Join us on Thursday, March 19th through Friday, March 20th, 2026 for the opportunity to further your skills and knowledge of Recreational Therapy! 

Venue 

Conference Center at Miller Campus- SLCC Sandy Utah

Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus, 9750 S 300 W Building 2, Sandy, UT 84070

Theme

Rooted and Rising

Party

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Paint and Plant! Light dinner will be provided. 

Conference Center at Miller Campus- SLCC  Grand Ballroom

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

Discounted hotel information TBD!

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 2026 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 of April 2026 through Mid May 2026.

• 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 a date TBD. Executive committee members will notify if tests need to be retaken within a week. All Retakes need to be completed one week after the deadline.

Know someone who is awesome and is passionate about recreation therapy? Nominate them for recognition and an award at the annual Utah Recreation Therapy Conference! Each year URTA Members and friends are recognized for their hard work and dedication to the profession in the following categories: Outstanding Member, Distinguished Service, Outstanding Program, Community Service. Nominations will close February 6th.