Continuing Education

Activities Documentation Course

Yearly, documentation requires change, due to regulations or new forms from the regulatory agencies. It’s sometimes difficult to keep up and current with all the trends. This course was designed to update your skills and keep you current with forms, regulations and guidelines. It can also help you keep up with the trends.

Clock Hours 7
NCCAP Pre-approval # 25056-10

Community Resources - Home Town Challenge

Developing programs that meet the needs and interests of your residents, especially the “younger” residents of your facility can be a challenge. Some research in your community and on the Internet will help you develop programs that highlight your hometown as well as establish contacts for marketing your facility and your activities department. It will also assist with outings, current events, and unique programs for your residents and encourage your “younger” residents opportunities to assist you in programming for them.

NCCAP Pre-approval# 28161-10

Clock Hours - 15

Adult Learning Styles

In order to teach other activity professionals, it is important to consider the various learning styles of the attendees. Even when putting together an inservice, one will need to know how to approach staff, volunteers and indeed the residents of their setting. This home study course has been designed to review various Adult Learning Styles in order to develop a lesson plan for a particular subject.

10 Clock Hours

NCCAP Pre-approval

# NCCAP29216-10

Activities to GO!

Short term rehab residents have been a challenge for activities for awhile. This class will assist you in providing “Activities to GO!” so that they can do activities on their own and have programs that meet their interests when they have the time and energy to participate. You can develop programs that they can take with them, have ongoing projects for your long term residents or volunteers and provide interesting, adaptive programming for all.

Clock Hours 8
NCCAP Pre-approval#

26287-09-09

Activities to GO!

Computer Skills - Internet Resources

This continuing education program has been designed to assist the Activity Professional in finding information on the internet, to enhance their programs and meet the needs and interests of their residents. There is so much information available for activities on the internet, that using the tools included in this packet will assist in having information at your finger tips. It can also be used to teach your residents how to find information using the many resources of the World Wide Web.

NCCAP Pre-approval # 28362-10

15 Clock Hours

Volunteer Management
The Activities/Volunteer Director

This course has been designed for the Activities Professional who is also “in charge” of volunteers for their facility. This course will cover Volunteer Job Descriptions, Recruiting Volunteers, Retention of Volunteers and Volunteer Recognition. The participant will need Internet access to research various volunteer information and resources.

Clock Hours 30/40
NCCAP Pre-approval #27061-10
30 Clock Hours (ADC)
40 Clock Hours (ACC)

Person Centered Activities
(1-1's)

Individual activities have traditionally been the most challenging programs that an Activities Department has to plan for. Now with the Interpretive Guidelines in place and it's emphasis on meeting the needs and interests of the individual, person centered activities has become a “spotlight” activity. Planning and investing in 1-1 activities that all staff can do takes time, creativity and a keen awareness of residents interests and skills. This course will give you the tools and the time to create programs that can meet those interests. You can also use the tools for your QA Studies.

Clock Hours 30
NCCAP Pre-approval# 26347-10

Person Centered Activities (1-1’s)

Activities Assistance

Providing quality continuing education for Activity Professionals