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Exam outline and official sources
National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) · NCTRC Exam Content Outline based on the 2021 Job Analysis Study, effective January 1, 2023, and linked by NCTRC's current exam preparation page as of October 19, 2026. The assigned workbook label names the Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) credential; the examination is the NCTRC Certification Exam.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- NCTRC Certification Exam Preparation
- NCTRC Exam Content Outline
- 2021 CTRS Job Analysis Study
- NCTRC Certification Exam Overview
- ATRA Code of Ethics
- ATRA Standards of Practice
- ATRA: About Recreational Therapy
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
- Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF
- COSMIN Manual, Version 2.0
- CDC: Design Training—Learning Objectives
- AHRQ: Use the Teach-Back Method, Tool 5
- CDC: Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Infectious Agents
- CDC Program Evaluation Framework, 2024
- IHI: Model for Improvement—Testing Changes
- IHI: Model for Improvement—Establishing Measures
- HHS: Minimum Necessary Requirement
- AHRQ: System-Focused Event Investigation and Analysis Guide
- AHRQ: NPSD Dashboard Information
NCTRC Certification Exam
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An adult who can make this treatment decision understands the proposed group, its risks, and alternatives but declines participation. The family asks the recreational therapist to enroll the adult anyway. What is the best response?
NCTRC Certification Exam
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Professionalism
1.02 Maintain professional competency—justice
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