Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals

NCCAP & New Jersey Department of Health Approved!

This course will provide 90 hour class room instruction and a 90 hour practicum.

Students will be required to arrange for a practicum site. In most cases, the practicum would be conducted at your place of employment.

The course will provide the management tools to manage a deficiency free activity department.

This is a required course for certification as an Activity Assistant and Activity Director, for those students who have not completed a four year degree from an accredited college.

The students will be provided with usefull resources that may be used in their day to day operations.

Each student will be required to arrange for a 90 hour practicum approved by the instructors. In most cases, this practicum would be conducted at your place of employement.

Curriculum Includes:

Over view of Activity Profession
Activity Department Responsiblilities
Standards of Practice
Regulatory agencies
Quality Indicator Report
Methods of Service and Delivery in the Activity Profession
Care Plans and MDS
Initial Assessments
Charting Human Development:
The late adult years
Small and large groups
Parallel Programming
Special populations
Spirituality of Aging
Infantilism
Program Development
Calendar Planning Activity Implementation
Low functioning Activities
Room Bound Activities
Community Relations
Pet Therapy, Intergenerational Programs and Volunteer Programs
Legal & Ethical Issues
HIPAA
Health & Safety Issues
Directors responsibility
Delegating & Supervising
Chart Auditing
Policy & Procedures
Community Relations and Volunteers
Inservicing your staff
Basis of Operations
Program development
Emphasis on Low functioning activities
Quality Assurance
Variety of Scope
Resident Surveys
Administrative Practice
Management & Leadership
Time Management
Resume & Portfolio
Financial Management
Pet Therapy Programs
Intergenerational Programs
And much much more.