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Career Opportunities
Bowling -- Fall 2011
- Diverse global opportunities to practice
- Recreation Therapy continues to be one of the fastest growing professions in US. [Bureau of Labor]
- Hospitals provide the largest number of T.R. positions
- New trends in community health services give rise to new opportunities
- Job prospects are expected to be prevalent for those with a strong clinical background
- Comparable salary to other bachelor degree prepared, basic-entry-level health professionals
Practice settings in health and community agencies
- Long-Term Residential Care
- Hospitals & Clinics
- Continued Care Retirement Communities (CCRC)
- Community Park Departments
- Residential group homes
- School systems
- Correctional facilities
- Home health
- Adventure/Wilderness Therapy
- Outpatient substance abuse
- Community mental health
- Youth agencies
- Respite and Hospice Centers
- Veteran Rehabilitation Services
