Recreation Therapy Ontario College Diploma

Comments about Recreation Therapy Ontario College Diploma - At the institution - North Bay - Ontario

• Objectives
  Canadore College’s Recreation Therapy program offers you: * Applied leadership, program planning, and supervisory skills and experiences. * Theory and practices for performing standardized assessments. * Documentation procedures as prescribed by Therapeutic Recreation Ontario. * Procedures and strategies relating to leisure education and counselling.
• Practical experience
  North Bay offers outstanding therapeutic recreation placement opportunities. Students work with a faculty advisor and therapeutic recreation professional to plan and complete 400 hours of placement including a seven-week internship at the end of the last semester. Students must be prepared to travel to and from placements at their own expense.
• Academic title
  Recreation Therapy Ontario College Diploma
• Course description
   Semester One
  •  CMM 125 College Communications
  •  PSY 100 Foundations in Psychology
  •  REC 105 Leadership & Program Planning
  •  REC 108 Intro Recreation/Leisure Serv.
  •  REC 115 Disabilities and Aging
  •  REC 117 Intro. to Recreation Therapy
  
  Semester Two
  •  REC 111 Health and Wellness
  •  REC 123 Recreation Facilities
  •  REC 128 Sports and Special Events
  •  REC 130 Legislation & Risk Management
  •  REC 137 Program Design & Supervision
  •  SOC 100 Foundations of Sociology
  
  Semester Three
  •  CMM 190 Report Writing I
  •  REC 214 Admin of Rec/Leisure Services
  •  REC 218 Marketing Recreation & Leisure
  •  REC 238 Assessment & Documentation
  •  REC 256 Work Placement
  
  Semester Four
  •  REC 230 Financial Management
  •  REC 232 Volunteer Management
  •  REC 234 Leagues and Tournaments
  •  REC 242 Leisure Educat'n & Counselling
  •  REC 257 Internship-Recreation Therapy
  
  Note: Prior to commencing placement, students must have current Emergency First Aid and CPR courses and a criminal reference check. Students may be required to provide a record of immunization and a tuberculosis test. All associated costs are the responsibility of the student.