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The NCTRC Certification Standards
serve as the official guidelines for test eligibility status
and govern all requirements pertaining to certification and
recertification. It is the policy of the NCTRC Board of Directors
to post notice of all standard changes well in advance to
effective dates.
The NCTRC Board of Directors has approved the following changes
to the Certification Standards.
1.
Supportive
Coursework Information - Anatomy and Physiology Requirement:
Effective
Date: January 1, 2012
The
content area of anatomy and physiology is required for professional
certification because knowledge of human anatomy (bones, muscles,
and body systems) and physiology (how those systems work and
interface) is deemed essential to an educational foundation
in therapeutic recreation. Across the continuum from inpatient
care to independent enjoyment of recreation, from knowledge
of pathology to the benefits of health promotion, the CTRS
who facilitates the therapeutic recreation process in any
way draws from knowledge of the human body. NCTRC believes
that this foundation was best laid through the requirement
of a course in anatomy and physiology. Typical course titles
accepted by NCTRC include “Anatomy and Physiology” or “Human
Anatomy and Physiology”, “Kinesiology” may be accepted as
the physiology requirement if the applicant also completes
a course in anatomy. If a single course is used to
meet this requirement (ie: Human Anatomy and/or Human Physiology),
then the course must address anatomy and physiology in equal
parts (at least 50% of the course respectively). A
course that is intended to serve as an entry-level Human Biology
course does not meet the NCTRC Anatomy and Physiology requirement.
2.
Content Coursework Information - Increase in Therapeutic Recreation
Content Course Requirement:
Effective
Date: January 1, 2013
Academic
Path
“A
minimum of 18 semester or 24 quarter credit hours of therapeutic
recreation and general recreation content coursework with
no less than a minimum of 15 semester or 20 quarter credit
hours in therapeutic recreation content. A minimum of 5 courses
in therapeutic recreation is required and each course must
be a minimum of 3 credit hours; AND…”
Equivalency
Path A & B
“A minimum of 18 semester
or 24 quarter credit hours of therapeutic recreation and general
recreation content coursework with no less than a minimum of
15 semester or 20 quarter credit hours in therapeutic recreation
content. A minimum of 5 courses in therapeutic recreation is
required and each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours;
AND…” 3.
Content Coursework Information - Content Specific Therapeutic
Recreation Coursework Requirement:
Effective
Date: January 1, 2013
Content
specific Therapeutic Recreation coursework will be required
as part of the NCTRC professional eligibility requirements.
The specific course content will include the following areas:
a/ Assessment; b/ TR Process; and c/ Advancement of the Profession.
It is recommended that each content area be addressed by a
specific TR course and that at a minimum at least 50% of the
course be devoted to the designated content material.
4.
Field Placement Standards Information - Increase in the Number
of Internship Weeks and Hours: Effective January 1, 2013
Academic
Path
A
minimum 560-hour, fourteen (14) consecutive week field placement
experience in therapeutic recreation services that uses the
therapeutic recreation process as defined by the current NCTRC
Job Analysis.
5.
Field Placement Standards information - Academic Field
Placement Supervisor must possess the CTRS Credential:
Effective
January 1, 2013
The
Academic Field Placement Supervisor must be an active CTRS
at the start of the field placement experience and is required
to sign the final Field Placement Verification Form signifying
that the candidate completed all stated components of the
NCTRC field placement requirements.
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The
NCTRC Board of Directors approved at its April 2003 meeting
a Military Reserve Certification Status for those CTRSs currently
on active duty in the Armed Forces. NCTRC recognizes the efforts
of the men and women serving in the Armed Forces and is committed
to assisting them to maintain their CTRS or Professional Eligibility
status.
During the period of Reserve Status, the qualified individual
is not required to complete the NCTRC annual maintenance or
recertification application, pay annual renewal fees, or complete
the NCTRC exam if test eligible. A qualified individual can
remain on NCTRC Reserve Status as long as he/she is on active
duty within a United States military service, not to exceed
a period of two years. NCTRC Reserve Status will cease as
of the date of your official military discharge from active
duty.
If you wish to apply for Military Reserve Certification Status
or have any questions regarding the information outlined above,
please contact NCTRC.
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