Are you interested in an allied health profession? Do you see the value of leisure, recreation, play, and physical activity to individuals and communities? Do you want to help people with illnesses or disabling conditions improve their health, well-being, and/or quality of life?
The therapeutic recreation bachelor’s degree program at the University of Regina will prepare you for a unique health career as a recreation therapist.
Therapeutic Recreation uses leisure, play, recreation, and physical activity as treatment modalities to support purposeful and meaningful interventions that are based on individual strengths and values and are guided by assessments.
By studying therapeutic recreation, you will gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities to use recreational activities that focus on the person, to enhance their quality of life and well-being.
Recreation therapists work in many areas including long-term care, rehabilitation, paediatrics, and mental health and addictions.
What Is Therapeutic Recreation?
Therapeutic recreation uses a person-centred approach, focusing on strengths, and applies recreation and leisure theory to improve quality of life and well-being.
The classes in the U of R’s Bachelor of Sport & Recreation Studies Therapeutic Recreation degree program include:
Therapeutic Recreation Foundations, which is an introduction to therapeutic recreation, and covers its theoretical foundations and how it developed as a profession
Therapeutic Recreation Interventions, which examines the intervention process and the forms of interventions and strategies used to bring about changes in physical, social, emotional, and cognitive functioning for persons with disabilities, limitations or age-related conditions
Therapeutic Recreation: Mental Health and Addictions, which explores mental health and addictions through a therapeutic recreation lens. Students will learn about the range of mental health and addictions-related conditions and the impact of therapeutic recreation treatment on rehabilitation and recovery.
متوقع April, August, December 2024
تاريخ البدء
متوقع مايو, أغسطس 2024
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway,
REGINA,
Saskatchewan (SK),
S4S 0A2, Canada
Students must have completed High School (Secondary School) or partial post-secondary.
Entry requirements may vary from country by country.
English language requirement:
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): Internet Based: Overall 83; Reading: 20; Listening: 20; Speaking: 20; Writing: 20
IELTS – Academic: Overall Band score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 59, No area with less than 59
MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery): 85
Application deadlines: Fall term – August 15 (subject to change based on application volume); Winter term – December 15 (subject to change based on application volume); Spring/Summer term – April 15 (subject to change based on application volume)
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