All applicants for recertification must submit documentation verifying the completion of 2.0 continuing education units (ceu’s) or 20 contact hours from a certified and/or CTRAC approved educational source. In addition all 2.0 ceu’s/or 20 contact hours MUST correspond to one of the areas of CTRAC’s Body of Knowledge: (must have been completed during the last two year period.)
- Advancement of Therapeutic Recreation/Activities Profession
- Documentation
- Human Development
- Management and Leadership
- Clients Served with Challenges
- Therapeutic Program Development and Implementation
- Treatment Modalities
- Continuing Education Unit’s must come from four distinct areas of the Body of Knowledge.
- Online Continuing Education Unit’s: limited to 1.0 ceu or ten contact hours presented within the 2 year recertification period.
- Presentations are limited to no more than 1.0 ceu or 10 contact hours presented within the two year period.
- Professional Professional presentations by a sole presenter will be acknowledged as: ie, .4 ceu’s for a two hour workshop and as .6 ceu.s for a three hour session. (CEU.s are inclusive of all activities related to the development and implementation of the presentation.); not to include introductions, breaks, or meals.
- Written Publication:Â books, articles, thesis, dissertations
- Sole authored publications in professional journals are awarded 1.0 ceu or 10 contact hours for approved author of current published textbook/thesis & dissertation during the two year cycle.
- Co-author publications not accepted
- CTRAC has an obligation to verify that Continuing Education Units (C.E.U.’s) submitted for recertification are from a recognized C.E.U. approval source.  C.E.U. certificates submitted must clearly list the approving organizations name, provider C.E.U. approval number, title of presentation, presenter information and number of C.E.U.s allotted. C.E.U.s (Example: 2.0 C.E.U.’s. = 20 clock hours) must represent 4 distinct areas from the CTRAC Body of Knowledge. Check CTRAC website for other related criteria. Submit questions to info@ctractexas.org.
- Effective 7/1/2018 when C.E.U.’s are being submitted to CTRAC for recertification that are not Therapeutic Recreation/Activities based conferences/workshop approved, the description from the session/ workshop and objectives must be submitted with the certificate.  In addition, certificates must come from a recognized C.E.U approval agency. Â
- AUTOMATIC APPROVAL IS NOT guaranteed for any session.
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Recertification