American Therapeutic Recreation Association

The American Therapeutic Recreation Association is pleased to invite the submission of manuscripts for the Volume 18 of the Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, the official research journal of the association. The purpose of the Annual is to further advance the body of knowledge of the therapeutic recreation profession by creating new knowledge and understandings in practice and in education. The Annual publishes a wide range of original, peer-reviewed articles such as

• Evidence-based practice/Empirical studies
  
• Systematic reviews
  
• Application of theories or models to practice and education
  
• Program or service evaluations/Case studies
  
• Methodological reviews
  
• Current issues and trends in service delivery or education
  
• Innovations in service delivery or education
  
• Practice protocols
  
  Announcement of Special Section –
  
  Outcomes-Based Research in Therapeutic Recreation
  

A special section devoted to research and scholarly discussion about client outcomes in therapeutic recreation practice. Example of appropriate submission include:

• Data-based research and/or systematic reviews on evidence-based practice in providing therapeutic recreation services to individuals with conditions such as dementia, substance abuse, obesity, depression, spinal cord injury, uncontrolled pain, and the like.
  
• Data-based research about the status of practice outcomes in the field.
  
• Scholarly discussions assessing the current state of affairs and/or the future of therapeutic recreation practice outcomes.
  

All manuscripts will be processed through the standard review procedure and undergo anonymous peer reviews.

Anonymous Review

The Editor will accept for anonymous review unpublished manuscripts suitable for the Annual. While a manuscript is under review, it may not be submitted to another journal. Typical review time is 10 to 12 weeks. Authors must prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5^th ed.). Manuscripts not adhering to the APA Manual will be returned to the authors without review. The Instructions for Authors is attached to this Call. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as ONE Word attachment to an email. The Editor will acknowledge receipt of manuscripts within 3 business days; authors should contact the Editor if acknowledgement has not been received within that time frame.

For further information you may contact the Editor:

Instructions for Authors

• In text referencing, page 217
  
• Citations on a reference list, page 240
  
• Tables, page 147
  
• Figures, page 176
  

10. Authors must ensure and include in their manuscript approval by institutional review committees and/or human subject protection boards, if appropriate.

Important APA Style Issues:

Submit Practice Protocols by February 14, 2009 electronically to:

(828) 227-7360

NEW JOURNAL LAUNCHED BY AORE, WEA, AND WKU RESEARCH FOUNDATION

New Journal Launched by AORE, WEA, and WKU Research Foundation

The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE), the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), and the Western Kentucky University Research Foundation (WKURF) launched the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (JOREL) earlier today in San Diego, California at the 22nd Annual AORE Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education. The three organizations have teamed together to create and manage this new peer-reviewed publication located at http://www.ejorel.com/. This announcement included the inaugural “Call for Papers.”

The journal’s mission is to improve outdoor recreation, education, and leadership through the publication and dissemination of peer-reviewed manuscripts centered on professional practice, research, and theoretical discussions. Manuscript submissions are encouraged from authors inside and outside of academia to help improve research and practice with a goal of reducing the disparity between the two in the represented disciplines.

Relevant topic areas (centered on outdoor recreation, outdoor education, or outdoor leadership) for the journal include, but are not limited to: outdoor recreation, adventure recreation, outdoor education, outdoor leadership, pedagogy, administration, programming, risk management, wilderness medicine, certification, participant behavior, trends, diversity, training, and outcomes. Manuscript submission guidelines are found on the journal’s website.

The founding journal advisory council (representing AORE, WEA, and WKURF) includes: Raymond Poff, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University; Tom Stuessy, Ph.D., Green Mountain College; Eric Frauman, Ph.D., Appalachian State University; Marni Goldenberg, Ph.D., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo State University; Bruce Martin, Ph.D., Ohio University; and Connie Foster, MLS, Western Kentucky University.

The Editor-in-Chief is Aram Attarian, Ph.D., of North Carolina State University. Raymond Poff, Ph.D., Western Kentucky University will serve as the journal’s Managing Editor.

The journal, hosted at WKU, uses resources available through TopSCHOLAR™ http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ a University-wide, centralized digital repository dedicated to scholarly research, creative activity and other full-text learning resources that merit enduring and archival value and permanent access. TopSCHOLAR™ uses the Digital Commons platform from Berkeley Electronic Press http://www.bepress.com

The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) http://www.aore.org/ provides opportunities for professionals and students in the field of outdoor recreation and education to exchange information, promote the preservation and conservation of the natural environment, and address issues common to college, university, community, military, and other not-for-profit outdoor recreation and education programs.

