NJ/ EPA Conf.

Stacie Leap posted this comment in the "We are -- TR" Group/ Board on Facebook:


NJ/EPA TRA 2011 Conference "PaRTnering In Progress" November 14th & 1th, 2011. Held at the New Jersey Hospital Association Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Look for their brochure, registration form, and additional information on their website at www.njepa-tra.com in early September or email Heather Burket at hkaten@gmail.com

Go here:

http://www.njepa-tra.com/

ATRA 2010 - Annual Conference

ATRA Annual Conference
September 12-15, 2010
SPOKANE, WA

Prepare to be inspired and energized; This fall join hundreds of Recreation Therapists from across the U.S. and Canada as we gather in Spokane, Washington for the ATRA Annual Conference - one of the best attended recreation therapy conferences in the United States. You will have the opportunity to meet with other professionals, educators and students. Learn new information to integrate into your daily practice and become inspired by top-notch keynote speakers. There are planned activities on the 11th for those who would like to come early.

Go here: Pre-registration information now available.

Positive Psychology

Completed reading Barbar Fredrickson’s (2009) book, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3-to-1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life.

Read this book because my good friend and mentor, Dr. David Austin had recommended the book at his blog.

Fredrickson writes about research related to positive psychology in a simple and easy-to-read fashion.

The medical model of the past has focused on problems and negatives. Today, positive psychology is a theory that focuses on the positive. I’ve worked as a Recreational Therapist (RT) for nearly 8-years. As a RT, I’ve helped to maintain and promote my patient’s strong points as well as their areas of needed improvement. Fredrickson’s book includes a lot of helpful information on positive psychology.

Here are some of the things she covers:

• What is positivity?
  
• What is an upward spiral?
  
• What are the ten forms of positivity?
  
• What is the most powerful form of positivity?
  
• What are the health benefits of positivity?
  
• And so much more.

She also includes a self-assessment form to help you to determine your own level of positivity. She gives permission for the form to be printed. Recreational therapists may be able to use it to assess their patient’s level of positivity.

I always enjoy books like this one written by Fedrickson for two reasons. First, it is easy to read. Second, it tells about research studies in a way that is easy to read. I love to know about research results, but I’m not able to sit down and read studies from a professional journal. Fredrickson’s book is straight and easy to read.

Fredrickson also received praise for her book from two well-known leaders in positive psychology. Both Martin E. P. Sleigman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi have testimonials for Fredrickson’s Positivity, which are written on the back cover of the book.

Continuing Education Opportunity

Recreational therapists may want to consider taking an introduction to positive psychology (five clock hours of continuing education) that is now available. Fredrickson’s book is a required reading for this course.

You can register for this self-study course and many others at this link below:

http://www.dannypettry.com/Courses.htm

South Florida TR Conference

Received email from Allyson Dedic. She asked me to fwd. information about this conference.
Wish I could attend, but am needed at work during this time.
I, Danny Pettry am a sponsor for this conference.
One of my books has been donated for a door prize at this conference
(See link at bottom of this blog entry for the book).

South Florida Therapeutic Recreation Conference
July 15-July 17, 2010

Conference Site Information:

The conference will be held at Embassy Suites, 1100 SE 17th St, Ft. Lauderdale, FL http://www.ftlauderdale.embassysuites.com/

954-527-2700
Booking info:
http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/FLLSOES-WBR-20100711/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

This year’s theme “Innovation Through Education” will provide you with trainings that go above and beyond typical recreation programming. You will receive perspectives from a wide range of professionals here in our community. We will also be hosting a vendor exhibit show and a networking social where you can meet other professionals (from line staff to Administrators!)! There will be lots of giveaways, goodies, and valuable information given to participants! NCTRC will also be presenting on “Leading the Way to Advance Professional Competencies” by Licensure!

We still have a couple of openings vendors and sponsors. Please visit our website for more information. Registration brochures will be posted shortly on-line but has been sent to you in this attachment.

You may contact me in advance to pre- register to guarantee your spot! The pre-registration discount is valid until June 22, 2010! http://www.whitehallboca.com/TRconference.html

You're probably interested in learning and self-improvement. I assume that because you're reading this blog entry on continuing education. You may want to check out my book. It is a system or a (step-by-step process) on becoming great. It may be the only self-improvement book for anyone seeking to become their best to be written by a recreational therapist.

Check it out here:

Dementia Practice Guidelines

ATRA is holding a Dementia Practice Guidelines class at Bay Pines VA Medical Center in July. Check out the ATRA website. http://www.atra-online.com/

ATRA Annual Conference Update

Received an email from the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) today.

If you're an ATRA member, then you probably received the same email.

ATRA posted that people can pre-regisger for the upcoming annual conference at this link:

http://atra-online.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=68

ATRA also posted information for vendors. Many people who read this blog may be interested in some of these services. You can send flyers and handouts to ATRA for a fairly good price. You can set up a booth if you have products and/ or services that recreational therapists and allied professionals would be interested in buying.


http://atra-online.com/associations/10488/files/2010AnnualVendorReg.pdf

South Florida Recreational Therapy Conference!

