Recreation therapist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Assess patients' needs through observations, medical records, tests, and talking with other healthcare professionals, patients’ families, and patients

·         Create treatment plans and programs that meet patients’ needs and interests

·         Plan and implement interventions to prevent harm to a patient

·         Engage patients in therapeutic activities, such as games and field trips

·         Help patients learn social skills needed to become or remain independent

·         Teach patients about ways to cope with anxiety or depression

·         Record and analyze a patient’s progress

·         Evaluate interventions for effectiveness

 

Salary: The median annual wage for recreational therapists was $42,280 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $26,410, and the top 10 percent earned more than $67,280.

Education: Most recreational therapists need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field. Though less common, associate’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees are also available.

Recreational therapy programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illnesses and disabilities, and the use of assistive devices and technology. Bachelor’s degree programs usually include an internship.

Reflection: Would you like to be one? yes I would like to be one because you help people and give them opportunities for another life or another better future :