The Wilderness Education Association (WEA) http://www.weainfo.org/ promotes the professionalism of outdoor leadership through establishment of national standards, curriculum design, implementation, advocacy, and research driven initiatives.

The Western Kentucky University Research Foundation (WKURF) http://ored.wku.edu/ is organized to support Western Kentucky University efforts to promote the development, implementation, and coordination of extramurally sponsored programs involving research, instruction, public service, and to legally protect, manage and commercialize intellectual property resulting from research, scholarship and creative activities on behalf of Western Kentucky University.

For information, contact Dr. Raymond Poff at (270) 745-2498.

CONTACT:

Dr. Raymond Poff

(270) 745-2498

raymond.poff@wku.edu

www.wku.edu/perec/

www.ejorel.com

Colorado Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan Completed

Colorado State Parks is proud to announce the completion of the 2008-2012 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP)! Included in the plan is a wealth of information on Colorado‘s
outdoor recreation trends, needs and issues, as well as a strategic planning framework to help address these needs and issues. The SCORP Executive Summary can be accessed at www.coloradoscorp.org or http://parks.state.co.us/Trails/LWCF/SCORPplan/. The full document will be uploaded to this website by late November 2008.

The SCORP is a requirement of the Land and Water Conservation (LWCF) Program and is managed by the National Park Service (NPS). Each year, the NPS distributes stateside grants that are appropriated annually by the United States Congress. The Colorado State Trails Program, within Colorado State Parks, manages Colorado’s LWCF program. If you have any questions or would like to request hard copies of the executive summary or completed plan, please send your contact information to Scott Babcock at scott.babcock@state.co.us or call 303.866.3203 x4306.



Dean Winstanley,
Director

Colorado State Parks

1313 Sherman Street, #618

Denver, CO 80203

Phone: (303) 866-2884

Open Contest for Great Colorado Images

Did you or someone you know snap an image that captures the spirit of outdoor sports in Colorado? Share it with us. Rocky Mountain Sports magazine has announced its Call for Entries for our first annual Year in Images feature, which will appear in the December issue.

We are looking for fun and compelling high-resolution images shot in 2008 in such sports as running, cycling, triathlon, mountain biking, hiking, adventure racing, rock climbing, paddling, fitness, yoga and snow sports. Although we will focus on local events and adventures, images will also be considered that show Colorado athletes at locations anywhere in the world.

We will select a broad mix of images to run in the feature and will name one shot for an Editors’ Choice Award.

Photographers are asked to submit up to five high-resolution digital images that can print at 4″ by 6″ at 300 dpi or better. If you don’t know how to determine image resolution, remember as a general rule that files which are less than 500 KB in size are too small. Images that are 1 MB or more in size are more likely to qualify.

Please identify the event, location, date and the people in the image and any other information that could be used for a caption. Please identify the photo credit. If a company name is credited, please also name the specific photographer. If you have a website, please include that information as well.

All images that are submitted will be published on a one-time-use basis in our Year in Images feature. Low-resolution versions may run on our website.

Files can be submitted via email to rheaton@rockymountainsports.com or on a CD to:

If you plan to email images, please keep image sizes below 10 MB and send each file in a separate email. If you have any questions about emailing images, please contact rheaton@rockymountainsports.com

Hurry, images must be received no later than November 3, 2008.

Regards,

Antarctica High School Student Scholarship

The Students on Ice Polar Education Foundation is offering 10 full scholarships valued at $12,500 USD each to American high school students interested in joining an educational expedition to Antarctica (December 25th – January 9th, 2008).

The scholarship includes all travel expenses from home to Antarctica and return. Travel arrangements will be arranged by the Students on Ice office.

Polar Scholarship applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.
  
• Applicant must be 14 to 18 years old and enrolled in high school.
  
• Applicant must demonstrate a passion for environmental issues and youth activism.
  
• Student must demonstrate a need for financial assistance.
  
• Students on Ice alumni are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
  

For more information and the scholarship application form, contact Niki Trudeau, the Participant Coordinator at apply@studentsonice.com.

Students on Ice is an educational, not-for-profit, Canadian organization, providing youth from around the world with ship-based educational adventures to the Arctic and Antarctica. Our mandate is to educate and inspire the next generation of polar scientists, researchers, and environmental leaders – and in doing so, help to provide them with a greater understanding and respect for the planet. For more information, please visit www.studentsonice.com.

Litigation costs a lot of money

Many times attorneys talk about winning. I hear this more from novices to litigation. My first book about dealing with lawyers I cautioned the reader to make sure they understood the value of their pride. Once you start, your pride can become extremely costly.

Although winning may be important, surviving is critical. This may seem a little absurd, but the time and money spent getting to trial will bankrupt many small companies or individuals.

