NEWS RELEASE
July 1, 2004

Contact: Laurie Jake, ATRA Communications Coordinator
Phone (480) 460-1525 or
Ann D. Huston, ATRA Executive Director
Phone: (703) 683-9420

Recreational Therapy Recognized as Allied Health Profession of the Month

(Alexandria, VA) Recreational Therapy has been recognized as the Allied Health Profession of the Month for the month of July. The Allied Health Profession of the Month is a program coordinated through the Health Professions Network (HPN). For the direct link to the Recreational Therapy profession’s recognition go to http://www.healthpronet.org/ahp_month/07_04.html.

Recognition as the Allied Health Profession of the Month is an honor for the recreational therapy profession and coincides with the nationally recognized month of July to celebrate the profession. The official celebration for recreational therapy is the week of July 11-18, 2004 however many recreational therapy professionals chose to celebrate the entire month of July.

The American Therapeutic Recreation Association has many promotional items available on their website to recognize the profession during the month of July at http://www.atra-tr.org/promotions/index.htm

For more information about the field of recreational therapy please contact the American Therapeutic Recreation Association www.atra-tr.org.
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The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) was founded in 1984 to advance the profession of therapeutic recreation. ATRA is a non-profit, professional membership organization dedicating 100% of resources and efforts to promote therapeutic recreation professionals in health care and human service settings. For more information, please contact the ATRA National Office http://www.atra-tr.org