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Introduction to Recreational Therapy

Description

Recreational Therapy? What is that? Has Recreational Therapy ever piqued your interest? Recreational Therapy incorporates leisure, recreation, and play (think fun and games!) into purposeful outcome-oriented care to enhance overall well-being and quality of life. Recreational Therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process utilizing recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and spiritual health, recovery, and well-being. Through various teaching methods, students will learn about Recreational Therapy as a profession and the systematic process, how Recreational Therapy is an essential profession within healthcare and human services, and how recreation and other activity-based interventions can achieve health and well-being among populations served by recreational therapists.

Minimum Credits

3

Maximum Credits

3

Repeat for Credit

No