General Information

Therapeutic Recreation Services (TRS) provides recreation, education, and community services to enrich the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
Therapeutic Recreation Services focuses on abilities, rather than disabilities.

Our programs:

• Enhance independence
• Improve social skills
• Increase self-esteem
• Connect people and families with community resources
• Provide opportunities to contribute to society
• Promote community integration

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Therapeutic Recreation Services is divided into three service areas:

• All Access Sports and Recreation
  • Located at Bascom Community Center, Camden Community Center, Mayfair Community Center, and Seven Trees Community Center
• Grace Art and Wellness
  • Located at Northside Community Center
• Citywide Inclusion Support Services

 

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All Access Sports and Recreation

Programs offered for children and adults with developmental, cognitive, and physical disabilities. Among these are wheelchair sports programs. Wheelchair sports programs practice weekly, and provide regional and national competitions, clinics, and camps.

• Bascom Community Center
  • Wheelchair Basketball
  • Power Soccer
  • Group Arts
  • Simply Cooking
• Camden Community Center
  • Around the Town Club
  • Adapted Bowling
  • Adapted Sports
  • Youth Summer Camps
    • Playcamp (ages 5-12)
    • Teens Together (ages 12-18)
• Mayfair Community Center
  • H.I.R.L.N. (Head Injury Recreation and Leisure Network)
  • Monthly Socials
  • Group Arts
  • Virtual Classes
• Seven Trees Community Center
  • Dance for Fun
  • Fun with Arts
  • Let’s Play Games
  • Inclusive Active Sport
  • Monthly Socials
• View All Access Community Brochure

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Grace Art and Wellness

Located at Northside Community Center, is a center that serves adults with mental illness and cognitive disabilities.

• View Grace Community Center Website

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Inclusion Support Services

We support and encourage participation of individuals with all ability levels. Our inclusion support services include:

• Interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Improved signage
• Activity modification
• Staff training
• Accessible equipment and facility features.

Please request accommodation during registration process at least two weeks in advance. You may also notify the facility.
Email the inclusion specialist with any question or concerns at inclusionsupport@sanjoseca.gov.

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Community Partners

Therapeutic Recreation Services collaborates with many community partners, including:

• American Diabetes Association
• Valley Medical Center
• Rehabilitation Research Center
• Breathe California
• Santa Clara County Mental Health Department

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Internships

Internship opportunities are available for students in the field of Recreation Therapy.

For information, contact: 
Nessa Diamante, CTRS at 408-369-6438 or Josue Covarrubias, CTRS, RTC at 408-794-7590.

For Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy internships, contact Jo Eclevia, MA, LMFT at 408-293-0422.

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Volunteers

Opportunities are available for students and community members. For All Access Sports and Recreation, see our listing on Better Impact. As of 8/23/21 all volunteers for City programs will be required to be fingerprinted and provide proof of vaccination status. For opportunities, call 408-293-0422

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