Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Recreation therapists assist patients in leisure activities to engage and improve their minds, bodies and spirits. Their goal is to help patients adjust to life with a disease, injury or disability.

Salary: $45,890 Education: Recreational therapists typically need a bachelor’s degree. Many employers require therapists to be certified. Demand for this profession: As the U.S. population ages, more people will need recreational therapists to help treat age-related injuries and illnesses. Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one ? Why? Why Not? I would not to be one because this career really doesn’t interest me at all .