Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: To assess patient needs, recreational therapists consider medical records, personal observation and talks with the patient and his or her loved ones. They then execute a therapeutic program targeted toward what the patient requires most. This can entail a variety of activities, so therapists need to keep current on communal and therapeutic resources available to best help their patients. Therapists also document a patient's progress during their activities.

Salary: $45,890

Education: Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation or recreation with a therapeutic concentration

Demand or Need for this Profession:

Compassion
Critical-thinking skills
Leadership skills
Listening skills
Patience
Speaking skills

Reflection: This career does interest me because you get to help patients with activities. You also get to meet new people. Plus I love to help others and this is helping people in need. To add on I'm a very compassionate person and I also am very patient.

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Forgive

Student Success Statement ''When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.'' Alan Paton What Alan Paton is saying is that forgiveness is healing. It's important to forgive. Once you forgive you feel better about yourself. You also feel more peaceful. An example is that if you and your brother had a big fight and it hurt you. You should still forgive him because no matter how long ago that fight was from he's still your brother. Plus once you forgive him you won't be angry at him anymore. Another example is if someone was once drunk driving and they crash a car. They will go to jail and then if the car was broken really badly the owners will be very angry at the person. But sooner or later if the person ask for forgiveness they should forgive them. Because if they beg for your forgiveness or not it shows that they care and they truly feel sorry. Plus you'll feel better once you forgive them.

ctr

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Student Success Statement

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