Sharing Your Knowledge with Others
by John
Collins, ACC
NCCAP Vice President
Certified activity professionals should share
their knowledge with other activity professionals. Many
certified individuals have a wealth of knowledge, however
only a few are sharing this information with other professionals.
Let's look at it from the standpoint that everytime
you share some of your knowledge another activity professional
is helping another resident have an enhanced quality
of life.
The National Certification Council for Activity
Profession-als (NCCAP) allows continuing education credit
for presenting at workshops, seminars, inservices and
speeches. The Certification Standards brochure addresses
that the presentation must meet continuing education
standards and has not been used for academic education
requirement, content must be from the Body of Knowledge
or a 90-Hour Course, must be at least 60 minutes in
length, and taught in a group setting with leader and
discussion. The presenter can count the presentation
double the actual presentation time to account for preparation
time and it can only be used for the initial presentation.
Credit can also be earned by writing articles
and having them published in state or national professional
publications. The article must be published and count
1 hour for every 400-600 words.
A copy of the published material must be
included when submitting these hours. These hours can
only count for 20% of the total hours continuing education
hours required. What a wonderful way to share your knowledge
as well earn continuing education at the same time.
Make sure when you submit this information
to NCCAP that you have documented that you were the
presenter. Pass this information on to other certified
professionals in your area and learn from their knowledge
base. For additional information, contact the NCCAP
office. NN
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