Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:Recreation therapists employ leisure activities to help patients with disabilities or illnesses. Through the use of games, sports, crafts and more, they maintain their patients' physical and emotional well-being. In doing this, they also help patients integrate into their community via group activities. Recreation therapists might work in hospitals or other medical institutions, their community's parks and recreation department or specialized school programs.

Salary: As noted by the BLS, in May 2013, recreational therapists earned a median annual salary of $43,180.Skilled nursing care facilities employed the largest number of recreational therapists at that time, followed by medical and surgical hospitals (BLS). Employment of recreational therapists was predicted to grow 13% from 2012-2022, according to the BLS.

Education:Most recreation therapist jobs require a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation. These are typically Bachelor of Science programs that teach students to both understand their patients' conditions and engage those patients physically and mentally to keep them refreshed. The programs often include a significant amount of field work so students can gain hands-on experience for their future career. As an alternative to a therapeutic recreation study, some schools offer a bachelor's degree in recreation with a therapeutic concentration.

I would not like to be this because it seems pretty hard to do and to work in it. I know it would be helping alot of people but it seems pretty hard. So no i would not like to be working on this.