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May 5, 2003
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Recreational Therapists Make Plans for a Peachy Annual Conference in Atlanta
The 2003 Annual conference of the American Therapeutic Recreation
Association will be held September 12-16, 2003, in Atlanta
Georgia. Atlanta provides unique opportunities for the ATRA
conference attendees to learn and play in a city like no other.
Conference participants from across the country can explore
the unique sights and sounds of Atlanta as they gather for
the largest national conference for recreational therapy professionals.
The conference will include over 100 educational sessions on current healthcare issues and clinical practice for recreational therapists. Officials from the prestigious Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) will present several sessions. ATRA is a member of the External Partners group of the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities within the CDC. This new center also houses the entire branch of Health and Disability and will be a focus of the ATRA Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA this September.
ATRA has long been committed to Diversity and Atlanta with its important history in the Civil Rights movement provides an ideal setting to celebrate that commitment. In between sessions, participants have the opportunity to stroll down Sweet Auburn Avenue. The Sweet Auburn district is the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a historic site that includes a visitor center depicting the story of Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement, the restored King Birth Home, Ebenezer Baptist Church where both he and his father preached, the King burial site and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Recreational therapists have a unique love of sports and recreation, so conference participants may want to visit the Centennial Olympic Park, a 21-acre legacy from the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Conference participants might stop by the CNN Center global headquarters of Turner Broadcasting System, where visitors get a first-hand look at global news in the making on the CNN Studio Tour. And no visit to Atlanta would be complete without a visit to the World of Coca-Cola Atlanta.
Make plans to join us for the 2003 ATRA Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA September 12-16, 2003!
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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