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National Therapeutic Recreation Week

Floor Speech

Date: July 31, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

National Therapeutic Recreation Week

Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, in July we celebrate National Therapeutic Recreation Week. And therapeutic recreation or recreational therapy embraces a definition of health, which includes not only the absence of illness, but extends to enhancement of the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and leisure development.

This caring profession touches the lives of individuals facing life-changing disease and disability all across the Nation. These services are provided by professionals nationally certified by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification as certified therapeutic recreation specialists.

Every day, countless individuals face rebuilding lives as a result of disease and disability. These individuals benefit from compassionate and cost-effective care of a certified therapeutic recreation specialist. Recreational therapy ultimately aims to improve an individual's functioning and keep them as active, healthy, and independent as possible.

Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the caring professionals of the therapeutic recreation profession for the services and care that they provide every day.


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