Therapeutic Activity Specialist | WTCS Skip to content

Find Your Program


Career Area: Human Services
Technical Diploma
Program Number: 30-514-1
Approximately Less Than 1 Year to Complete
This is based on full-time enrollment. Actual time to completion may vary based on the availability of courses a college offers and the number of credits the student takes in any given time period.
Credit Program
Most credit programs are eligible for financial aid, while most non-credit certificates provide valuable work-related skills on a short timeline. Check with the college offering the program to determine if it is eligible for financial aid.
therapeutic activity classes

Therapeutic Activity Specialist Careers

Recent Wisconsin job postings for this degree:

  • Recreation Leader
  • Activities Director
  • Activities Coordinator
  • Recreation Assistant
  • Activity AIde

Therapeutic Activity Specialist Programs

As a Therapeutic Activity Specialist, you’ll work with people in your community that have a variety of physical, emotional or cognitive challenges. This program will help you break down and modify activities, as well as, lead individual or group activities for the participants’ benefit. Your training will include a basic understanding of the human body; common medical, emotional and cognitive conditions that affect activity performance; adapting activity; group facilitation skills; and basic documentation to meet the needs of the workplace.

Therapeutic Activity Specialist Part of a Career Pathway Program Transfers Offered completely online Shared Program
Fox Valley Therapeutic Activity Specialist at Fox Valley