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I became a Professor Emeritus after serving 29 years as a recreational therapy faculty member at Indiana University. I'm a long-time Hoosier, having grown up in Hanover, Indiana. My RT practitioner work was in psych/mental health. After completing my Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, my first faculty position was at the University of North Texas. RT has been a wonderful profession for me as I have had the opportunity to serve as an author and national leader.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Good for NCTRC!

The new requirements announced today by NCTRC are a good step forward. While a small step, it is in the right direction of increasing the rigor of our requirements.

I personally found it interesting that one of the requirements is increasing the minumum number of RT courses to five. Establishing a minimum of five RT courses is something I proposed in a talk I made at the 2000 ATRA Annual Conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio. I wonder if Bob Riley (NCTRC Executive Director) was there that day?!

While the requirement of five RT courses is still inadequate, every little bit of improvement in our standards is a good thing.

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