Is your child or a child you know having difficulty with:

• Locating recreation programs
• Discovering what his/her recreation interests are
• Increasing his/her activity level
• Learning a specific leisure related skill
• Benefiting from a recreation program to compliment other therapy goals
• Accessing programs in the community due to the level of support needed
• Receiving support to enter a program in the community
• Barriers to leisure involvement
• Wanting to improve their quality of life

What Is Therapeutic Recreation?

Therapeutic Recreation is a process that utilizes treatment, education and recreation participation to enable persons with physical, cognitive, emotional, communication and/or social limitations to acquire and/or maintain the skills, knowledge and behaviours that will allow them to enjoy their leisure optimally, function independently with the least amount of assistance and participate as fully as possible in society.

The benefits to Therapeutic Recreation can include the following:

• Improved physical fitness
• Increased self-esteem
• A reduction in stress
• A decrease in depression and anxiety
• An improved understanding of leisure
• An increased ability to makes choices and take responsibility
• An increased ability to make and maintain social networks

Types of Therapy Services:

• Group or individual programming to develop specific recreation skills
• Group or individual programming to reach goals set by other services
• Assessment of recreation interests
• Information sharing about recreation programs
• Special recreation events throughout the year
• Day camp programs
• Partnering with community recreation providers to help implement more accessible and inclusive programming

If you are unable to attend your child’s appointment or your child plans to be absent from day care or school on the day of the therapeutic recreation appointment it is important that you telephone One Kids Place at 476-5437 ext. 3820 to cancel in advance.