More Than 100 Recreation Therapists Visit St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Fla. (January 28, 2010) – More than 100 Recreation Therapists from 13 different states, Puerto Rico and Canada are registered for educational sessions and networking events designed to promote the use of recreation therapy in St. Petersburg this weekend.
The St. Petersburg Recreation Therapy Conference, hosted by the city’s Therapeutic Recreation Division and Bayfront Medical Center’s recreation therapy program, takes place at the Sheen Conference Center at Bayfront Medical Center, 701 Sixth St. S., January 29, 30 and 31.
Recreation therapy improves the functional skills and overall quality of life for people with illness, injury or other disabilities. A wide variety of sessions include such topics as equine therapy, new innovations in assistive technology, adaptive kayaking and building community/hospital partnerships to develop paralympic sports training programs.
Event organizer Cory Kapes said, “At first we expected about 35 to attend, but with a great program and great weather in beautiful St. Petersburg, many more are making the trip. We are at full capacity.”
Note for media: Best photo opportunity time is on Friday, January 29 at 12:30 p.m. for the general session when Mayor Foster and officials from Bayfront Medical Center welcome guests.
In September, the city of St. Petersburg was recognized nationally with the 2009 National Institute on Recreation Inclusion Organizational Excellence Award for its programs to provide services and opportunities to children, youth and adults with differing abilities.
For a full program schedule, contact 727-893-7918 or visit www.stpete.org/recreation/docs/St_Petersburg__Conference.pdf. For more information about recreation therapy see www.nctrc.org.
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