Lesson 14

From last week's toolboxes, I liked Tristan's videos about why people became recreation therapists
https://youtu.be/IJMW2FP4gs4
https://youtu.be/3UFfRCvRp7o


My toolbox is all about how to become more involved in accessible rec. It includes ways to be involved in your area, how to make your facilities more accessible, creating accessible programs, and understanding where the people that you work with are coming from. It will provide starter information on all of this for my career. It reminds me how I need to treat people and what I should be doing for them. There is an entire world out there that has yet to be discovered and explored. There is so much more to be done and I am hoping that having this information as a starting base it will help me in getting that work going.

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