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