Therapeutic Recreation Internship Information

Dear Potential Therapeutic Recreation Internship Agency Supervisor:

Thank you for your interest in becoming an internship site for the therapeutic recreation students at Illinois State University. We are always pleased to have a variety of agencies available for students to complete their senior internships. The senior internship is very important for the student's learning experience, and for the certification process through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC). The therapeutic recreation faculty at Illinois State established a process to review potential internship sites based on NCTRC, NTRS, and ATRA Internship Guidelines. In order to begin the process of becoming an internship site, the following must be forwarded to the university:

1. Therapeutic Recreation Internship Site Information Form.
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2. NCTRC Job Task List.
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It normally takes between two to four weeks to review an agency as a possible internship site. The process will take longer if insufficient documentation is sent. Please make sure your application is complete.

In 2009, the therapeutic recreation faculty implemented a policy to update approved agencies.
Changes occur in agencies after they have completed the two forms noted above. An agency may be approved and then not have a student in several years. In order to make sure that we have the most current information on your agency and that your agency complies with existing or any new NCTRC standards, you will be asked to complete an Internship Site Update form each time you accept a student. This form is short and will be quick for you to complete. On question 8, if you are not sure if students will be exposed to NCTRC job task areas, please review form 2 above (NCTRC Job Task List).  In fact if your original application materials were completed before 2007 when the latest job analysis was completed, you MUST complete form 2 above. You will not need to complete this form again until the next NCTRC job analysis.

1. Therapeutic Recreation Internship Site Update
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If you have any questions feel free to contact me at (309) 438-8396. Please forward your completed forms and documentation to:

Sandra Wolf Klitzing, Ph.D., CTRS
Illinois State University
School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Campus Box 5120
Normal, IL 61790-5120

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Email: slklitz@ilstu.edu

Helpful Links:

• American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA)

• National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC)

• National Parks and Recreation Association (Inclusion Network)

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Original Content © 2003-2011 Dr. Sandra Wolf Klitzing
slklitz@ilstu.edu
Illinois State University
Last updated August 17, 2011