The Process in Planning a Program
“Just the icing on the cake.” A saying that used to go around in Care Facilities and hospitals about Therapeutic Recreation (TR) professionals. But we know that without leisure activities…
Stories from
Therapeutic Recreation Assistant
My Therapeutic Recreation
I mentioned in my last blog how important it is to have regular leisure and recreation activities in your life. It should be something you feel passionately about, something that…
Health Promotion and Leisure
A while back in my first semester, I took a course called Health Promotion: Managing Risk and Staying Healthy. The main context for this course was to discuss promoting healthy…
Back in Vancouver
I was able to travel to Finland while studying online at Stenberg. I was invited to present my documentary film in Finland. The film is about War veterans: women and…
Therapeutic Recreation is an exciting and captivating career!
A Recreational Therapist Professional is NOT just a person who cooks up some exercise activity programs for older adults. It is a profession with a full and diverse range of…
Bringing Your Skills & Background to Therapeutic Recreation
Almost every day, I am lucky enough to actively use my education in Kinesiology to help others. This is because I found a job in my field, which is something…
The Grad Experience
Last Friday, I volunteered to help out with the spring graduation ceremonies for Stenberg College. This event happens twice a year and it takes a lot of organization and teamwork…
Online Studies, Volunteering and Work
You can work while studying online at Stenberg! Love the concept! Therapeutic Recreational online studies are challenging, well thought out and tightly scheduled program. Every week you need to…
Online Learning
I was skeptical about the online learning experience at first. Even after 5 years in university, I had never taken a single online course before. I was used to the…
Challenging, Easy, Interesting
Yay! The first semester is completed and two more semesters to go! Time flies when you are having fun with online studies. These Therapeutic Recreation courses certainly have kept me…
Online Learning vs Classroom Learning
When I decided to attend a Therapeutic Recreational (TR) program at Stenberg College I was apprehensive about learning TR online. Being a recreational therapist is a very active hands-on job…
Therapeutic Recreation So Far…
I’m just finishing off my first semester this week and I’m 7 courses in already! Time sure is flying here in online classes. No rest for the wicked at Stenberg…
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