CALL FOR CARTE BOARD NOMINATIONS
The Committee on Accreditation of Recreational Therapy Education (CARTE) is now seeking nominations to fill expiring board member terms. CARTE is seeking the following board positions: 2 Educators (3-yr term), 2 Practitioners (3-yr term), 1 Student (1-yr term), and 1 Public (3-yr term). The Board meets VIRTUALLY 1x/mo. This a great opportunity to learn about accreditation and ensuring quality education of future RTs. Nominations are due April 8th, 2022. Please see/share attached document for details or contact email Dr. David Loy at loyd@ecu.edu.

Dawn DeVries, ATRA's Director of Advocacy & Legislative Affairs presented at Social Prescribing USA's Community of Practice meeting. Dawn shared how as a profession, recreational therapists utilize elements and aspects of social prescribing with various groups of people with disabilities and various conditions, using different interventions from nature, coping, and arts. View the recording here and read the blog post here .