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PROFILES OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS Barbara was motivated to become a recreation therapist when she worked as a recreation instructor for youth while simultaneously working as a probation officer. It became clear that how someone spends their leisure time is imperative. She received her MA from the University of Northern Colorado and has worked in rehab for the past 25 years. She loves working with people who have had a stroke, finding new ways to stimulate recovery. She works part-time at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle and part-time at Ptarmigan West in educating people on the topic of stroke. Barbara married Bruce in 1983 and they have 3 children, all in college. She enjoys gardening, sailing, geocaching, reading, church activities, hiking and traveling. She is currently taking classes thru Regent College in Vancouver, BC. She welcomes dialog with all CTRS's and looks forward to serving WSTRA and all its members. IN GROUPS Community: Elizabeth Scriven, CTRS/R Geriatrics: Carrie Philbrick, CTRS Carrie graduated from Western Washington University as a Recreation Major with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation in 2007. She began her RT experience as an intern on the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. After graduating, she jumped right into her current position at the VA, working primarily on the Nursing Home and Dementia Care Units. When she is not working with the Geriatrics population, she is providing support for inpatient and outpatient Rehabilitation programs. She is thankful to have the opportunity to experience a variety of settings within her first year as a professional. When Carrie is not working, she enjoys spending her time playing in the great outdoors. Her favorite past times include playing lacrosse, skiing and boating with her friends and family. Mental Health: Heather Hughes, CTRS/R Physical Rehab: Brienne Costa, CTRS/R Brienne graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelors in sports, health, leisure and physical studies with an emphasis in TR. Upon completing an internship at Moss Rehab Hospital in Philadelphia, she worked for 7 years at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago specializing in stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. After becoming Director, she was able to play a larger part in TR program development and advocacy. Brienne believes strongly in the power of animals and healing. She was lucky to become a primary handler for a Canine Companion Facility Dog to utilize in patient treatment. She also completed research in animal assisted therapy that was recently published in the American Journal of Recreational Therapy. Brienne just moved to Washington to pursue a Recreational Therapist position at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital. She enjoys gardening, playing guitar, traveling, being outdoors and spending time with friends and family. MEMBERSHIP Susan graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors in recreation and park management with an emphasis in special populations, too many years ago to count. She has worked in a variety of settings and has been at Swedish Medical Center for the past eleven years. She has had the great fortune to work in a variety of units at Swedish including the Transitional Care Unit, Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Addiction Recovery and the Eating Disorders Unit. Susan works to earn enough money to travel to foreign destinations, loves to try new things, especially new restaurants and new foods. She likes to fuse glass together, is an avid reader, flies in small planes and goes camping in the back country. NOMINATIONS Barbara was motivated to become a recreation therapist when she worked as a recreation instructor for youth while simultaneously working as a probation officer. It became clear that how someone spends their leisure time is imperative. She received her MA from the University of Northern Colorado and has worked in rehab for the past 25 years. She loves working with people who have had a stroke, finding new ways to stimulate recovery. She works part-time at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle and part-time at Ptarmigan West in educating people on the topic of stroke. Barbara married Bruce in 1983 and they have 3 children, all in college. She enjoys gardening, sailing, geocaching, reading, church activities, hiking and traveling. She is currently taking classes thru Regent College in Vancouver, BC. She welcomes dialog with all CTRS's and looks forward to serving WSTRA and all its members. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2009 Annual Symposium Until October 2007, Randee had worked for Outdoors for All as a Program Director since July of 2000. She loved to share her passion for the outdoors while encouraging people of all abilities to overcome challenges and try new adventures. Currently, she holds the position of Recreation Coordinator at The Fairwinds Retirement Community in Redmond, WA, and is a member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association. She graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1998 with a BA in Therapeutic Recreation. Shortly after completing a 16 week internship with the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado, Randee passed the national exam to become a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRSÒ). Cami has a passion for working with people who have disabilities, which started at a young age. She originally thought she would be a special education teacher, but soon realized that change occurred when being active. She was introduced to the field while attending Brigham Young University and received her TR degree in 1997. The first part of her professional journey started while working in a community outdoor group. Seeing real physiological change occur to children who were physically disabled through recreating and processing was magical. As children came into her life she shifted focus and started working in a more structured job focusing on community mental health. After working in the field for 8 years she is taking a break. Cami and her husband moved to Spokane 2 years ago and she is staying home to raise their 5 children. She spends the summer months camping, literally. Her favorite activity is loading everyone up in their tent trailer and spending months out on the road enjoying nature and the water. Other activities you can find Cami doing frequently is scrapbooking and running. Through recreating, she finds self confidence, peace and purpose and believes that this profession is useful to all individuals. 2010 Annual Symposium: Tricia Gohl, CTRS/R 2008 West Student Site Visit: Elizabeth Scriven, CTRS/R 2008 East Student Site Visit: Diana Thew, CTRS/R PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION PUBLICATIONS Newsletter Editor: Amy Baker, CTRS/R Webmaster: Debbie Pate, MS, CTRS/R Debbie became a recreation therapist when she discovered TR could combine her love of outdoor recreation with her passion for medicine. Currently, she works with a variety of patient populations on a transitional care unit with special interests in the use of technology and outdoor recreation to bring about functional improvement or compensation. Personally, she loves doing anything outdoors, especially as it has to do with water in any state, liquid, solid or gas. She also enjoys animals, creative arts and has worked extensively in musical theatre. She hopes to make this website indispensable in assisting you to work with your patients and further your professional and personal development. PUBLIC POLICY National: Regan Ward, CTRS/R State: Kelly Sipes, CTRS/R Kelly completed his B.A. in therapeutic recreation from Eastern Washington University (EWU) in 2000. He serves on the Alumni Advisory Committee for EWU's Physical Education, Health and Recreation Department. Kelly is currently a Recreational Therapist at Eastern State Hospital, Medical Lake, WA. |
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