Workshops

Building Capacity through Collaborative Work

Fostering a culture of participation has been at the core Recreational Respite’s services, both through our one to one supports and group programs, since 2008. Building capacity through collaborative work has been extensive at Recreational Respite, with community partnerships across the globe that promote recreation, inclusion, and social health.

These community collaborations have created unique interdependence and mutual support, that moves away from the myth that we rely on only one source to provide meaningful relationships between the people we support and the services we offer. Our strategic approach broadens impact, strengthens team culture, and elevates sustainability of organizations in Canada and internationally.

Receational Respite’s workshops each explore concepts of why recreation plays such a large role in the services or supports that workshop participants offer to others in their everyday roles. We provoke thought around the opportunities to create bigger spaces for recreation and play, as part of a holistic care approach. 

  • Benefits of recreation, engagement social health and connectivity
  • Barriers to recreation and community participation
  • Considerations impacting individuals with disabilities and mental health experiences, and vulnerable groups
  • Celebration of individuality and cultural diversity
  • Tools for engagement: to explore, to participate, to engage, and to play!

Participants will learn to develop and deliver sustainable, adaptive, and inclusive recreation programs that build a culture of participation, reducing isolation, promoting social health and connectivity. 

Choose from the following workshops, or reach out to us to build a custom workshop that will enhance organizational capacity, strengthen team culture, create consistency, and produce measurable outcomes. 

For more information: info@recrespite.com

Choose a workshop

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RECreating Capacity

Identify the fundamentals of recreation in care to develop and deliver engaging and individualized programming. Ideal for respite care providers, personal care aides, volunteers, leaders, students, and family caregivers.
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Importance of Recreation

Explore the role of recreation in improved mental, social, and emotional health, and how recreation can be leveraged to achieve goals and enhance connectivity for individuals accessing mental health services. Ideal for professionals, students and volunteers in mental health services. Click to learn more.

Our workshops have been created with intentions to collectively build capacity and share knowledge of recreation, based on the extensive work of our recreation professional team since 2008. Our workshop committee includes a recreation development specialist who is registered as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) under the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification. The contributions of the CTRS guide the workshop(s) structured topics and outcomes that will highlight the importance of a person-centered approach to recreation programming, in various capacities.

For more information or to sign up your team/group: info@recrespite.com

"I would like to extend my gratitude for this wonderful opportunity to participate in this workshop. I learned a lot and recognized many of my own personal values, specifically reminding me why I love the field of recreation & leisure studies so much! "
Thank you
Ashley
Therapeutic Recreation (student, Brock University)