Recreation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Recreational therapists, also referred to as therapeutic recreation specialists, provide treatment services and recreation activities for individuals with disabilities or illnesses. Using a variety of techniques, including arts and crafts, animals, sports, games, dance and movement, drama, music, and community outings, therapists improve and maintain the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their clients.Therapists help individuals reduce depression, stress, and anxiety; recover basic motor functioning and reasoning abilities; build confidence; and socialize effectively so that they can enjoy greater independence and reduce or eliminate the effects of their illness or disability. In addition, therapists help people with disabilities integrate into the community by teaching them how to use community resources and recreational activities.

Salary: $48,372

Education:

Completion of a Bachelor's degree or higher, Completion of recreation therapy coursework and related areas One year paid work experience in recreation therapy under the supervision of a CTRS , or  5 years full time paid experience in recreation therapy. Successful completion of the CTRS certification Exam. 

Responsible

1. Clean your house
2. Do HW on time
3. Get to school on time
4. Do your chores
5. Sleep
6. Wake up on time

Irresponsible

1. Wake up late
2. Get to school late
3. Forget to do your chores
4. Turn your HW in late
5. Disrespect the teacher
6. Get in fights.

Student Success Statement

"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon:

self-respect, dignity,integrity, and self-esteem."

Dr.Laura Schlessinger

Reflection: This means that if you choose to do the right thing you might not get rewarded with money or things like that but you will get your own reward. A reward such as a guilt free conscience. 

Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychologists study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns.  They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems.  Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice.  They can specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, developmental, social, experimental, and industrial-organizational psychology.  Their duties often include:

Diagnosing and treating problems.

Interviewing and observing patients.

Developing, selecting, and administering tests.

Counseling patients, groups, and families.

Developing mental health programs.

Conducting research and teaching.

Average Salary:  $45,000 - $65,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science.

Licensed psychologists must earn a Ph.D. in psychology.  Admission to graduate programs is usually dependent on the quality of undergraduate performance in a psychology major.  Clinical psychologists must complete a two-year supervised internship after earning their doctorate and pass oral and written state qualifying exams.

School psychologists must earn at least a master's degree

Student Success Statement

"Right is right only when entire."

Victor Hugo

Reflection: If you are missing something or someone in your life or even if you haven't fully completed your goals then life is not right.

Student Success Statement

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased."

Ralph waldo Emerson

Reflection: When something seems impossible just keep attempting to fulfill it, perseverance is the key to life.

Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a vary wide variety of treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities.  Their duties include:

Designing treatment programs.

Conducting psychotherapy sessions.

Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.

Supervising electrotherapy treatments.

Conducting research.

Leading a team of mental health care providers.

Average Salary:  $90,000 - $200,000

Educational Requirements:

In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine,  psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

I would not like to do this job because I find it boring.