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This list of organizations is drawn from the MCH Organizations Database. Contact information is the most recent known to the MCH Digital Library.

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National Therapeutic Recreation Society (NTRS)

Annotation: The National Therapeutic Recreation Society (NTRS), a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association, is a membership organization of practitioners, administrators, educators, volunteers, students, and others interested in providing therapeutic recreation services for people with disabilities in clinical facilities and in the community. The Society unites professional and paraprofessional therapeutic recreation personnel and encourages their professional development, advocates for the leisure rights of people with disabilities, encourages and conducts research to improve the quality of therapeutic recreation service, and promotes relationships between therapeutic recreation personnel and professions and agencies concerned with the health and well-being of people with disabilities. Services to consumers include referrals. Publications include Therapeutic Recreation Journal. NTRS sponsors conferences and training seminars.

Keywords: Recreation therapy, Children with special health care needs, Community integration
   

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