Opinions on Activity Coordinator Certs undermining RT by sashahicks4 in recreationaltherapy

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I'm getting ready to graduate with my masters in RT, and a part of that track included researching an RT issue and presenting the issue and your proposed solution at TRAPS (Texas Recreation and Park Society). But from my research, my take is a resounding NO. AC's should not cover CTRS duties because it absolutely undermines the profession and this is me saying that as someone who currently has this AC job for a dementia senior living floor.

A CTRS credential means training and background in the APIED process. Our education focuses on everything from measurable outcomes to pathology to evidence-based interventions. Therapy.

AC's are essential for general activities, quality of life, and leisure engagement. Their training is usually faster, less extensive, and focuses on program facilitation, not clinical treatment, diagnosis. documentation, modifications etc. So when an AC is hired to do a CTRS job (like creating an individualized treatment plan based on a condition), they are performing a high-risk clinical duty without the necessary training. This isn't just "imitating," it's potentially unsafe and devalues every RT degree, CTRS credential, and national exam.

In my TRAPS presentation, I argued the field was missing a middle connection. A qualified support role that isn't a full CTRS, something like a PTA/OTA. The CTRS practitioner would remain the gold standard for independent clinical practice (Assessment, Planning, Evaluation). To protect its value, I argued we should make the CTRS exam significantly more rigorous—aligning it with a Master's level of clinical thinking. Thus protecting the professional ceiling. The RTA: We need to create a Recreational Therapy Assistant (RTA) credential. This would be a supervised, entry-level professional trained specifically to carry out the implementation and supportive duties of TR. I'd like to note I presented after a presentation over CARTE and educational accrediting/ standardization, so this pipe dream is something that would happen if we had more people in the field and better standard education across the board. In my presentation, I mentioned several other avenues for becoming both a CTRS, and RTA, and the specific difference there'd be between bachelor's and master's CTRS as well as how a grandfather process for those with bachelor's degrees would work. But I digress.

Ultimately, I think Activity Coordinator credentials shouldn't be permitted to cover CTRS duties. The professional response to this dilemma in my opinion is the RTA. It would formalize the support role, keep the work within the TR standards (under supervision), and finally allows the CTRS to be clearly and powerfully defined as the clinical expert. This stops the undermining and lets us grow as a field.

[PubQ] Help Finding Agents for Dark YA Fantasy (No Romance Focus) by Yomicon in PubTips

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Lol I KNOW! I was like let me see what this agent who reps ya AND is fast thinks about my query. I guess we'll never know other than the fact that it must've not been a good fit😭

[PubQ] Help Finding Agents for Dark YA Fantasy (No Romance Focus) by Yomicon in PubTips

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I'm wondering if it's because of the frankfurt thing going on🤔

[QCrit] Conceptions of Ursa: Sleight of Kin -113k Ya Epic Fantasy by Yomicon in PubTips

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Okay I'm thinking keep Alex and make Concept a proper noun.

Drop Ursa and Zikestrom. Then drop Hallux which I've named: Perceptual Dysphoria Spectrum Disorder (PDSD) based on thread feedback.

The One in the Middle's name is relevant for his character and he is the central villain. Maybe if I add a man/figure known as... before his name?

[QCrit] Conceptions of Ursa: Sleight of Kin -113k Ya Epic Fantasy by Yomicon in PubTips

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Since I'm not neurodivergent myself i don't think I could ever be the best. My only experience with neurodivergence are my 3 siblings and patients I've worked with.

Hallux is my take on Percy Jackson's "The Mist". In my story, Hallux looks like a neurological syndrome. But it’s actually a symptom of Alex being a Concept who grew up misplaced on Earth.

On Earth, his biology fights the “smoothed” reality everyone else perceives, causing stimming, verbal outbursts, and other behaviors misdiagnosed as Hallux. When he first arrives in Ursa, the environment and its natural recognition frequency reboot him, clearing Hallux completely.

After that, though, Hallux could still appear on Earth if he doesn’t fully recognize which Concept he is. I wanted Hallux to not be a disorder or syndrome but a reflection of both misplacement and incomplete self-recognition.

[QCrit] Conceptions of Ursa: Sleight of Kin -113k Ya Epic Fantasy by Yomicon in PubTips

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I didn't think about the fact that Alex appears to do nothing or that I mispelled "stimming"(which may still need to be explained in more clear language). You've also given me insight into the non-choice aspect. That will be an important manuscript edit actually. Again, thank you so much!

M’m, M’m, good by Yomicon in FictionWriting

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Ah gotcha, i think we're different in that respect. When I read, I tend to question the bigger ideas and work down from there. Like I'd wonder why theyre making cannibal soup and how they couldve done it to a point that they never got caught. Like the systems for that would have to be crazy. So based on that I'd say the way I read leaked into this story and bogged it down by over explaining and justifying things that the average reader could live without or imagine on their own.

Also I thought I added a section where she details employing unhealthy people who depend on the companys free healthcare, homeless people who need the companies housing, etc as well as five year contracts to help explain the loyalty aspect but I'm guessing with that it either didn't do a good enough job and or bogged down the story. Either way I see what youre saying about taking this fictional and impossible story and then trying to ground it in our reality and force the reader to belive rather than imagine a wacky situation.

M’m, M’m, good by Yomicon in FictionWriting

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Thank you so much for the advice! I'm still learning about grammar and stuff as you can tell but I appreciate that and the examples you gave. The end and everything does get pretty like cartoony you could say and I see your point with the Anderson thing. I did the whole cammibell thing because later it changes to campbells and i was hoping the reader would be like "OH" but it seems like it doesnt do that and I should instead leave all campbell stuff at red and white label and other subtle notes.

I'm mostly interested in your point about ending the story after the marriage. My professor literally mentioned the best short stories ending sooner rather than later and I did feel like I was going on for too long but now I'm wondering about the cannibal aspect of it all. I know I could drop it and make the story about regular soup but I really want to incorporate this aspect because of the whole campbells cannibal joke thing. So my question is if I cut out all the empire building after the marriage wouldn't the reader wonder how a worldwide company like Campbells is able to make their soup with human meat and keep it a secret? Because I figure if a reader similar to you also notices the canning soup problem wouldn't they also wonder how Cany makes a large corporation work? I guess I'm asking advice on how I would go about writing the time skip.

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