Online TRT Course

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Current Schedule:
July 11, 2025 - September 19, 2025

Instructor: Kristina Couron MTRS, CTRS

Two virtual sessions via Google Meets:
9:00 AM on the first & last class days.
Final Exam: 9/19/25 at 9:30 am
Cost: $500
(Tuition waiver available
for contracted facilities)
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Next Class:
August 15 - October 24, 2025

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Online Course Information:

You will be issued online lectures and assignments that will need to be completed weekly. You will need to allocate 9 hours of class work (lectures and assignments) each week as this is a 90 hour class: 9 hours a week for 10 weeks. There are 2 mandatory virtual meetings: the first and last day of class. You will need to have the minimum system requirements and stable internet connection to view the lectures and videos online via Canvas.
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This course fulfills the educational hours required for licensure at the TRT level for the State of Utah.
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This course is an introduction to the field of Therapeutic Recreation and provides a foundation for students wishing to obtain their Therapeutic Recreation Technician (TRT). In the course, students will explore various approaches to programming for populations who are geriatric or have substance abuse, psychiatric or developmental disabilities. There is a strong emphasis placed on preparation for the Utah State Licensure Examination at the TRT level.

100% tuition waiver is available for facilities contracted with TR Connections.

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TRT Licensure Information:
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(1) In order to obtain the TRT licensure in Utah, the student must complete 90 hours of structured education under the instruction and direction of a licensed MTRS. This course fulfills this requirement.

(2) A TRT is required to complete an approved practicum, which means 125 hours of field work experience to be completed over a duration of not more than nine months under the direction of a licensed MTRS or TRS supervisor* that includes: (a) a minimum of 20 hours of direct face to face supervision of programming, documentation and treatment intervention by the MTRS or TRS supervisor;

*A TRT may perform recreational therapy services if: Under the supervision of a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or (ii) in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist.

(3) Applicants for licensure as a TRT shall pass both the Therapeutic Recreation Technician Theory Examination with a minimum score of 70% and the Therapeutic Recreation Technician Laws and Rules Exam with a minimum score of 75%.

Applicants for licensure as a TRT who fail the Therapeutic Recreation Technician Theory Examination three consecutive times must repeat the educational coursework.
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A TRT applicant shall pass the examinations and apply for licensure after completion of the 125 practicum hours and must do so within the same nine month period referred to in that Subsection.
A TRT applicant who does not complete the education, practicum and examinations within nine months is not eligible to be employed as a TRT in a therapeutic recreation department.
A TRT student who does not seek licensure within two years after completion of the education course shall retake the education, practicum and pass the examination prior to applying for licensure.