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As the go-to book on programming for over 25 years for students and practitioners, Recreation Programming: Designing and Staging Leisure Experiences has become the leading text for teaching programming in over 100 higher education institutions in the United States and abroad. This book demonstrates a theory-based practice of programming that thoroughly covers the technical skills and knowledge that programmers need to design and stage engaging leisure experiences. It clearly illustrate how to manage program services within the context of a specific agency through the Program Development Cycle©. In addition to teaching at the higher education level, the authors have programmed recreation for people with disabilities and youth and have served as community center director and assistant director of recreation.