Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Recreational therapists plan, direct, and coordinate recreation-based treatment programs for people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses. Recreational therapists use a variety of modalities, including arts and crafts, drama, music, dance, sports, games, and community reintegration field trips to help maintain or improve a patients’ physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Recreational therapists work in hospitals or nursing and residential care facilities. They also work in places such as substance abuse centers, rehabilitation centers, special education departments, and parks and recreation departments.

Salary:  Median annual wage is $42,280

Educational requirements:

Most recreational therapists need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field. Recreational therapy programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illnesses and disabilities. To become a recreational therapist it is required to have a license and certificate.

Recreational therapists require having important qualities like compassion, critical-thinking skills, leadership skills, listening skills, patience, and speaking skills.

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Reflection: I think I would like to be a recreational therapist but at the same time I wouldn’t but it sounds interesting.