Engaging Activities for Day Programmers
Engaging Activities for Day Programmers 30 Hour Correspondence Course Approved for 30 Hours of Continuing Education Credits by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities for Adult Services, Service & Support Administrators, Early Intervention, Investigative Agents, Supt/Asst Supt in Support Stream and County Board Members.
This correspondence class was designed to assist with activity development for people with all levels of cognitive impairment due to mental retardation and developmental disability.. Students receive a 166 page manual with material to read, assignments to complete and time tally sheets to validate the required 30 hours or coursework. It is comprised of four sections and contains many pictures and examples of how to develop the various activities.
Section One introduces the student to brain development in humans, an overview of mental retardation, and how humans learn. The assignment for this section is to assess the preferred learning modality of some of your residents. All instructions, assessments and scoring guides are included.
In Section Two, elements for activity development are discussed and activities for individuals with mild to moderate levels of developmental disability are introduced. These include word games, discussion groups, scavenger hunts, exercise, music, television, matching activities and the Montessori approach to learning. The assignment for this section is to develop an activity schedule for several of your residents.
Section Three addresses activities for individuals with severe to profound levels of developmental disability and introduces students to the elements of multi-sensory activities, aka "Snoezelen". Students are taught to develop activities that address each sense modality, i.e., gustatory, olfactory, visual, auditory and tactile. The assignment for this section is to develop multi-sensory activities for several of your residents.
Section Four addresses activity development for anyone by using complementary therapies and enhancing the dining experience and the assignment for this section is to construct several programmed activities using them.
All students must validate their 30 hour time commitment by completing a Time Tally Sheet. Once all is completed, students mail in their assignments and time tally sheets to A.I.D. Training. These are then reviewed and a certificate is mailed out to the student by the next day's mail promptly, providing everything is appropriately completed and documented.
Register today for $175.00 plus $20.00 "shipping and handling" and receive this 166 page training manual comprised of four sections that address activity development for all individuals in long term care . Learn activity development for all stages of dementia. Each section has an assignment that exemplifies the material to be learned.
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