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What is A Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS)?
A qualified professional providing recreational services to improve the well-being of individuals who have illnesses or disabilities through treatment services and recreation activities.
Recreational Therapists treat individuals by assisting, guiding, maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to minimize symptoms of depression, stress, and anxiety, while building confidence and increasing socialization and self-esteem to maintain a balanced lifestyle to enhance the quality of life.
A Certified Recreational Therapist demonstrates professional competence by acquiring a specific body of knowledge and passing the NCTRC exam.
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* Improve strength, endurance and physical fitness modified to fit the ability of the individual.
* Support cognitive function and Memory retention
* Recovers basic motor functioning/reasoning
* Brings joy and laughter that will allow individuals to enjoy their leisure optimally
* Increases independence (not for all individuals)
* Prevents isolation socially
* Enhancing the quality of life by working on everyday life skills
* Self-esteem booster
The Benefits of Recreational Therapy
Social Domain: Assisting individuals to step outside their comfort zone and have a more well-balanced life being able to mingle/relate to different people promoting an appreciation for life and excepting that happiness heals.
Physical Domain: Works on the improvement of engaging in physical adaptations such as but not limited to walking, swimming, chair fitness, chair balloon volleyball and more. Working with a CTRS enhances bone density, improves overall good health of the heart, and strengthens and balance.
Cognitive Domain: Helps in reducing Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease improving memory retention and enhancing mental abilities being able to reason within control and refine impulse control through coping skills.
Emotional Domain: Assists in alleviating stress or thoughts of feeling down engaging in a hobby or any Therapeutic Recreational activity of choice and fine a newfound meaning in everything. This is a great coping skill to stabilize your emotions.
Spiritual Domain: Attending any type of religious affiliation, praying to self at home, observing nature of a way of healing the mind, body, and soul.
Five Domains of Therapeutic Recreation:
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Social Domain: Assisting individuals to step outside their comfort zone and have a more well-balanced life being able to mingle/relate to different people promoting an appreciation for life and excepting that happiness heals.
Physical Domain: Works on the improvement of engaging in physical adaptations such as but not limited to walking, swimming, chair fitness, chair balloon volleyball and more. Working with a CTRS enhances bone density, improves overall good health of the heart, and strengthens and balance.
Cognitive Domain: Helps in reducing Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease improving memory retention and enhancing mental abilities being able to reason within control and refine impulse control through coping skills.
Emotional Domain: Assists in alleviating stress or thoughts of feeling down engaging in a hobby or any Therapeutic Recreational activity of choice and find a newfound meaning in everything. This is a great coping skill to stabilize your emotions.
Spiritual Domain: Attending any type of religious affiliation, praying to self at home, observing nature of a way of healing the mind, body, and soul.