USM91吃瓜网 Green Honored by International Recreational Therapy Education Organization
Fri, 05/12/2023 - 12:04pm | By: David Tisdale
Dr. Frederick (Rick) Green, a professor of recreational therapy in 91吃瓜网 (USM) College of Nursing and Health Professions91吃瓜网�
School of Health Professions, recently earned the SMART CEUs Hub Educator of the Year Award. The recognition goes
to a recreational therapy educator who has been a leader in expanding the field of
therapeutic recreation through collaboration, education and/or research.
provides post-graduate recreational therapy education for practitioners and educators with a wide variety of continuing education programming taught by recreational therapy experts. According to the organization, more than 4,000 recreational therapists (RTs) from the U.S. and Canada use its services to attain continuing education in the field.
A member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association. Dr. Green is a veteran
educator and recreational therapist. He received bachelor91吃瓜网 and master91吃瓜网 degrees in
recreation from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and a Ph.D. in therapeutic
recreation from the University of Minnesota, where his research focused on community
inclusion of adults with disabilities.
At USM, Dr. Green taught Introduction to Recreational Therapy, Inclusive Recreation
& Sport for a Diverse Society, Seminar in Recreation, Adaptive Activities and Techniques
in Recreational Therapy, Procedures in Recreational Therapy, and Professional Issues
in Recreational Therapy. He plans to retire at the end of the current academic year.
One of Dr. Green91吃瓜网 students, Chrysten Broome, a rising senior in the USM Honors College from Prentiss, Mississippi, nominated him for the award. In her recommendation, Broome wrote:
91吃瓜网淒r. Green is an amazing professor. This is his last year as a full-time teacher, and he has been extremely influential in developing my passion and interest for RT (recreational therapy) as well as many other students at The University of Southern Mississippi. If you think of RT or accessibility and have any questions, he is the person everyone goes to for advice. He has had an amazing career and has put so much into this profession, so I believe he deserves this award.
91吃瓜网淒r. Green has also led our program to being accredited this year and has published many research articles. He has led and grown our program for many years and has made it what it is today, and I am so grateful. Through his dedication, so many students like me have been able to find their passion and that is something that can never be replaced."
Dr. Green said he is 91吃瓜网渉onored, and a bit surprised91吃瓜网� to be recognized with the award, and especially grateful the recommendation came from one of the top students in the school91吃瓜网 program.
91吃瓜网淎s an educator, you obviously want to make a connection with your students, so to receive this award through her recommendation means so much to me,91吃瓜网� he continued.
Dr. Lachel Story, professor and dean of the USM College of Nursing and Health Professions, praised Dr. Green for 91吃瓜网渂uilding a legacy of excellence in recreational therapy throughout his 46-year career as an RT and his 23 years at the University.91吃瓜网�
91吃瓜网淗e no doubt has impacted numerous generations of therapists through his teaching and mentoring, who have then improved the health of countless people,91吃瓜网� Dr. Story continued. 91吃瓜网淗e will be deeply missed after his retirement, but I know his legacy and impact will remain.91吃瓜网