A Monologue given to some Parents of Children with Disabilities about some Therapy IELTS Listening Answers

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Topic: A Monologue given to some Parents of Children with Disabilities about some Therapy.

Audio Transcript

You're going to hear a talk given to some parents of children with disabilities about a type of therapy. You now have some time to read questions 31 to 40.

Good afternoon, everybody and welcome to our hospital's recreational therapy department. I'm Dr. Gillian Roberts and I'm the department head. You all have children who have some form of disability and your family physicians have recommended that they come here for treatment. Many people don't know very much about recreational therapy. It sounds rather like playing to get better. Well, in a way it is. But it's much more than this. So, today I'll give you an overview of the basic principles and some common activities of this form of therapy. Please don't hesitate to interrupt me, if you have any questions. Let me start by painting a picture in your minds. Imagine a young child with a disability and an adult splashing around, playing and laughing in a swimming pool. For the child, this happy scene is very different from the daily struggle of, for example learning to walk without clutches. The adult is a recreational therapist. It's fun, but also work and successful work as she sees the improvement in the child’s balance, leg motion range and lower body strength. Equally important, she sees that the child is slowly but surely gaining confidence. So this probably gives you an idea of what recreational therapy is all about. How about a definition? The American therapeutic recreation association describes it as a healthcare and human service discipline that delivers treatment services designed to restore, remediate and or rehabilitate functional capabilities for persons with injuries, chronic illnesses and all types of disabling conditions.

Well, that's quite a mouthful. But you can see that it covers a wide range of conditions and patients. At this hospital, we used to specialize in children under 12 while older people went to St. James, very close to here. But we found that children can be encouraged by seeing adults doing similar things, to what they're doing and they also get very attached to their therapists. So now, both hospitals treat both youngsters and adults and we work very closely together, especially on research projects. Okay, who are the therapists? Well, most of them are certified therapeutic recreation specialists. Usually, simply, called recreational therapists. They are certified through the national council for therapeutic recreation certification, which requires a bachelor's degree or higher, a formal internship and passing a certification examination. To maintain their certification, they must also participate regularly in professional education activities. Recreational therapists work in a wide range of clinical service areas, but they play an especially important role in the rehabilitation of children with disabling conditions. Their work with children includes such activities as physical play focused on restoration or maintenance of functioning and the one-on-one bedside play with a single child or small group activity. By the way, it seems that so far, I've been talking about physical problems. In fact, our work also includes trying to help with psychological problems. For example, educational play focused on understanding upcoming surgery, dramatic or expressive play focused upon coping with fear and anxiety and family or sibling play to help overcome such things as excessive shyness hostility and other emotional problems. What makes recreational therapy different from other forms of therapy?

As the name suggests, it's the use of recreational activities as the mode of treatment. The treatment goals that a recreational therapist may work towards as similar to the goals of other disciplines on the rehabilitation team. But the way of achieving those goals is different. Also, the recreational therapist has a holistic perspective that includes the patient's leisure, social cognitive and physical needs. This means that a recreational therapist may work with a child on one or more of the following functional areas. Physical functioning. Things like mobility, strength and motor skills. Cognitive functioning such as attention span memory and problem solving. Emotional functioning things like self-esteem confidence and coping skills. Social functioning. How to communicate and interact with others.Sadly, sometimes we also have to help patients learn to manage pain.

Other areas include developmental play skills, leisure interests and abilities. Well, that sounds more like something to do with recreation than the other things, I just mentioned. As you can imagine, with all those different things that might need to be worked on, a recreational therapist may use a wide range of techniques to meet the needs of each child. After completing a comprehensive assessment the recreational therapist identifies appropriate treatment goals and decides on the methods to be used. These methods might include leisure skill-building, adaptive sports, aquatic therapy. I mentioned splashing around in a pool at the beginning of my talk. Therapeutic art and animal-assisted therapy. This is increasingly popular. It's wonderful how a friendly dog can do more than all the doctors in the world for some disabled kids.

Questions (31-40)

Question 31-33:
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

What three physical qualities is the therapist looking at in the child in the swimming pool?

31____________
32____________
33____________

Answer 31: Balance
Explanation: The adult is a recreational therapist. It's fun, but also work and successful work as she sees the improvement in the child’s balance, leg motion range and lower body strength.

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Answer 32: leg motion range
Explanation: The adult is a recreational therapist. It's fun, but also work and successful work as she sees the improvement in the child’s balance, leg motion range and lower body strength.

Answer 33: lower body strength
Explanation: The adult is a recreational therapist. It's fun, but also work and successful work as she sees the improvement in the child’s balance, leg motion range and lower body strength.

Question 34:
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for your answer.

34. Name a medical establishment that is not far from Dr Roberts’ hospital ____________

Answer 34: St. James
Explanation: At this hospital, the speaker says that they used to specialize in children under 12 while older people went to St. James.

Question 35 and 36:
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer

In addition to a degree, in what other activities must a candidate participate to become a certified recreational therapist?

35____________
36____________

Answer 35: a formal internship
Explanation: The speaker says that candidates are certified through the national council for therapeutic recreation certification, which requires a bachelor's degree or higher, a formal internship and passing a certification examination.

Answer 36: a certification examination
Explanation: The speaker says that candidates are certified through the national council for therapeutic recreation certification, which requires a bachelor's degree or higher, a formal internship and passing a certification examination.

Question 37 and 38:
Complete the table below.
Write the appropriate letters, A-E against Questions 37 and 38.

1. Lack of physical skills
2. Fear of surgery
3. Aggression
4. Understanding upcoming surgery
5. Poor functioning

Answer 37: C
Explanation: The educational play focused on understanding upcoming surgery, dramatic or expressive play focused upon coping with fear and anxiety and family or sibling play to help overcome such things as excessive shyness hostility and other emotional problems

Answer 38: E
Explanation: The children includes such activities as physical play focused on restoration or maintenance of functioning and the one-on-one bedside play with a single child or small group activity.

Question 39-40:
Complete the following sentences.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

39. Problem-solving is part of functioning ____________

Answer: Cognitive
Explanation: The speaker in the monologue mentioned that Cognitive functioning such as attention span memory and problem-solving.

40. Disabled children are being treated by more and more ____________ nowadays.

Answer: Animal-assisted therapy
Explanation: The speaker in the monologue mentioned splashing around in a pool at the beginning of my talk. Therapeutic art and animal-assisted therapy.