2nd Annual South Florida Recreational Therapy Conference!

“Innovation Through Education”

Here are some benefits for attending:

• Training above and beyond typical training
• Check out vendor exhibit show
• Meet and network with other professionals
• There will be lots of giveaways, goodies, and valuable information given to participants!

Here are two more benefits that I, Danny P. would like to add:

• It is in FL!
• You may find a job or find the right person for a job.

Check out the amazing topics:

• David Maymon on Health Care Reform
• Communicating Effectively w/ Cognitively Impaired Individuals
• VA Disabled Veterans: Adaptive Ski Clinic
• Engage the Power of Your Mind
• Behavioral Health, Medications and Implications of TR
• Arthritis and TR
• TR Consulting Practices* Bibliotherapy and Pediatrics
• Advanced Technology and TR
• How to Incorporate Music Therapy into Your Program
• Functional Independence Through Driver Rehabilitation* Horticulture Therapy and TR
• Incorporating Music Therapy into Your Program
• How Therapeutic Activities Plays a role on Immune Deficient Patients

Please visit our website for more information.

Registration brochures will be posted shortly.

http://www.whitehallboca.com/TRconference.html

Registration: http://www.whitehallboca.com/registration.html

For hotel reservations, please visit the website listed below. Full “cook to order” breakfast is and happy hour is included with your stay!! There are many bars and restaurants with walking distance of the hotel!

http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/FLLSOES-WBR-20100711/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

"Hospitalized Child" Course

I'm a member of a child life specialist group on facebook.
Received this information and was asked to fwd. it to people who may be interested.

Some Recreational Therapists may be interested this course. I work with children at a psychiatric setting. Wish I could attend this course. Would if I lived closer.

Here is the information:


Concordia University Ann Arbor is again offering “The Hospitalized Child” FAM333 for three credit hours to be held September 17-18; October 22-23 and November 12-13. These dates are three Friday evenings from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and three Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on one weekend a month for the three months. Certified Child Life Specialist, Lauren Garret, will teach the class held at Mott Children’s Hospital. Registration is now open.



I would appreciate you forwarding the information to anyone you know who may be interested in this class for this fall. We are looking forward to a great experience!



Warmly,

Prof. Doyle

Prof. Karna J. Doyle

Concordia University Ann Arbor

4090 Geddes Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

734 995 4602



Information for guest students from our registrar:



If you do not attend Concordia University and wish to join the class as a Guest student, please complete the following steps to register for this class:

1) If you are currently enrolled at another university, you must submit a completed Michigan Uniform Undergraduate Guest Application from the institution at which you are now enrolled. This form must be validated by the Registrar’s Office of the institution at which you are now enrolled.

a. If you are not currently enrolled at another institution, then you will skip this step.

2) Fill out the attached Guest Student Registration Form. Be sure to complete both pages.

a. Everyone enrolling in this class must fill out this form.

3) If you wish to “audit” the class, then fill out the attached Credit-Audit Change Form for Guest Students.

a. You will earn the grade of “AU” (audit) but you will not earn any credit.

b. This form must be submitted by 4:30 PM on Friday, 9/10/10.

4) The above form(s) may be submitted in one of the following ways by the end of the Add/Drop period which is 4:30 PM on Friday, 9/10/10:

a. Fax the form(s) to Concordia University, Registrar’s Office at (734) 995-7448

b. Mail the form(s) to Registrar’s Office, Concordia University, 4090 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

c. Scan the form(s) and send as a pdf attachment to an email to registrar@cuaa.edu

d. Deliver in person to the Registrar’s Office at Concordia University which is located in the Student Service Center (the first building on the right on the circle drive). The office is open Monday-Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

5) If you decide that you do not want to take this class after enrolling in it, then fill out the attached Drop-Withdrawal Course form and submit it by one of the following dates:

a. Dropping the Class

i. There is a 100% tuition refund if you submit the form by 4:30 PM on Friday, 9/10/10.

ii. No transcript is generated because it is as if you never signed up for it.

b. Withdrawing from the Class

i. There is no tuition refund and the form must be submitted by 4:30 PM on Monday, 11/1/10

ii. The letter grade of “W” will be posted to your Concordia University transcript.

iii. If you do not meet this deadline, then you will receive the grade that you earned.

6) If you are taking this class for credit and need a transcript sent to the institution that you are currently enrolled at, then fill out the attached Transcript Request Form and submit it as directed on the form. There is no fee and the form should be submitted after the class has ended.





The cost of this class breaks down as follows:

1) Three credit hours will be billed at $673 per credit hour for a total of $2019, but you will receive a waiver for $870 for a total cost to you of $1149 to take the class for credit.

2) The cost to “audit” the class (taking the class for no earned credit) is $673.

a. The attached Credit-Audit Change Form for Guest Students must be submitted with your registration for this option.

3) You will be billed for the tuition. Payment is expected before the class starts.

