals -- Understanding the people served -- Horticulture as a therapeutic modality -- Goals and treatment planning: the process -- Treatment teams -- The process of treatment planning -- Activity planning: developing horticultural therapy sessions -- Horticulture as a vehicle to meet wide-ranging goals -- Activity or task selection to meet treatment objectives -- Additional considerations for activity planning -- Planning for seasonality and efficient use of horticultural resources -- Sources for session ideas -- Working with program participants: techniques for therapists, trainers, and program facilitators -- Facilitation and group leadership -- The therapeutic use of self -- Motivation and behavior-management techniques -- Training -- Adaptation and modification -- Documentation: the professional process of recording outcomes -- Purpose and importance of documentation -- General guidelines for horticultural therapy documentation -- Individualized documentation -- Group documentation -- Goals, activities, and measurements -- Activity planning -- Documentation -- Using horticultural therapy for mental health -- Example of an individual program plan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.