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What Is Recreation Therapy?

 

Recreational therapy is a holistic approach to healthcare that employs the prescribed use of recreation and education as treatment interventions to improve the clients’ physical, mental, emotional, social and/or spiritual functioning towards a healthier and happier state of wellbeing.

Often working as a member of a clinical treatment team, the Recreational Therapist uses a wide variety of techniques, including:

 

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