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Therapeutic Recreation

Therapeutic Recreation. By Tracy Hill. What Is Therapeutic Recreation?. A process which utilizes Recreation/Leisure service to bring about a desired change in the areas of physical , social , emotional , cognitive , and spiritual functioning.

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Therapeutic Recreation

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  1. Therapeutic Recreation By Tracy Hill

  2. What Is Therapeutic Recreation? A process which utilizes Recreation/Leisure service to bring about a desired change in the areas of physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual functioning.

  3. Where and how is Therapeutic Recreation used? • Nursing Homes or Rehab Centers • Drug Abuse Centers • Day Treatment Centers • Centers for trouble Teens • Senior Centers • Child Care Centers

  4. Improve the quality of lives with Recreational Activities.

  5. What makes recreation therapeuticSuccessful? • Type of activities (try for at least two) • Physical • Social • Emotional • Cognitive • Spiritual • Sensory Stimulation (try for at least two) • Hear • Touch • Taste • Smell • See • Adapt • To met the physical requirements of a person and/or the activity to coincided with your purpose.

  6. Examples:

  7. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of discussion.Plato427? — 348? B.C.

  8. Seeking a career in Therapeutic Recreation • You will need a Therapeutic Recreation Technician (TRT) License • 90 hours of education or 6.0 semesters credit hours in recreation therapy • 125 hours of practicum experience under the supervision of a MTRS (consultant or employee) or a full-time TRS in your employee • Pass a state ethics exam by 75% • Pass a state recreation therapy theory exam by 70% • high school diploma

  9. How is Recreation Therapy used in our everyday lives • Teaching our children • Learning in school • Socializing • Work • Teaching our children • Learning in school • Socializing • Work

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