07/03/2022
Hello 👋🏻 allow me to introduce myself and my profession. My name is Jessica and I am a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada🇨🇦 I specialize in Therapeutic Recreation for people of all ages who are living with (but not limited to), autism, developmental disabilities, mental health, substance use disorders, physical rehab, and dementia. 💜 I am also a health and wellness coach, adapted fitness personal trainer, yoga and meditation teacher, and fitness expert. I love to kayak, swim, hike, and travel in my spare time.
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What does a Recreation Therapist do?
A rec therapist uses purposeful and goal orientated recreation and leisure interventions to increase a clients wellbeing and quality of life. We work in mental health, long term care, physical rehabilitation, with children and youth, disabilities, and so on.
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What is Recreation Therapy?
Recreational Therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being. Further, Recreational Therapy means a treatment service designed to restore, remediate, and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the activity limitations and restrictions to participation in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition (ATRA, 2015).
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Those without a CTRS certification are called a Recreation Therapist. To become CTRS, one can take an additional exam once you have graduated from a Recreation Therapy/Therapeutic Recreation degree program.
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Reach out to me and we can go over how my services will benefit you and your loved ones. I look forward to talking to you!
