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This set of online training modules is offered to help practicing Recreational Therapists prepare for MDS 3.0.
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Pet Partners Program
The Pet Partners program prepares handlers and their pets to work in animal assisted activities and animal assisted therapy programs.
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[download a flyer for the Sept 19th Pet Partners class]
[Dr. Lin Buettner talks about pet therapy in The Dog Who Changes Lives]
(Parade,
Sept 2009)
Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management
Catherine Dorwart, Ph.D.
Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management University
of North Carolina at Greensboro
P. O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336) 334-9870 (office)
336) 334-3238 (fax)
cedorwar@uncg.edu
Dr. Dorwart recently completed her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. Her dissertation focused on exploring visitors’ perceptions of the trail environment and their effects on experiences in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As a practitioner, Dr. Dorwart has held the following positions: Director of Youth Athletics and Director of Research for the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department, as well as Assistant Director of Campus Recreation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. In the classroom, Dr. Dorwart focuses on the integral link between practice and theory when applied to management, leadership, and policy. Her research interests include outdoor recreation behavior, specifically visitor perception, environmental policy, and recreation experiences. Dr. Dorwart has made presentations at NRPA’s Annual Conference at the Leisure Research Symposium, at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, and at the Southeastern Recreation Research Conference. Her research has been published in the Proceedings of the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Parks and Recreation, and the North Carolina Recreation and Park Review.Dr. Dorwart recently completed her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. Her dissertation focused on exploring visitors’ perceptions of the trail environment and their effects on experiences in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As a practitioner, Dr. Dorwart has held the following positions: Director of Youth Athletics and Director of Research for the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department, as well as Assistant Director of Campus Recreation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. In the classroom, Dr. Dorwart focuses on the integral link between practice and theory when applied to management, leadership, and policy. Her research interests include outdoor recreation behavior, specifically visitor perception, environmental policy, and recreation experiences. Dr. Dorwart has made presentations at NRPA’s Annual Conference at the Leisure Research Symposium, at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, and at the Southeastern Recreation Research Conference. Her research has been published in the Proceedings of the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Parks and Recreation, and the North Carolina Recreation and Park Review.