Therapeutic Recreation
This TR principle focuses on adapting activities so everyone can participate, regardless of ability.
What is inclusion?
Unlike sitting volleyball, this popular Paralympic sport is played on a regulation court with the exact same 10-foot basket height as the able-bodied version.
What is Wheelchair Basketball?
This City of Hamilton department offers inclusive recreation and adapted sports programs.
What is Hamilton Recreation (City of Hamilton Recreation Services)?
Using sports to improve physical, social, emotional, or cognitive functioning is an example of this TR approach.
What is using sports as a therapeutic intervention?
Participating in therapeutic sports can improve strength, endurance, and balance, which fall under this outcome domain.
What is physical functioning?
Using sports in TR often targets physical, cognitive, emotional, and this type of goal.
What is social connection?
Invented in Sweden in the 1960s, this fast-paced winter sport has players strapped into a metal frame with two blades, using two sticks with spikes to propel themselves.
What is Sledge Hockey? (Para Ice Hockey)
This national charity helps remove financial barriers so children and youth in Ontario can access sports and recreation.
What is Canadian Tire Jumpstart?
This is the main goal of using sports in therapeutic recreation programs.
What is improving quality of life?
Therapeutic sport programs often help participants feel successful, improving this emotional outcome.
What is self-esteem and confidence?
In therapeutic recreation, sports are used as a means to achieve goals, not just for this purpose.
What is competition or winning?
This organization provides year-round sport training and competition for individuals with intellectual disabilities across Ontario.
What is Special Olympics Ontario?
This Hamilton-based college offers programs related to recreation, health, and community services.
What is Mohawk College?
In therapeutic recreation, adapting equipment, rules, or the environment during sport participation is done to meet these individual needs.
What are participant strengths and abilities?
For individuals with dementia, structured sport activities can help reduce agitation and promote this state.
What is emotional regulation or calmness?
This TR process step involves identifying client strengths, needs, and interests before planning a sports.
What is assessment?
This term refers to modifying rules, equipment, or environment so a sport is accessible to all participants.
What is adaptation?
Special Olympics programs in Hamilton often take place in partnership with this level of government.
What is municipal government or the City of Hamilton?
For seniors with dementia, therapeutic use of sports often focuses on maintaining this ability rather than learning new skills.
What is functional mobility or physical function?
When therapeutic sports are used to help participants make choices, set personal goals, and experience success, this long-term outcome is being supported.
What is self-determination or empowerment?
This model of TR emphasizes skill development and leisure education through activities such as sports.
What is the Leisure Ability Model?
This adaptive equipment allows individuals with limited grip strength to participate in sports like hockey or tennis.
What are adaptive grips or assistive devices?
This Ontario organization supports therapeutic recreation professionals through education, advocacy, and networking.
What is Therapeutic Recreation Ontario?
Connecting clients to inclusive sport opportunities such as Special Olympics or City of Hamilton programs supports this long-term TR outcome.
What is community integration or leisure independence?
When a therapeutic recreation professional uses sport to intentionally address physical, social, emotional, and cognitive goals while preparing a participant for ongoing community participation, they are supporting this overarching TR outcome.
What is leisure independence and improved quality of life?