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Recreational therapists, also referred to as therapeutic recreation specialists, provide treatment services and recreation activities to individuals with disabilities or illnesses. Recreational therapists provide services in special activity rooms, but also plan activities and prepare documentation in offices. Recreational therapists held about 27,000 jobs in 2002. About a third of salaried jobs for therapists were in nursing care facilities and almost another third were in hospitals. A bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation, or in recreation with a concentration in therapeutic recreation, is the usual requirement for entry-level positions. Overall employment of recreational therapists is expected to grow more slowly than the average for all occupations through the year 2012. Median annual earnings of recreational therapists were $30,540 in 2002.
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