The Virginia State Therapeutic Recreation Association

Session 3 “Let’s get Motivated, Excited, and Passionate about YOUR positive role in bringing HAPPINESS to your population in Recreation Therapy” by Kendra Spencer

3:40-4:40PM –

Session 4 “Soothing Rhythms: Using music as an intervention in Recreation Therapy” by Meghan Mays and Susan Carol

4:50-5:50 PM –

Session 5 “Living Gamefully”; Using Evidence-Based Interventions for an online game in Recreational Therapy without Technology by Kari Decker

Track 2 1:30-5:30 Quality Internship Supervisor Training (Offered by ATRA)

Friday, November 3, 2023

8-9:00 AM –

Session 6 “Therapeutic Success through Raising Butterflies” by Rose Robinson and Sasha Swinnerton

Session 7 “Story Circles: An Intervention for Cultivating Intercultural Connections” by Ann Bailey

9:10-10:10 AM –

Session 8 “Implementing Art Interventions to Improve Mental Health and other Functional Domains” by Summer Matics

Session 9“Mood Tracking: An evidence-based approach to identifying behavioral patterns and triggers” by Laura Cuadrado

10:20-11:20 AM –

Session 10 “Task Analysis through the APIED Process” by Faith Moss, Lauren Janney and Curtis Robb

Session 11 “Re-Growing our Compassion in our Therapy: Relationships involved in Therapeutic Recreation” by Susan Lynch

11:30-1:00

Session 12 Lunch and CEU presentation by Brent Wolfe

1:10-2:10

Session 13 -“Designing Digital Escape Rooms for Use in Therapeutic Recreation Practice” by Whitney Kallenbach and Abigail Wright

Session 14 “Let’s Think PAWsitive – Analyzing the changes in various domains through participation in Canine Assisted Therapy” by Freda Sergi and Reilly Fox

2:20-3:20

Session 15 End Note: “Turning the Tables: Treating Ourselves for Professional Well-Being in Recreation Therapy” by Leandra Bedini

The Virginia State Therapeutic Recreation Association