Therapeutic Recreation Services / Elaine Adams Gossett

Therapeutic Recreation Services / Elaine Adams Gossett

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This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Elaine Adams Gossett. Elaine is the City of Chattanooga’s Therapeutic Recreation Services Manager. She was instrumental in developing Chattanooga's Therapeutic Recreation Program in 2002 with the mindset that leisure and recreation are an important part of everyone's life.

Elaine holds a B.S. in Recreation Management with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation from Arizona State University. She is currently a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS). Upon graduation in 2000, she returned home to Chattanooga Tn where she has worked as a recreation therapist in behavioral health with youth, Orange Grove Center, and with the City of Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Department.

The Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Department’s Therapeutic Recreation Program serves over 400 individuals a month with programs in the areas of outdoor recreation, sports, social outings, arts and enrichment, and special events. These programs have been made possible by the support from numerous community and national partners that have been cultivated and continued through Therapeutic Recreation Services.

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