1. KNR 273

2.  Permission to provide medical or other patient care services in the granting institution, within well-defined limits, based on the individual’s professional license/certification, experience, competence, ability, & judgment.  Set by individual governing boards of hospital using criteria set by that hospital.

3.  Core privileges = scope of procedures and activities within a specialty that each practitioner is competent to practice  Supplemental/special privileges = procedures and activities that require additional training, skills, or competencies ▪ Requires permission or privilege to perform ▪ TR and massage ▪ TR and counseling

4.  Difference between CP & credentialing  Both protect consumer  CP examines clinical performance  CP grants permission to perform specified activities within a specific hospital  Types of clinical privilege  Fully competent  Supervision required  Not approved

6.  Select based on desired learning experiences vs. close to home or familiar  Should try both community and clinical experiences (Junior & Senior)  Should not be in an agency where you did junior internship or have spent much time volunteering  Give serious consideration to approved sites (See intern files)

7.  Sites approved base on NCTRC job tasks  Also evaluate for other criteria  Qualifications of setting  Qualifications of professional  Adherence to internal & external standards

8.  Approval process  Forms at initial approval  Forms after initial approval  TRIE evaluation (midterm and final)  Competency assessment (accreditation)  Before and after internship  Student and supervisor

9.  ONLY 1 STUDENT PER AGENCY  Competitive  Make sure a fit between you and the agency

11.  Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-2013 Edition  U.S. Dept. of Labor  Grow faster than average ▪ Increase 17%  Increases in ▪ Nursing & residential services for aging ▪ Educational settings for youth (?) ▪ Outpatient settings ▪ (SK) Veteran’s hosptials

12.  Expected to decline  Hospitals  Opportunities best for people with B.S. degree in TR with CTRS  With specialized certificates

13.  Athletic trainer  Dietitian and nutritionist  Medical and clinical laboratory technologist and technician  Occupational health and safety specialist  Recreational therapist Recreational therapist

14.  Median annual in 2010  $39, 410 ▪ Median for all occupations $33,840  Lowest 10%  Under 24,640  Top 10%  Over $62,670  Occupational Outlook Handbook

15.  Factors  Years of experience  Degree level  Specific region  Type of agency  Certification

16.  For a look at salary ranges in a specific city, go to www.salary.comwww.salary.com  Select Salary Wizard ▪ Sports & Recreation ▪ Recreational Therapist  Example: A Recreational Therapist working in Champaign, IL earns an average of $40,048

19.  ATRA  IPRA  ISU TR Alum Facebook  www.recreationtherapy.com www.recreationtherapy.com  www.usajobs.gov www.usajobs.gov  www.iHireTherapy.com www.iHireTherapy.com  http://jobs.disabilityscoop.com/search_results.php http://jobs.disabilityscoop.com/search_results.php  www.monster.com www.monster.com  Others  Remember to look at various titles

21.  Who has thought about going to graduate school?  Why?  Where?  What major?  When?  Masters? Doctorate?  Questions about graduate school?

22.  3.0 (0ut of 4.0) GPA or higher  Overall GPA  Junior/Senior year  Last 60 hours  Graduate Record Examination (GRE)  Professional recommendations  Undergraduate faculty in your area

23.  Application fee (non-refundable)  Statement of career goals  Resume  On campus faculty interview  On campus writing exercise

24.  Financial Assistance  Tuition/fee waivers  Graduate assistantships  Scholarships  Culminating Experience  Thesis  Non-thesis (sometimes more hours) ▪ Paper ▪ Professional practice

25.  Not like undergraduate  Need to read, think, write  Need to be self motivated  Need to be able to structure time  Need to be able to work independently  Not for everyone or needed by everyone

27.  Therapeutic Recreation Journal  Annual in Therapeutic Recreation  American Journal of Recreation Therapy  Palestra  Sports n Spokes  Others

28.  Sagamore Publishing  Venture Publishing  Idyll Arbor  ATRA

29.  NRPA  IPRA  ILRTA  CIRCLE  Midwest Symposium  Conference at Sea