This educational program is designed to prepare students to organize, plan, and direct recreational activities designed to promote health and well-being for patients who are mentally, physically, or emotionally disabled. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in the foundations of therapeutic recreation, program planning, leisure education and counseling, therapeutic recreational modalities, psychology, basic anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, patient observation and evaluation, special needs populations, human growth and development, and professional ethics and standards.
Below are colleges and universities providing majors, degrees, and training programs in Recreational Therapy.
- Ashland University Ashland, OH
- Austin Community College Austin, TX
- Brigham Young University Provo, UT
- Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI
- Catawba College Salisbury, NC
- Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI
- East Carolina University Greenville, NC
- Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA
- Gallaudet University Washington, DC
- Howard University Washington, DC
- Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN
- Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
- Lake Superior State University Sault Sainte Marie, MI
- Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA
- Minnesota State University Mankato Mankato, MN
- Norwalk Community College Norwalk, CT
- Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS
- Prescott College Prescott, AZ
- Saint Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN
- Shaw University Raleigh, NC
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania city, state
- Springfield College Springfield, MA
- St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, NC
- SUNY College at Cortland Cortland, NY
- Temple University Philadelphia, PA
- Unity College in Maine Unity, ME
- University of Akron Akron, OH
- University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
- University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
- University of Southern Maine Gorham, ME
- University of St. Francis Joliet, IL
- University of Toledo Toledo, OH
- Utica College Utica, NY
- West Virginia State University Institute, WV
- Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
- Whittier College Whittier, CA
- Winona State University Winona, MN
- Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC