Here’s the schedule for the 2017 WSTRA Conference. You have until Friday to register before the rate increases!
The WSTRA BOD is looking forward to seeing many of you there!
7:15 – 7:45 – Check-in/Registration
7:45 – 8:00 – Welcome/info – WSTRA BOD
8:00 – 9:30 – Two 90 min breakout sessions
- The Self-Assessment Guide and the Standards of Practice
- Susan Disman, CTRS/R & Kelsey Ellis, CTRS/R
- Promoting Healthy Leisure for Children with Disabilities
- Susan Collins, CTRS/R & Rachel Field, CTRS/R
9:30 – 9:45 – Break
9:45 – 11:15 – Keynote Speaker
- Advocating for your Profession with Passion, Knowledge, and Organization!
- Missy Armstrong, MS, CTRS/R, FDRT
11:15 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 1:00 – Two 90 min breakout sessions
- Turning Problems into Solutions:Facilitation Strategies for Youth in Mental Health Settings
- Melissa D’Eloia, Ph.D., CTRS & Keith Fulthorp, Ed.D., PPS
- Professional World 101
- Michelle Solomon, CTRS/R
1:00 – 1:30 – Lunch (included in registration cost)
1:30 – 2:30 – Annual Meeting – WSTRA BOD
2:30 – 2:45 – Break
2:45 – 3:45 – Two 60 min Breakout sessions
- Treating Organizations as Clients: Assessment, Planning, Interventions, and Evaluation Strategies for Recreational Therapists
- Katie Stephens, CTRS
- Self Determination Theory, Methodological and Evaluation Issues in TR
- Begum Aybar-Damali, Ph.D
3:45 – 4:00 – Break
4:00 – 5:30 – Two 90 min breakout sessions
- Avolition as a Negative Symptom for Adults with Psychiatric Disorders
- Laree Shanda, CTRS/R
- Rowing as Recreational Therapy
- Tara Morgan, Carrie Booker, CTRS/R, Susan Collins, CTRS/R
5:30 – 6:00 – Clean up and leave
