Recreational Therapy for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Catalog description

This course introduces students to recreational therapy interventions and facilitation techniques commonly used by professionals who work with individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The course emphasizes behavioral and developmental approaches to working with this population and address the social and sensory needs of this population within a leisure context. This course is taught largely at an undergraduate level. Graduate students will have additional course requirements/expectations. Prerequisite: RTH 319 , RTH 352 , RTH 376 ; RTH major/minor; junior standing. Offered Occasionally.