Sharing Your
Knowledge with Othersby
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 Professionals
(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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