Recreational Therapists

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Recreational therapists plan activities like adapted sports, games, crafts, music and community outings to help people with illness, injury or disability build skills and confidence. They work in hospitals, rehab centers, nursing homes and camps.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Health and Wellness · Health and PE

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Band · Arts

  Builds art and music, which this job uses.

• Anatomy and Physiology · Science

  Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.