Adopting a Prevention Science Approach to Recreational Therapy Practice
Session Description (for use in the program and for marketing purposes)
Prevention is increasingly becoming a focus in healthcare. Yet most healthcare services and practitioners, including recreational therapists, focus almost exclusively on treating existing medical conditions and disabilities. This session will provide information about the focus of prevention sciences and discuss how recreational therapists are well positioned to focus on prevention in healthcare services for individuals of all ages. Research has long suggested that engagement in leisure has the potential to promote physical, emotional, cognitive, and social health and wellbeing. In this session, we will discuss how recreational therapists may extend their role in healthcare by expanding our focus on prevention in both community and clinical settings.