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The Recreation Therapy Service Line’s mission is to provide comprehensive rehabilitative care to veterans in need of rehabilitation to attain their full physical, psychosocial, educational, and vocational potential and return to community living. Rehabilitation is provided by an interdisciplinary team that applies state-of-the-art clinical skills, equipment and techniques. Recreation Therapy Service will utilize hospital, community, state, and federal resources effectively and optimize patient outcomes thus achieving high patient satisfaction.

Therapeutic Sports and Recreation Department at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital has modified our internship/fieldwork program to expand volunteer opportunities for students wishing to gain clinical experience prior to the Senior Internship.

We now offer 5 options for students to accumulate volunteer/fieldwork hours at Marianjoy:

Duties focus on activities that contribute to prairie restoration including maintenance and expansion of native seed production (planting, weeding, watering), invasive plant control, seed collection, prairie management, and monitoring (data collection). There will be limited learning experiences concerning prairie ecology and native plant identification. Duties will also require use of herbicides to control invasive plant species, primarily using backpack sprayers. Use of some power tools (riding mowers, brush mowers, weed whips, rototillers, soil augers) also required.

Mental health unit with inpatient and outpatient services.

Various internship opportunities.

Therapeutic Recreation Department Manager Micheal Werner

Phone: (312) 238- 3980

Caring For Kids Program Coordinator: Ashley Gruenwald

Phone: 312-238-5005

Email: agruenwald@ric.org

My name is Ethan Pickett, owner of Pure Abilities, LLC, a Recreational Therapy provider in Fort Wayne, Indiana through the Medicaid Waiver System.  Our company will be taking on student interns and recent graduates seeking employment.  Attached is a copy of the internship and job postings. Also attached is the company's E-lookbook, this is an extension of the website that helps to describe the service provided.

Clayton, MO Parks and Recreation is looking for spring and summer interns.  Attached is the job description.

My name is Bridget Heddens and I am a CTRS currently working at Out & About which is a division of the larger, Imagine!.  Out & About is a community-based non-profit located in Lafayette, CO that provides therapeutic recreation services for children and adults with developmental disabilities in Boulder and Broomfield counties.

North Node Wellness, Inc. is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  North Node Wellness, Inc. serve individuals with intellectual disabilities on the Medicaid state waiver. We currently have 5 CTRS's employed at our agency and serve over 100 individuals.  They are currently accepting interns and are looking for additional therapists to join their team. Attach you will find their internship manual.