What are the benefits of Therapeutic Recreation? 

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• Provide a holistic, strengths based approach to address the physical , cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual domains 

• Promoting leisure independence and optimal leisure lifestyle

• Development of healthy living strategies through leisure 

• Stress management 

• Social engagement

• Self-efficacy 

• Increasing independence and promoting self reliance 

• Leisure participation, activation and enjoyment

• Achievement of goals via group and one to one interventions

• Goal setting and outcome measures

• Community inclusion

• Provide strategies to adapt to the environment/overcome barriers related to illness or disability

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What are the benefits of hiring a Recreation Therapist?

• Person centered care based on assessments and individualized treatment plans 

• Development and documentation of protocols (group and one:one) to identify and reduce risk to patients, colleagues, public and self

• Evidence based practice

• Awareness of professional scopes of practice within the allied health care team 

• Work collaboratively to ensure a team oriented approach to person centered care delivery

• Build community capacity through partnerships

• High level of knowledge of recreation and leisure

• Apply activities to help restore health and foster growth and development