I’m attending the 2016 ATRA Conference.
I’ll be posting reviews on the sessions and events that I attend, right here at my blog-a-roo.
Here is my current plan of sessions:
Friday, September 9, 2016
___ Pack stuff and check it twice!
___ Drive to Chicago
Saturday, September 10, 2016
___ 8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.: The New World of Professional Management. By Miss Armstrong, Mary Ann Keogh Hoss, Donna Gregory, and Sharon Nicholas
___ 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Open General Session: Adaptive Recreation as Medicine: Personal and professional perspectives by Aaron Bunnell
Sunday, September 11, 2016
___ 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. ATRA Child and Adolescent Section: Kaylee McGuire and Abby Pestak
___ 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Benefits of involvement in state and national therapeutic recreation organizations with Debbie Tiger and Karen Bone
___ 12:00 until 1:00 p.m. NCTRC Certificates Meeting
___ 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. – Graduate study and careers in RT higher education with Cari Autry and Sydney Sklar
___ 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. – recertification and specialty certification overview with Robin McNeal and Susan Kaufer
___ 4:45 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. – ATRA Chapter Affiliates Meeting
Monday, September 12, 2016
___ 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Sailing to Greatness
___ 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. – Rec Therapy for children ages 7 to 12 with abuse-reactive needs with Danny Pettry
___ 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. – I’ll be assisting with the Student Job Internship Social
___ 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. – Friends, Relationships and sexuality: RT intervention strategies for individuals with ASD with Maggie Whaley, Thea Kavanaugh, and Susan Sunden
___3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. (undecided).
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
___ Sign-out of hotel room.
___ 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. ATRA: Moving forward toward the future
___ 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. State coordinator licensure session with Debbie Robinson and Anne Richard
___ 11:30 a.m. – lunch
___ 1:00 p.m. Mindfulness techniques with Debbie Tiger
___ 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Python that ate the alligator with Alexis McKenny and Marieke Van Puymbroeck
___ – get the heck out of Dodge City – I mean Chicago.