Iowa Chapter

The Iowa Therapeutic Recreation Association (ITRA) has been actively working on several major projects to expand the services we provide to Therapeutic Recreation professionals within the state of Iowa. At our 2001 Spring Conference the membership voted to add six regional representative positions to the Board of Directors to encourage more input from the members. During this past year we developed a web site, www.iowatra.org, to promote the field of Therapeutic Recreation, to provide internship information to college students, and to advertise job openings to professionals. The Board is also working on expanding our Strategic Plan.

Our next Spring Conference will be held on Friday, April 5, 2002, at the Wellness-Recreation Center, University of Northern Iowa (UNI), in Cedar Falls. This will be the second year that our conference has has been held at this facility, which allows us to offer hands-on sessions utilizing the climbing wall, the pools, the gyms, and the dance studios. The 2001 Spring Conference was well received and had a large increase in attendance over previous years.

Joe Wilson
Iowa Chapter