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Therapeutic Recreation Assistant (Gerontology Specialization)
About the Program
Imagine a career where you can support the well-being of seniors through fun and rewarding activities! Older adults are the fastest growing age group in Canada, resulting in an urgent and growing need for professionals who can support and promote optimal health for this generation.
Therapeutic Recreation Assistants promote concepts and activities that promote health, increase self-esteem, increase enjoyment and life satisfaction, and develop personal independence.
As a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant, you will develop, facilitate, and measure programming that nurtures well-being through leisure education, client interventions, community development, partnership, physical activity and fall prevention.
Provincial Funding
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* All student funding, whether made available privately or through various government branches, is only approved to those who qualify, by the original source of funding.
There are many criteria that each candidate must meet to be approved. Schools can only inform you of what may be available.
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