Therapeutic Recreation

Therapeutic Recreation is the use of recreation services and leisure experiences to help people with disabilities become a part of their community through recreational opportunities. It offers both recreation participation and leisure education to East Baton Rouge Parish.

The Inclusive Recreation Department works with all aspects of BREC programming to ensure that inclusion is encouraged. BREC strives to make our programs inclusive, which means they are open to all citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish, including those with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodations, call 225-926-4659 prior to attending our programs so we can attempt to make necessary accommodations. This department also offers exclusive programming for adults with disabilities to ensure that recreational needs are being met.

BREC partners with agencies in the community such as Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana Special Olympics, The Arc Baton Rouge, and Volunteers of America to provide recreational opportunities to people with and without disabilities. Fore more information on Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge, please check out their website at www.fhfgbr.org

Click here to find out about upcoming inclusive recreation events.

 

Adult Interactive Days

These programs are head for adults with mental and developmental disabtilies that are looking for recreational opportunites during the weekdays. This fall we are offering Buddy Mondays, Virtual & Sports Wednesdays, and Karaoke & Dance Fridays.
Please Click Here for more details.

 

Interactive Zumba

This new, upcoming Zumba class is for adults with mental and developmental disabilies & their friends. This program fuses repeated Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow aerobic moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will get you moving and grooving to the music. **Must have 15 paid participants before starting the class**
Please contact Katrina @ kcoots@brec.org if you are interested in joining this class.


For more information about Inclusive Recreation Programming, please contact:

Edmond Morton, BREC Assistant Area Supervisor Therapeutics ~ 225-926-4659 or emorton@brec.org

Katrina Coots, BREC Inclusive Recreation Manager ~ 225-272-9200 ext. 572 or kcoots@brec.org

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