A recent article from the National Law Journal titled Cost of Discovery a Driving Force in Settling Cases, showed that the cost of settling is going up. The article talks about the shear cost of finding documents and information required or requested from the opposing side. With the electronic discovery rules this can mean months of time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs. Eighty-three percent of the lawyers surveyed said the cost of settling a case was a more important factor than winning.

If you are lucky enough to have these costs covered by insurance, the time can still bankrupt a small company. In major litigation, one person may have to be employed or assigned to deal with the issues of finding information, documents and files. This does not take into account depositions or time spent with your attorney preparing for depositions or trial. I used to tell my clients that for every hour their deposition was expected to last they needed to figure spending 2-3 hours with me preparing. For each hour of trial that would add an additional 3-4 hours for each hour of trial.

A two week trial and a 2 day deposition of a company president can take the president away from the office for almost 2 months.

If more than one officer or staff member is involved in the litigation this time can quickly multiply. How many small businesses can survive when three of its five employees lose a month to two months away from work, on top of vacations, sick time and holidays?

This plays into the plaintiff’s hands when they are looking at a personal injury suit. The injured plaintiff will have to produce medical records, income records and submit to a deposition. The income records will consist of copies of their tax returns. The medical records are kept now days so they can be easily delivered for anyone, insurance company, patient or opposing party in litigation. At most this could take a week of time to gather and prepare. A manufacture that is defending the trial may lose months of work in responding and preparing for litigation. The cost of winning in many cases exceeds the cost of settling. For Thirty thousand dollars the attorney and plaintiff have made a decent living and the manufacture has gotten rid of a problem. Very few if any trials can be defended for thirty thousand dollars. With the discovery rules I would find it rare for a small simple trial to cost less than $100,000 to defend.

Let’s turn this to a volunteer situation. You as a volunteer are being sued for your volunteer work leading a youth group, sitting on a board, or searching for a lost tourist. After you have used up your vacation time, you are faced with dealing with the litigation with no money coming in. Few if any employers are going to pay your to attend a trial to keep your home. Your homeowner’s insurance should pick up the tab for your defense, but there is no one to pay you to deal with the time, the stress and the copies you will have to produce.

It is for these reasons that you need to deal with problems before they grow into disasters. Any angry customer, parent or even member of an association may scream and bother you, but unsatisfied people simply go away now days. And attorneys are easy to find. See Serious Disconnect: Why people sue and
It’s Not Money

If you do serve on a board of directors or are an officer of a non-profit make sure the association or non-profit has liability insurance to cover its members, its officers and its board. Also make sure that the bylaws require the association or non-profit to reimburse you for your costs as an officer or board member in defending yourself in any action based on your volunteer work. If you are a volunteer make sure the organization you volunteer for has adequate (a lot) of liability insurance to cover the members for the volunteer work.

This insurance won’t cover your lost time, but at least there will be money there to force a win or a settlement so you don’t go bankrupt giving of your time.

Bet let’s hope that you only come as close to litigation as reading this article……

It doesn’t matter what you take to the grave.

It doesn’t matter what you take to the grave.

It doesn’t matter what you leave behind.

All that matters

Is that you have a few friends

Who are willing to take that last walk beside you.

Critical Dates Regarding the New Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

November 12th is the First in a Series of Critical Dates Regarding the New Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

SGMA Members are being alerted now to act with all due speed. Non-compliance with the Act may put your company at risk for monetary and possible criminal violations.

SGMA and our Legal Task Force are in communication with the CPSC and attend all Commission meetings and hearings that pertain to issues affecting you. The following are some of the most pressing deadlines and issues that you need to be aware of and address immediately:

• On November 12, 2008 all products subject to the CPSIA bans and standards as well as subject to any similar rule, ban, standard or regulation under any other Act enforced by the Commission, must be self-certified with a General Conformity Certification.

• The General Conformity Certificate must be based on a “test of each product or upon a reasonable testing program.”

• Certificates must accompany each product or shipment of products covered by the same certificate. And, a copy of the certificate must be furnished to each and every distributor and retailer of the product.

• If a General Conformity Certificate does not accompany each imported product or product shipment then all of your products “shall be refused admission.”Products refused admission can be destroyed!

• The Commission warned that each company needs to go through a detailed analysis of its products to determine whether your products are subject to the CPSIA’s new self-certification requirements.

It is imperative for your company to do a thorough product analysis. Do not delay! Call SGMA or our Legal Task Force members for advice immediately.

