Recreation Therapist

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: $42,280 in May 2012

Education: Bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field

Demand:19,800 jobs in 2012

I do not want to become a recreational Therapist because I do not have an interest in that field.