Therapeutic Recreation uses recreation and leisure as mediums to treat individuals with special needs. It is provided to assist individuals to improve their physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning. Therapeutic Recreation allows the client to make independent choices with leisure skills, identify barriers to participation and locate community resources. The overall purpose of Therapeutic Recreation is to facilitate the development, expression, and maintenance of a personally meaningful leisure lifestyle.
Patients learn new leisure skills to be continued upon discharge.
This group is has a leisure education component and is co-led with Occupational Therapy. Life Skills Group addresses leisure attitude, awareness, social skills, and decision-making. Instructional techniques are used to educate participants about resources and activities. Therapy - Provides patients with a therapeutic way of expressing themselves through the use of art as well as learning new skills. Art activity is based on interests and abilities of the participants to increase their capacity for independence and creativity.