CDATRA (Cincinnati/Dayton)

It's been a busy fall here at the Cincinnati/Dayton Area Recreational Therapy Association (CDARTA). We have just finished with our annual fall workshop, began a Professional Awareness and Promotion Campaign Committee, and began strides to further and improve our membership. This year's workshop was held at Camp Kern in Lebanon, Ohio on October the 12th. Camp Kern is a YMCA affiliated camp, which offers a multiple of different program opportunities. The focus for this year's workshop was on Experiential Education within Recreational Therapy. The day was filled with educational sessions to teach facilitation techniques of Experiential Education as well as participate in those activities. These opportunities allowed our members the opportunity to improve their networking skills with the other therapists' and to take back some of the initiatives to their facilities.

The committee on Professional Awareness and Promotion Campaign has been introduced by Dr. Kathleen Scheltens from the College of Mount Saint Joseph's in Cincinnati. This campaign was introduced to CDARTA, back in April, by Dr. Schelten, as a way for CDARTA and Recreational Therapy to promote our services to the community and as a profession. This committee is still in its infant stage and we look forward to its development.

The membership with CDARTA has not been up to the standard par as it has in the past. With the constant dedication of our Board and our Member at Large, Melinda Hall, we are confident that we will continue to increase our membership by the end of term.

CDARTA continues to grow financially and structurally as an organization through its constant dedication of its current members, the backing or the Chapter Affiliate Council, and it's Board of Directors.

Derek R. Sauerbrun, CTRS
CDARTA President