If you’re passionate about promoting healthy living through recreation and play and advocating for greater access to inclusive activities, consider pursuing this recreational therapy certificate.
In this program, you’ll learn to lead therapeutic, recreation-based interventions that enhance the well-being of individuals and communities. Courses emphasize recreational therapy practices ranging from adapted sports and aquatics to creative arts and outdoor adventures. You’ll gain skills in conducting assessments, developing service plans, implementing therapeutic interventions and evaluating and documenting outcomes.
This certificate builds knowledge applicable to diverse fields and offers a pathway to becoming a credentialed recreational therapy provider. Those interested in pursuing professional certification can select courses that meet some eligibility requirements set by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification.