IWK Health Recreation Therapy

IWK Health Recreation Therapy Welcome to the IWK Health Centre Recreation Therapy page! Like us to stay connected to Recreation Therapy related information!

This page is not monitored 24 hours a day, but we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible. Recreation Therapy promotes quality of life for children and youth who have a physical disability or acquired brain injury, and their families, by providing the opportunity to develop leisure skills, knowledge, and behaviour contributing to a healthy leisure lifestyle. Recreation Therapy tea

ches life-long leisure skills and attitudes by:

- Increasing awareness of resources related to recreation in their home, school and community
- Teaching skills to enhance participation in recreation activities
- Introducing adapted equipment for trial and use in recreation activities
- Providing opportunities to try new recreation activities of interest
- Working with community service providers to increase opportunities for children and youth who have a disability

07/08/2025
07/03/2025

Join Us for a Free Autism Education Community Session: Understanding Behaviour

Learn practical tips on why behaviours happen and how to support your child.

New dates added in: Cape Breton, Truro, Pictou, Amherst, Wolfville, Windsor, and the Halifax Regional Municipality.

This free session is open to all families and caregivers of preschool-aged children with autism. It’s hosted by the Provincial Preschool Autism Service - a partnership between IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health, Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia, and Autism Nova Scotia.

Scan the QR code to register or visit https://iwkhealth.ca/provincial-preschool-autism-service/autism-education-series

We hope to see you there!

05/30/2025
If you’re down by the cafeteria at the IWK, check out our new poster created by our wonderful NSCC student, Grace!
05/23/2025

If you’re down by the cafeteria at the IWK, check out our new poster created by our wonderful NSCC student, Grace!

05/22/2025

Registration for the Summer 2025 session of Learn to Ride in partnership with the Halifax Lancers is now open! There are 10 spaces available for each session. 🐴

WHEN: August 18th – 22nd for ages 7 to 14, and August 25th – 29th for ages 15 to 24.
TIME: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
WHERE: Halifax Lancers, 1690 Bell Rd, Halifax
COST: $150 registration fee

To register, contact takepart@easterseals.ns.ca

This is fantastic!
05/16/2025

This is fantastic!

05/13/2025


Boccia is a Parasport that is played seated, and can be played by anyone with a physical disability or mobility challenge. It is played recreationally and competitively indoors on a court.

We wish to thank Bird Stairs and Cyclesmith Halifax (Dartmouth) for their generous donation of bikes to the IWK Recreati...
05/02/2025

We wish to thank Bird Stairs and Cyclesmith Halifax (Dartmouth) for their generous donation of bikes to the IWK Recreation Therapy program! Our programs are possible due to donations like this! Thank you! 🚵‍♀️🚵

Some research news from CanChild!
05/02/2025

Some research news from CanChild!

Youth and families play an indispensable role in health research, given their unique lived experiences and expertise. This project aims to explore the application of patient engagement models in youth-specific health research and to understand what constitutes meaningful engagement from the perspectives of youth and their families. The project will involve a scoping review and qualitative interviews, from which findings will be instrumental to developing a youth- and family-specific engagement in research framework called the UNITE framework.

Read more: https://doi.org/10.2196/65733

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