Career Goal

My primary career goal is to become a physician practicing evidence-based medicine in making treatment decisions with patients. This, combined with my longstanding passion for genetics, prompted my MS application with hopes of developing an understanding for genetics, which I believe will maintain relevance and importance in the medical field throughout my lifetime. Within an understanding of research contributing to evidence-based medicine, in contrast to current practice-based research, I would especially like to investigate the role of epigenetics in diseased states.

There are many career paths that you can take when studying leisure studies/services with one being therapeutic recreation. Therapeutic recreation uses a mix of activity therapy, education and recreation and leisure to help promote the health and well-being of people who require specialised care because of illness or disability. Within the United

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Therapeutic recreation is a treatment service designed to restore, remediate and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life.

Everyday so many people are conflicted with injuries that may or may not change their life and find themselves in need of someone to help them to get back on their feet. Recreational therapists are that someone who will be a shoulder for anyone to lean on that needs a little extra support, both figuratively and literally. Every day Recreational therapists are working hard to help people get their life back on track. The mental drive to help people is a big part of what makes this job so incredibly appealing. Recreational therapists must be supportive and patient and kind in order for the treatments to be effective in keeping the patients' happy and feeling taken care of. Being a go getter is such a big part of being

"Therapeutic Recreation Specialists are special people that not only touch the lives of the individuals we work with but they improve their quality of life by successfully allowing them to overcome barriers, achieve leisure optimally with limited about of assistance," stated Pamela Higginbotham, Brock University Recreation Student. Therapeutic Recreation Specialists have special personalities, by just being with their patients, they are helping them become stronger people. They are immensely impacting the lives of many people with disabilities everyday by just having a fantastic time! (“What Is Therapeutic Recreation?”) Truly, Therapeutic Recreation Specialists need a compassionate heart, a great amount of patience, and a passion for helping people in need.

To understand stereotypes about of a recreational therapist, one must learn what therapeutic recreation does and how it benefits patients. Recreational therapists are people that plan, direct, recreational – based treatment people for people with illnesses and disabilities. There are myths about recreational therapists that come from a society not understanding the term “recreational therapy”. Recreational therapists play an active role in helping people young or old learn to carry daily activities to aid them in their daily lives.

Therapeutic Recreation is the provision of Treatment Services and the provision of Recreation Services to people with illnesses or disabling conditions. The primary purposes of treatment services which are often referred to as Recreational Therapy, are to restore, remediate or rehabilitate in order to improve functioning and independence as well as reduce or eliminate the effects of illness or disability. The primary purposes of Recreational Services are to

When I was a sophomore in High School trying to figure out what I wanted to do for my future career, Physical Therapy appealed to me the most. Being a Physical Therapist allows me to interact with people all day, and be up and active with my patients. I am the type of person who struggles to stay still and I want to be around people and talking to them all the time, so this is a career that allows me to do this.

Physical Therapy has become an extremely desirable career within the past ten years, growing steadily each year. The interest generally sparks in students that are athletes and who are interested in the body. However, most prospective students don’t comprehend the time, effort and enormous dedication required to pursue a career in physical therapy. In addition to the ignorance, they also are unaware of the actual description and roles of being a physical therapist. While many believe it just consists of showing people exercises and helping them work out, there is so much more to being a

In one of the stories called Making Kids Work on Goals, Sue Shellenbarger has evidence of students wanting to achieve their goals at younger ages. “42% of students ages 10 to 18 say they are energetically pursing their goals 35% Strongly believe they can find ways around problems that may arise and 53% say they are hopeful for their future”. In another story called Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, Randy Pausch talks about how childhood dreams can come true and that it feels even better to help people accomplish their childhood dreams. “And as you get older, you may find that ‘enabling the dreams of others’ is even more fun” Now is it better to have short term or long term goals for a dream job, short term works better because of how long term goals seem to affect people.

My mother battled mental illness during her life. Unfortunately she lost her battle in September 2013. Since her surprising death I have soul-searched and researched ways to help others like my mother.That introspection has brought me to your program, Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling.

Recreational Therapy is based off of recreational exercises which are meant to aid areas in which a client requires help. These areas can be health related, addiction, motivation, attitudes and social comfort. For all careers to be successful there must be competition which results in ideals being debated and exchanged. This exchange of beliefs and ideas leads to improvement. improvement is key when it comes to the health and wellbeing of a client of a recreational therapist. Information needs to be exchanged in order for the advancement of therapeutic recreation. In this analysis several forums will be discussed, topics are related to motivation, attitudes and social comfort of volunteers during therapeutic recreation programs, benefits of exercise/leisure activities and awareness of social anxiety and other disorders.

Throughout my professional career, I have had the privilege of leading, supervising and managing teams on many occasions. In each case, it was incumbent upon me to inspire and empower a group of individuals to work together, and obtain the cooperation of many contributing offices and subject-matter experts to ensure the success of a given project or service initiative. My experience as a liaison professional, coupled with my personal diplomacy skills, enabled me to communicate clearly and effectively, negotiate differences, and achieve consensus on a regular basis.

Throughout my life I intend to make several large financial purchases, but the most important of these are paying for college, and buying a house and a car. Payments for college is largely important to me, as I plan to pursue many years of education for my final career goal as a doctor. This is a large educational goal for me, but with this comes a large financial goal to pay for this. My credit union is able to help make wise financial choices firstly through providing information to me. Just through information alone, I can learn which types of savings and loans work best for my situation and future goals. There is much room for me to learn about different methods that I can save and use money and this will be largely beneficial for me to