当您学习治疗性娱乐时，对人的热情会使您成为改变的动力。作为治疗休闲专家，您需要评估个人的休闲需求，以便为身体，社会，智力或情感上有障碍的人士设计专门的计划。您可以与职业和物理治疗师以及社会工作者组成的团队合作，以维护或改善客户的生活质量并增强其独立性。该课程架起了课堂与外部社区之间的桥梁，为您提供了磨练您的领导能力和团队合作能力的真实体验。您还将：在治疗性娱乐和行政管理实践中了解个人和社会对休闲行为的影响；学会评估个人和社区的需求，以开发，协调和实施针对不同人群的特殊事件和计划；社区组织，以评估治疗娱乐计
When you study Therapeutic Recreation, your passion for people shapes you into an agent for change. As a therapeutic recreation specialist, you assess individual leisure needs in order to design specialized programs for individuals with physical, social, intellectual, or emotional disabilities. You may work alongside a team of occupational and physical therapists and social workers to maintain or improve a client’s quality of life and enhance his or her independence. The curriculum bridges the classroom and the outside community, giving you real-life experiences that hone your leadership and teamwork skills. You’ll also: Understand individual and societal influences on leisure behaviour in the practice of therapeutic recreation and administration, Learn to assess individual and community needs in order to develop, coordinate and implement special events and programs for diverse populations, Engage in fieldwork with community organizations to evaluate the success of therapeutic recreation programs.Concordia’s hands-on approach provides a solid foundation for future graduate studies in such fields as recreation and leisure studies, organization or community development or public or business administration. Students graduate with practical skills that let them flourish in the health-care services sector.. Gain a credential to lead community groups and have a positive impact on peoples’ lives. Unique hands-on approach mixes theory and practice