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Article: Call for Papers: Therapeutic Recreation Journal Special Issue on "Trends and Innovations in Therapeutic Recreation Higher Education"
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- Therapeutic Recreation Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright National Recreation and Park Association Fourth Quarter 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Education and training is the life blood of any legitimate profession. For the therapeutic recreation profession, the need to reflect on, evaluate, and advance the educational system that is responsible for preparing competent practitioners is critical to our future.
Over the past 40 years, there have been significant efforts put forth to accomplish this goal. One of the most comprehensive lines of research conducted in this area was initiated in Stein in 1970 as part of the bi-annual recreation education survey for the Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE). Anderson and others have conducted several 10-year follow ups to this initial research, which allowed for the examination of ...