Recreation Therapist
Duties and Responsibilities: They employ leisure activities to help patients with disabilities or illnesses. Their duties include:
- Observe, analyze, and record patient' participation, reactions, and progress during treatment sessions, modifying treatment programs as needed
- Develop treatment plan to meet needs of patient, based on needs assessment, patient interests and objectives of therapy.
- Encourage clients with special needs and circumstances to acquire new skills and get involved in health-promoting leisure activities, such as sports, games, arts and crafts, and gardening.
- Counsel and encourage patients to develop leisure activities.
- Confer with members of treatment team to plan and evaluate therapy programs.
- Conduct therapy sessions to improve patients' mental and physical well-being.
Salary: $45,890 per year
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Demand: Grow 12% from 2014- 2024
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