Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: 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. Most jobs in the field require a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation, and job prospects can be helped by acquiring certification.

Salary: $43,180

Education: Must have a Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation.

Demand for this Profession: The programs include significant amount of field work.

                   

Reflection: I would like to be one because I like to help people.