What is Recreation Therapy?

Recreational therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a structured process that uses activity-based interventions to support individuals with illnesses or disabilities. This approach helps clients achieve psychological and physical health, recovery, and overall well-being.

At Courage Recreation Therapy Services, we use recreation therapy to:

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• Restore and enhance a person’s level of functioning.

• Promote health and wellness.

• Reduce limitations caused by illnesses or disabilities.

As defined by the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (2016):

"Recreational therapy is 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 activity limitations and restrictions caused by an illness or disabling condition."