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CAC Newsletter
1st Edition December 2002

CAC Board Members

Chair
Becki Chilcote-McGrath, CTRS

Chair-Elect
Doug Boleyn, CTRS

Secretary
Lourdes Martinez, CTRS

Board Liaison
ATRA President-Elect
Melinda Conway Callahan, CFRE

Ex Offico
ATRA Executive Director
Ann Huston, MPA, CTRS

ATRA makes Continuing Education more convenient than ever

The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) is pleased to announce the release of a new Audiotape Program that will make continuing education easier than ever for recreational therapists... (MORE)


The Top 10 Reasons to Join ATRA
There has been much discussion recently about the small number of professionals that are ATRA members. We have 18,000 nationally certified recreation therapists and only 16% or less than 3000 belong... (MORE)

Gold Coast
Current chapter goals:
Increase funds toward membership to increase benefits
Increase involvement with facilities (Hospitals, SNF’s etc…) in tri-county area...(MORE)

Lone Star

Last held a workshop in October 2001. Planning a Spring 2003 workshop in April/May and bring in GT Thompson and or Ann Huston. (MORE)

WVTRA
Annual conference held March 15-16, 2002 in Mineral Wells...(MORE)
Who Is Your CAC Board Liaison?
Becki Chilcote-Mcgrath
Becki_buckeye@yahoo.com
ASTRA, KATRA, LA-Magnolia, MITRA, MTRA, NART, NOTRA, Pac-NW, WVTRA, Lone Star

Doug Boleyn
boleynd@genesishealth.com
Arkansas, Bat Area, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, KC ATRA, NETRA, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

Lourdes Martinez
Lourdsmart@aol.com
CHARTA, CDARTA, GCTRA, LA-Pelican, NJ/EPA, NCRTA, TRTA, WSTRA, GATRA

Chair's Message
Happy Holidays to all of the Chapter Affiliates in the ATRA family! What another exciting year to be part of one of this country’s leading healthcare organization! ATRA continues to strive in providing outstanding service to our members and our profession as a whole. (MORE)

GATRA
Working to revitalize interest and participation in chapter activities. Providing 2 one-day workshops annually to work toward this goal. Recent conferences... (MORE)

ITRA
Moved the site of the annual conference to the University of Northern Iowa which was well received. The facility lends itself to a diversity of topics to present on such as utilizing...(MORE)

NETRA
NETRA had a very successful conference on the 25th of October. There were about 80 attendees in all, with 15 or more students in attendance. Ann Huston was ...(MORE)

Editor's Comment
Annual conference held March 15-16, 2002 in Mineral Wells...(MORE)