4) If this is the first time you have registered for a class at Concordia University as a Guest student, then you must also submit a one-time application fee of $25 with your registration forms.

a. Payment can be made via check or charge card.

b. If you choose to pay with a charge card, we take Visa, MasterCard or American Express. Please include the following information with this payment option:

1) The name as it appears on the card

2) The card number

3) The expiration date



For more information, please contact the following people:

1) For more information on the class and information on student rates at nearby hotels:

a. Prof. Karna J. Doyle, Family Life Program

(734) 995-4602

doylek@cuaa.edu

2) For registration questions and submitting forms:

a. Colleen Cleland, Assistant Registrar

(734) 995-7324

clelac@cuaa.edu

3) For billing and payment questions:

a. Mark Kayser, Business Office

(734) 995-7310

kayserm@cuaa.edu

Social Network Training Course

Social networking online is the current wave. Believe it will be a wave in the future, too.

Peggy McColl talks about the power of these online networks in her book, "Viral Explosions." A message can spread like wild fire through these online systems. It had worked wonders in the area of book marketing.

As you probably already know, I'm the author of Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom. It is a self-improvement book on the importance of reading more books. I used tons of social networks to promote the book.

I have all of the major accounts: blogspot, facebook, myspace, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Photobucket, Tumblr, my own web-site, DannyPettry.com, an email list that people can subscribe to. Of course all of my networks are geared towards recreational therapists and people seeking to improve their life.

--> Click Here to see a list of my Social Networks.

Please note that 95% of the profits made from my book were from online sales. Five percent came from direct mail marketing, which was expensive. It required print costs, postage, and more time. Online social networks are easier. People who enjoy your topic can re-post it for FREE. Amazing.

If you want to learn how to use social networks online to promote your business then you might want to take a training course.

Here is information on a course in Huntington, W.Va. that you may wan to take:


"Let's Connect - Social Media Boot Camp"


This boot camp is a one day, how-to workshop that will demonstrate the use and effectiveness of social media tools to build relationships with colleagues, clients and their communities. This workshop is designed to show individuals how to properly use each tool or application. The all day session will be offered by Julie Hewett of JulNet Solutions, LLC in partnership with Unlimited Future, Inc. of Huntington, WV.

The workshop will include the following topic areas:

What is Social Networking? - An Overview
Blogs and RSS Feeds - Let's Get Started
Facebook - Finding Friends and Fans
LinkedIn - Building your Professional Community
Twitter - What's a Tweet?
Bringing it all Together - Nings, Video, Wikis and Waves



Workshop registration:

Saturday, May 8, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

$199 for the Workshop

To register - Call 304 697 3007

Additional information: http://www.letsconnectnow.org/

WVTRA seeking presenters

The West Virginia Therapeutic Recreation Association (WVTRA) is seeking presenters for their fall 2010 conference.

2010 WVTRA/WVRPA Conference November 2-4, 2010Canaan Valley State Park

Have served as the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) representative for the W.Va. branch for the last several years.

Current president of the WVTRA association and conference chair, Brent Sturm asked me to help find presenters.

Why You Should Present?

Well, you’ll get to go to Canaan Valley State Park in West Virginia. If selected to present, we’ll provide you with meals, lodging and travel expense. You might want to check out the park online: http://www.canaanresort.com/

Here are some expertises areas that I’d like to see at this conference:
State Licensure for Recreational Therapists
Evidenced Based Practice
Public Policy and Advocacy

Please email me: danny@dannypettry.com if you’d be interested in presenting.

CEU Opportunity!

Korey Capes asked me to let you know about the St. Petersburg Recreation Therapy Conference. January 29-31, 2010.

The conference will be held in The Sheen Conference Center at Bayfront Medical Center, located at 701 6th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Here is a link for the handout:
http://www.stpete.org/recreation/docs/St_Petersburg__Conference.pdf

Here are some topics:

• Recreation Therapy’s use of Equine Assisted Therapy to Improve Quality of Life
• Using Cinema in the Therapeutic Setting
• Cultural Sensitive Care and Community Reintegration for People with SCI
• Recreational Therapists Working with Other Disciplines to Improve Patient Outcomes
• Marrying the Recreational Therapy Profession: It's Not Turning Two into One,
• But Two Into Three: ATRA, NTRS and Us
• The Recreation-Cognition Connection
• Establishing Effective Adaptive Sports Programs Using Community Partnerships
• Making the Arts Accessible to All
• Handcycles for Fun, Fitness, and Competition
• Developing Partnerships: Miami-Dade Parks & Recreation’s Road to Paralympic Partners
• Recreation Therapy's Role in Dementia Care
• Collaboration Between Educators, Practitioners, and Students on a Sensory Stimulation Program
• Documentation: Promoting our Profession and Evidence-Based Practice
• Recreation Therapy within the Medical Foster Home Program
• Future Trends for Senior Centers in the Aging Network
• Adaptive Kayaking in the Community
• Sexual Trauma and Recreation Therapy: What Works
• Enhancing Quality of Life for Veterans in a Nursing Home: Cultural Transformation

http://www.stpete.org/recreation/docs/St_Petersburg__Conference.pdf