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Derrick Stowell has over 25 years of experience leading recreational and therapeutic programs. Derrick was a graduate assistant and directed Camp Koinonia in 2006. Derrick received his CTRS in 2007 and worked for the Amputee Coalition of American for five years leading their national youth camp program. He joined the University of Tennessee Gardens as their educator and developed horticultural therapy programs for a variety of community organizations. Derrick has focused his work on the benefits of horticulture\/gardening as leisure and therapy. He became a Horticultural Therapist \u2013 Registered (HTR) through the American Horticultural Therapy Association in 2015. Derrick served on the Board of Directors for the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) from 2016-2018. In 2016, he received the Rhea McCandliss Professional Service Award from the AHTA. In 2022 Derrick was awarded the American Horticultural Society\u2019s Horticultural Therapy Award. He also served the American Horticultural Therapy Association as President-elect (2021), President (2022), and Immediate-past President (2023). In 2024, he received the Lifetime Membership award from AHTA. Derrick is sought out internationally for consulting on horticultural therapy program development and implementation.<\/p>","people_education":"\n\n\n\n\n
PhD<\/td>\nUniversity of Tennessee<\/td>\nPlant, Soil, and Environmental Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MS<\/td>\nUniversity of Tennessee<\/td>\nRecreation and Leisure Studies\/Therapeutic Recreation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Courses Taught<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RSM 201<\/td>\nFoundations of Recreational Therapy Practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSM 430<\/td>\nAdministration of Recreational Therapy Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSM 294<\/td>\nRecreational Therapy Practicum I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RSM 394<\/td>\nRecreational Therapy Practicum II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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