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Article: Current issues facing therapeutic recreation.
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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Therapeutic recreation is identified with controversy as its advocates and practitioners struggle to further define and establish its deserved esteem among other health professions. The definition of T.R., whether or not it is a profession, and if therapeutic recreation should be recreational therapy are some of the questions explored and debated in classrooms, national T.R. seminars, newsletters, periodical publications and state-level meetings. Participants in these debates include individuals of diverse backgrounds and purposes, such as students of T.R., certified therapeutic recreation specialists, "special recreators," practitioners of other health and human ...