This ALERT is merely a tip of the iceberg with respect to what SGMA members must do to comply with the CPSIA and its rolling dates over the next 2-3 years. To keep you well-informed SGMA’s Legal Task Force will have another conference call on October 27, 2008 to update you on the most pressing deadlines and issues involving the CPSIA and the up-to-date thinking of the Commission. Details regarding the call will be emailed shortly.

SGMA members can visit www.sgma.com for further CPSC details and to access a CPSC Improvement Act Recap PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes the issues that were discussed during the September 11^th CPSC Conference Call that SGMA hosted. Members can also contact Chris Strong, SGMA’s Director of Business Development, at 202.349.9413 or cstrong@sgma.com.

International Journal: Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development

Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development

web: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t794297797~tab=summary

Editor: Stephen Wearing – University of Technology, Sydney

Book Review Editor: Kevin Lyons – University of Newcastle, Australia

ISSN: 1754-6370 (electronic) 1754-6362 (paper) Publication Frequency: 3 issues per year

Publisher: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp//rout Routledge

Aims & Scope

The Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development is a peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary and transnational journal. The journal more specifically is a social science journal, with a special emphasis on volunteer tourism. Although it will be anchored in the social sciences it would also seek to encompass contributions from related areas. The journal will provide an outlet for publication for tourism and leisure related research and encourage inter-disciplinary approaches to the relevant subject matter.

The Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development provides a forum for debate against the backdrop of cross cultural interactions from local to global based within international volunteer tourism. The approach adopted in this journal would attempt to include all areas of discourse that relate to volunteer tourism such as economics, marketing or management. The articles that focus on volunteer tourism would form the basis of the journal. However, it would also expand the relevance by engaging with the theoretical knowledge of support experiences of the volunteer tourist and their journeys, the way NGO’s engage in this form of tourism, the different elements that make up the volunteer tourism experience and the commodified forms of tourism that involve altruism (charity, peace, spiritual). It seeks to draw on the development studies area and regional development area to attract work from outside of the tourism industry. The interface of development and its related research and practice with tourism. It will also focus on the local and regional activities of volunteering and its effects, providing an outlet for those who wish to place people at the centre of this type of work.

The Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development encourages papers which investigate the impacts of volunteer tourism on the work of workers in developing countries such as women in marginal rural communities and the division of labour once tourism comes to these areas. The changes brought about by globalisation and the spread of transnational social relations in volunteer tourism such as culture shock, the influence of emergent geographies of power, cultural identities and citizenship will be examined. How the forces of globalisation contribute to social exclusion and localisation, undermining the possibility of some local communities participating in volunteer tourism.

Given the prominence of tourism and its ability to shape social orders, critical scholarship in volunteer tourism would allow us to examine travel beyond consumerism, travelling with a purpose, the right to freedom of movement versus the consumption that it entails and the possible benefits of volunteer travel. This journal invites papers which consider the implications of the expansion of the study of tourism addressing issues such as the evaluation of travel based on the benefits to poorer destination societies who often experience tourism in the form of further despoilment of their environments and distortion of their local economies towards services. It would provide the platform to link studies of unequal participation in tourism, with literature concerned with tourism, social and ecological justice and civil society in destination areas.

The Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development also seeks to encourage contributions related to innovations in social science research methods and their application to research on tourism. Being tourists, recording and interviewing tourists in situ, deploying covert methods, employing radical-innovative practices, the use of digital technologies, multi-site ethnographies and research studies, linguistic considerations, RRA and PRA techniques applied to tourism. Techniques that look at the disadvantaged stakeholders and enable the impacts on them to be examined.

The Journal of International Volunteer Tourism and Social Development seeks to widen and deepen understandings of such changing relationships and stimulate critical debate by:

Adopting a multidisciplinary approach Encouraging critical approaches to the study of the theory, policy and practice of volunteer tourism and social development Attempting to allow the voice of the ‘other’

or disadvantaged stakeholder to be heard. Focusing on how globalisation and social development through tourism can be analysed, encouraging multi view cross cultural perspectives.

Dr Kevin Lyons

Senior Lecturer

School of Economics, Politics and Tourism The University of Newcastle University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia

Phone: +61 2 4921 8989

Fax: +61 2 4921 7402

Email: kevin.lyons@newcastle.edu.au

Cricos provider number 00109J

Treasurer, Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies www.anzals.org.au

SIA PAUL ROBBINS AWARD IN JOURNALISM

Accepting Submissions Now.

The vibrant, exciting snow sports industry recently lost a dedicated and talented journalist – Paul Robbins. SIA, in partnership with NASJA (North American Snow Journalists Association), wants to recognize achievement in writing that tells the story of how innovation of equipment, apparel and accessories enhance the participants experience on the hill and trail.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008.