PA Therapeutic Recreation Society Information

VA Specialty Representative

PTRS is in search of a member who currently works at a Pennsylvania Veterans Administration facility in a therapeutic recreation position to serve as VA Specialty Representative on the Executive Committee of PTRS. Click here to view the job description. If  you are interested or have questions contact Kirk Rakos, CTRS PTRS President, at krakos@masonicvillages.org or (717) 367-1121 x33191

PTRS Election

Pennsylvania Therapeutic Recreation Society is accepting nominations

for the following positions on their Executive Committee for the

2015-2017 term.

Therapeutic Recreation Institute (TRI)

SAVE THE DATE!

47th Annual PA Therapeutic Recreation Institute

June 3-5, 2015

DoubleTree Resort

Lancaster, PA

Call for Proposals!

The 2015 TRI session proposal form is available. The proposal submission deadline is January 15, 2015. 

PRPS Election Reminder! 

PRPS Conference #Speaker Highlights 

Sunday Opening Keynote Speaker:

Christopher Ridenhour
As Director of the Employee Engagement and Customer Service Training for a Philadelphia, PA, based CCRC Management Company, Christopher develops and delivers high impact staff education focused on Heroic Communication and Listening, Powerful Caring and Compassion, Aspects of Inspired Leadership, Total Team Commitment, and World Class Supervision among other critical employee competencies. Christopher's audiences thrill to a mix of theatrics, storytelling and unconventional activities based on researched, expert-approved business theories and practices. He has presented nationally to appreciative and energized conference audiences as well as scores if facilities and corporations.

Monday Society Luncheon Speaker:

Ellen Ferretti

Ellen Ferretti was confirmed as the fifth secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on Dec. 10, 2013. Prior to her appointment as secretary, she served as deputy for parks and forestry since June 2011. In this role, she was responsible for managing and directing the operations of the bureaus of state parks; forestry; and facility, design and construction. Among her priorities for DCNR is caring for our public lands, focusing on improvements for aging facilities, well-managed forests and high management standards for our award-winning state parks; promoting opportunities for children and young people to connect to nature through parks and forests and creating partnerships to promote healthy and active communities.

Wednesday Closing Keynote Speaker:

Matt Jones
"Parks and Recreation is Marathon - Developing Your Marathon Mentality" shows professionals how to gain VICTORY by developing their "marathon mentality"and crossing the finish line! Gain inspiration, motivation and skills designed to boost your career to new heights! Parks and Recreation management, like a marathon, is an endurance event. In order to achieve VICTORY and cross the finish the line you must stay energized, push through the wall of adversity and persevere until the end. Through Matt Jones' experiences of overcoming major adversity and insurmountable odds, you will be inspired and learn strategies to achieve greater VICTORY by developing your "Marathon Mentality" and cross your Finish Line! Parks and Recreational Professionals will discover the number one factor to staying motivated, how to overcome the biggest challenge they will ever face and how to keep and/or regain their passion for Parks and Recreation!  

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