Continuing Education for Activity Professionals

"We welcome customers of Lilly Miller's Center for Healthcare Education. With Mrs. Miller's upcoming retirement, we are happy that we can work together to offer NAB and NCCAP courses."

   Genie Hamlett and staff

Our NCCAP approved courses offer a way to earn continuing education credits. Choose from home study, self study, correspondence, long distance learning and internet based course work.

Activity Professionals who work as Activity Directors, Activity Assistants or Therapeutic Recreation Specialists will appreicate a variety of topics. These include: ideas for working with the Alzheimer's resident, time management courses, understanding difficult people and personalities.

Activity professionals who work in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residential care facilities will benefit.

Activity professionals seeking to add a specialty to their title may take the following courses in 4 specialty tracks.

NCCAP Specialty Tracks

10 hours required for each Specialization

1. Memory Care  ADC/MC or AAC/MC or ADCP/MC
Lest We Forget 
12 hours Body of Knowledge topice: 4,6,8,10,11,16,18,21
Reading, Writing, Speaking Alzheimer's 12 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 2,4,5,6,10,11,18,21
Faces of Depression 10 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,11,15,16,18

2. Assisted Living  ADC/ALF or AAC/ALF or ADCP/ALF
Working With Difficult People
12 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 11,13,14,15,16
Faces of Depression 10 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,11,15,16,18
Beginning Anew 10 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 3,4,5,6,10,11,21

3. Education  ADC/EDU or AAC/EDU or ADCP/EDU
Learing to be a Better Speaker
5 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 11,12,13,15,19,23
Cheese: Making Change Work for You 6 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 14,15
Not Difficult, Just Different-Diversity at its Best 14 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 5,13,14,15,16,21,28

4. Adult Day Programs  ADC/AD or AAC/AD or ADCP/AD
Understanding Personalities
7 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 6,8,9,11,14,19
Culture Change 7 hours (internet) Body of Knowledge topics: 3,4,5,6,7,10,21
This Way Out Of Grief 4 hours Body of Knowledge topics: 3,5,6,11,14,21