UNCW Lecturer Position Open

The Recreation Therapy program at UNCW has an opening for a full-time lecturer beginning Aug. 10, 2015. Review of applications will begin April 26th. Applicants must hold at least a Master’s degree in Recreation Therapy/Therapeutic Recreation, Recreation or Leisure Studies with an emphasis in recreation therapy/therapeutic recreation, or closely-related field with at least 18 hours of graduate coursework in recreation therapy/therapeutic recreation; National certification as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) and eligible for licensure in NC as a Licensed Recreational Therapist (LRT). In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate evidence of successful teaching or potential for successful teaching, both face-to-face and on-line, and clinical supervision of undergraduate students. Applicants with multiple years of practice as a CTRS are especially encouraged to apply. The position announcement can be found at http://www.uncw.edu/hr/joblistings_epa/15F100.html If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Candace “Candy” Ashton-Forrester, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS | Professor and Coordinator | Recreation Therapy | School of Health and Applied Human Sciences | College of Health and Human Services | UNC Wilmington | 601 South College Road | 3010 McNeill Hall | Wilmington, NC 28403-5685 | Voice: 910-962-7794 Fax: 910-962-7503

CARTE Positions Open

Please be advised the Committee on Accreditation of Recreational Therapy Education (CARTE) has 3 positions available for appointment commencing in April 2015. They include 1 – Student/Consumer – one-year term; 1 Recreational Therapist – three year term; and 1 Professional educator – three year term. The qualifications are listed below. If interested in serving on the CARTE Board of Directors, please submit your letter of intent and resume/CV via email to: cartecoa@gmail.com attention Dr. Thom Skalko, Chairperson. Interested individuals are encouraged to visit the CARTE and CAAHEP web sites for further information: http://www.caahep.org/carte.

NIH Full Time RT Position Open

Position Announcement - Full Time Recreation Therapist National Institutes of Health The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda Maryland, is the nation’s largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research. The NIH has 234 inpatient beds, 82 day hospital stations and 15 outpatient clinics. Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists (CTRS) intervene in the disease process, improve health status, improve or maintain functional capacities and contribute to quality of life. The Recreation Therapist position is located in the Recreation Therapy Section of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department. As a member of the clinical treatment team at a research hospital, you could make a difference by providing Recreation Therapy to patients from all around the world with a variety of diagnoses. You could join our team in a cutting edge internationally known research hospital to engage in life changing interventions. As part of the Federal Government, we offer flexibility, roughly 2 weeks’ paid vacation, 10 Federal holidays, superb benefits, work-life balance, child and elder care, etc.! To learn more, email your resume and interest to Kyle.Hartwig@nih.gov. Donna Gregory (Chief, Recreation Therapy Section) will be hosting a webinar for you to learn more about this job and how to apply. We look forward to having you there! Donna Gregory, CTRS, MBA Chief, Recreation Therapy Section Rehabilitation Medicine Department Building 10 CRC 1-1469 Phone: 301-496-2278

Recreation Therapy Videos

I just posted the following on ATRAnet and thought I'd repost it on the RT Blog. Here it is: I recently spoke at the Utah Recreation Therapy Association Conference. Although a state conference, it is more of a regional conference with 350 RTs attending from several states. An impressive meeting. While there I was told that several RTs and students had viewed the Recreation Therapy Videos made available free of charge by Indiana University. A group of students said they particularly enjoyed viewing the video “History of Therapeutic Recreation: Parts I, ll, lll.” Yet, I find many do not know that the RT videos are available at no charge via streaming. To take a look, just Google Recreation Therapy Videos and you should see a listing for Indiana University’s Scholarworks. The list of titles appears below. Check them out. List of Recreation Therapy Videos: Adaptive equipment Case studies Clinical supervision Documentation and behavioral observation Effective listening Feedback in learning and performance situations History of therapeutic recreation parts I, II, III Individual program planning Interactions with people who have disabilities Models of practice : health protection/health promotion model Models of practice : leisure ability model Nonverbal communication Portraits of pioneers in therapeutic recreation Professional ethics Professionalism in therapeutic recreation Quality of life Safe transportation : safely transporting clients Therapeutic communication Therapeutic recreation history : the formative years Therapeutic recreation : the modern era To serve a purpose (Introduction to RT) Transfer techniques

URTA Conference

The ole Hoosier RT enjoyed speaking at the Utah RT Conference this past week. URTA is one of the largest state conferences with 350 attending.

Call for Papers NCRTA's Annual Conference

Call for Papers 2015 North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference When: When: Sunday, October 4th, 2014 (Pre-Conference) Monday, October 5th and Tuesday, October 6th, 2014 (Conference) Where: Hilton- Wilmington Riverside 301 North Water Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 Who: Anyone interested in presenting at the 2015 NCRTA annual conference Call for Papers Deadline: May 5, 2015

Heading to Utah

The ole Hoosier RT will be heading to Utah on Wednesday to keynote the Utah Recreation Therapy Association Conference to be held in Provo March 12 & 13. Looking forward to giving the presentation and seeing Utah RT friends!

Judith Voelkl Memorial RT Workshop a Success!

Thanks to the efforts faculty and students at Clemson University, the March 2nd RT Workshop held to honor the memory of Judi Voelkl was a huge success!