Recreation Therapy Niagara College

About this Program

Level: Diploma in Recreation Therapy

Discpline: Rehabilitation and Therapy

Length: 4 semesters

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Application Fee: $100.00 waived
Tuition Fee: $17,814.90

Welland Campus

Starting Deadline Status
Sep, 2025 Jul 1, 2025 open only offshore

Program Description

As a Recreation Therapy Professional, you will use meaningful recreation and leisure education, counselling and experiences to promote, restore, rehabilitate, and/or maintain quality of life and well-being. Therapeutic Recreation supports the development of strengths while addressing social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cognitive needs. Highlights Receive specialized training and certifications designed to meet the needs of an aging population including: DementiAbility Methods: The Montessori Way Certificate; Validation Communication Techniques Certificate; and Nordic Pole Walking Instructor Certification. Earn a Level 1 Inclusion Certificate from Variety Village. Gain over 430 hours of practical field work experience. Benefit from Therapeutic Recreation Ontario student membership. Become eligible for your R/TRO DIP designation upon graduation.

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Study and Work in Canada

Full-time undergraduate and post-graduate international students can work anywhere on or off campus without a work permit. The rules around the number of hours a student will be allowed to work may vary based on the country the student chooses to study in. International students are typically able to work up to 20 hours a week.