Recreation Therapists

Duties and Responsibilities: to assess the patient's needs, the recreation therapists consider medical records the personal observation and talks with patient and his or her loved ones. They then execute a therapeutic program targeted toward what the patient requires most. The entail variety of activities therapists need to keep current on communal and therapeutic resources available to best help their patients. The therapists also document a patient’s progress during their activities. The therapist’s specific duty vary is based on his or her place of employment. For instance the therapists who work in schools might focus on their patients communal integration as they move into adult life. Those who are employed by hospitals might target their work on helping patients rehabilitate after an injury or illness. The therapists in community recreation departments might concentrate more on developing programs to help their town’s residents.

Salary: $43,180

Education: The recreation therapist require a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation. The typically Bachelor of science programs that teach students both understand their patients conditions and engage those patients physically and mentally to keep them refreshed the programs often include a significant amount of field work so students can gain hands-on experience for their future career as an alternative to a therapeutic recreation study, some schools offer a bachelor’s degree in recreation with a therapeutic concentration. Few of the states require recreational therapists to obtain licensure and the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics reported that the employers prefer to hire recreation therapists to acquire certification.

Reflection: It’s not really into what i want to do when i grow up i’m not really interested but seems like it would be a great job but not personally for me.