Conference
2025 URTA Annual Conference
"Theme TBD"
Thu Mar 20th - Fri Mar 21st, 2025
Overview
Join us on Thursday, March 20th through Friday, March 21st, 2025 for the opportunity to further your skills and knowledge of Recreational Therapy!
Venue
Davis Conference Center
1651 N 700 W, Layton, UT 84041
Theme
TBD
Party
TBD
Disclaimers and Policies
Access to Member Drive (Conference Packet and Hand Outs) and Personal CEU Drive (CEU Certificate)
Do your best to provide and use a Google Account (Gmail or a work sponsored G Suite Account) to be able to access the handouts, Member Drive, and your personal CEU Drive where you will get your CEU certificate after conference.
Professionalism
Please act respectfully and professionally when interacting with others.
Professional Status vs. Student Status
If you are a licensed TRS in the state of Utah but are attending school for further education, you must still register as a Professional in order to receive CEU credit.
Parking
Parking will be available at the Convention Center.
Hotels Room Discount
Limited hotel rooms are available for members to book through the Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City/Layton with a discount.
Click the link below to book and use the code "URTA" at checkout.
ADA Disclosure
The Utah Recreation Therapy Association (URTA) will comply with the American Disabilities Act (ADA). We invite any participant with special needs to contact us at utahrectherapy@gmail.com upon registration for special accommodations.
Rates
All Registrations include 2025 URTA Membership, opportunity to attend 2 hour suicide prevention training, and networking.
Professional Registration includes CEUs.
Student Registration does not include CEUs.
Minimal onsite day-of registration will be available this year.
30 online attendance spots will be available this year. These will be primarily used and intended for people out of state, new parents, and hardship requests.
Registration
Registration will be completed via Google Forms and Square. After registration is received we will email you a separate Square invoice to complete payment.
Group registration is available but it is important that each person is registered with their own email in order to facilitate conference and other URTA communications.
Online Remote Attendance Information
30 online attendance spots will be available this year. These will be primarily used and intended for people out of state, new parents, and hardship requests.
Online Remote Attendance Registrants will have access to view pre-recorded presentations online AFTER in person conference (not viewing live sessions).
A total number of 10-12 CEU credits will be available.
Not all sessions from our in-person conference will be available for online credit.
Pre-recorded sessions for online remote attendance registrants will be available beginning April 7, 2025 through May 9th, 2025.
Registrants will be required to take a quiz after each viewed session to receive full credit. 4 out of the 5 questions must be correct. All quizzes need to be completed by May 9th, 2024. Executive committee members will notify if tests need to be retaken within a week. All Retakes need to be completed by May 16th, 2025.
Student Scholarship Application
COMING SOON
This year students will have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend conference. This scholarship is available to undergraduate recreational therapy students from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University-Idaho. The scholarship includes conference registration, one-year membership to URTA, two meals each day (continental breakfast, lunch, and conference party), and opportunities for networking. This is a “working scholarship.” Students will assist in implementing the Utah Recreation Therapy Association 2025 Conference on March 20-21. Responsibilities may include introducing speakers, punching CEU sheets, monitoring the silent auction, and assisting with registration. Students will be expected to assist with one full day of conference and can attend the second day without scholarship responsibilities. Please share your availability for one or both days of conference.
DEADLINE: TBD
Application instructions TBD
Call for Presenters
COMING SOON!
Call for Poster Session Presenters
COMING SOON!
URTA is excited to announce and open this year's poster session to all members! Do you have information to share? Submit a poster! Presenting a poster can earn you 2 CEUs!
Are you implementing successful and unique interventions and have the documentation to prove it - we want to see it! Are you using a theory to guide your program? We want to hear about it! Are you advocating for RT with a theoretical framework - then we want to know about it! One of the best parts about our annual conference is learning and networking with each other. This poster session is for you if you want to share what you have found through your programming, what theories have supported your program, and how you are advocating for your RT community.
Deadline
TBD
Sponsorship and Vendors
Sponsorship
TBD
Vendor
TBD
Call for Silent Auction Items
Make a donation to our Silent Auction!
The Utah Recreation Therapy Association (URTA) and Therapeutic Recreation Foundation (TRF), are non-profit organizations with the missions of promoting the professional development of recreation therapy in the State of Utah. Part of our mission is providing scholarship opportunities for students engaging in an approved TR program at a neighboring university. This is accomplished through the Silent Auction proceeds from the larger community.
The silent auction will be available for attendees to bid on donated items during the in-person conference.
Please contact our Silent Auction Coordinator Jenna Spendlove at jenna.d.spendlove@gmail.comto arrange a pick up or drop off.
Call for Nominations for Award Recognition
COMING SOON!
Call for Nominations for Board of Directors
COMING SOON!