RECREATIONAL THERAPY

Recreational therapy is a systematic approach that uses recreation and other activity based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illness and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being.

Benefits Of Therapeutic Recreation

1PHYSICAL HEALTH AND HEALTH MAINTENANCE

• Reduce cardiovascular and respiratory risk
• Reduce the risk of physical complications secondary to disability
• Improve the general physical and perceptual motor functioning of individuals with a disability.

2 PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH

• Reduce depression and anxiety
• Improve coping behaviour
• Reduce stress level
• Improve self-control

• Increase self-concept, self-esteem, and adjustment to disability
• Improve general psychosocial health
• Improve social skills, socialization, cooperation, and interpersonal interactions
• Reduce self-abusive and inappropriate behaviours

3 PERSONAL AND LIFE SATISFACTION

• Increase life and leisure satisfaction and perceived quality of life
• Increase social support
• Increase community integration, community satisfactions and community self-efficacy