Recreational Therapy Services
What is Recreational Therapy?
Recreational therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being. Further, "Recreational Therapy” means a treatment service designed to restore, remediate and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the activity limitations and restrictions to participation in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition.
Recreational therapy is not all fun and games. There is a purpose behind the activities that are specifically targeted to each patient. When individuals are suffering from a physical injury or mental illness, they need help learning, not only how to live with their disability, but to enhance their quality of life by reducing the isolation that patients experience and helping them to participate in leisure activities.
Consultation for Education and Inclusion
We provide consultation for Recreational Therapy services, specifically inclusive design, rehabilitation, long term care and mental health programming. Our goal is to foster knowledge and explore new ways to present, engage, consult our professional and non-clinical communities. Connect with us today if you are seeking consultation for your recreation therapy practice or are looking for a professional development presentation for your agency/organization.
Recreational Therapy Services within Physical Rehabilitation
Adaptive Equipment Evaluations- bike, sled, adaptive sports etc.
Letters of Medical Necessity - gym memberships, adaptive equipment etc.
Aquatic Therapy
Adaptive Swimming Lessons - swim safety, accessibility, aquatic exercise, adaptive equipment, etc.
Community Integration and self-advocacy.
Recreational Therapy Services within Behavioral Health
General Community/Family Outing - shopping, dining out, swimming, going to the park etc.
Family Game Night - in-home family activity.
Adventure Therapy - High/Low Ropes courses, group activities.
To provide activity based individual and small group interventions to improve identified behavior outcomes. The emphasis on behavior during Therapeutic recreation interventions, allow clients and their support individuals to develop the tools and skills necessary to support ‘unwanted’ behavior in a real time. The freedom provided by activity based interventions allow the system (client’s circle of supportive individuals) to observe, notice and adjust to ensure all needs are met.
The focus on structure within the system allows the system to notice trends in behavior and adjust the setting, not to only focus on changing the behavior of the identified individual.