Community Therapeutic Recreation Promotion Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply principles of therapeutic recreation to promote community participation and well-being.
• Design inclusive recreation programmes tailored to the needs of diverse community members.
• Implement strategies to overcome barriers to participation in therapeutic recreation.
• Evaluate the impact of recreation activities on individual and community health outcomes.
• Demonstrate effective communication and facilitation skills when engaging with participants and stakeholders.
• Analyze community resources and networks to support sustainable therapeutic recreation initiatives.

Target Audience

This course is designed for community health workers, recreation therapists, social workers, and caregivers who facilitate recreational activities for individuals with physical, mental, or social challenges in South African communities.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply assessment, planning, facilitation, and evaluation skills in real or simulated community settings. Learners will conduct a mini needs assessment, design and facilitate a recreation activity, and evaluate outcomes under supervision.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Community Needs Assessment — Learners conduct a small-scale needs assessment using surveys or interviews with community members or role-players. (6h)
• Practical 2: Activity Planning and Adaptation — Learners plan an inclusive recreation activity, adapting it for a specific population (e.g., wheelchair users, elderly). (6h)
• Practical 3: Facilitation of a Recreation Session — Learners facilitate a 30-minute recreation session with a group of peers or community volunteers. (6h)
• Practical 4: Evaluation and Reporting — Learners evaluate their facilitated session using a simple tool and write a brief report with recommendations. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.