COORDINATION OF SOCIAL RECREATIONAL-SPORTS ACTIVITIES

Catalog description

The course deals with the study of recreation as an instrument of human development and social reform with socially disadvantaged populations. The characteristics of populations with social disadvantages, their problems and realities of life are studied to contextualize the use of recreation as a means of preventing social problems and promoting human development in children, adolescents and individuals with antisocial behavior. The structure that organizes government recreation in Puerto Rico is analyzed, how they use recreation for purposes of social reform and how it responds to the populations it serves.