Activity Director (WTHM-146-01)

This course is offered in partnership with ed2go Online Learning. 


The professional opportunities to care for the growing number of people who will use the supportive assistance offered in day treatment, assisted living, and long-term care settings are expanding faster than professionals can be trained. These positions can be rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling. Activity directors are responsible for directing, implementing and evaluating all resident activities as well as completing comprehensive assessments and care plan goals. Directing the activity course includes planning of activities for both individuals and groups, implementation of the programs, and monitoring the response to the programs in order to determine if the activities meet the care plan goals for residents.

 

This course will teach you about professionalism, documentation and ethics, working with residents with special needs, and adapting ideas to certain demographics within a facility. It enables activity directors to excel by emphasizing the diverse nature of long term care residents and by providing a variety of activity ideas: creative, spiritual, physical, social, educational and sensory. It also focuses on developing caring and passionate professionals that are able to create, implement and evaluate resident centered activities that are part of the individualized care plan.

This training is valid in the following states: Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Students in California should enroll in the Activity Assistant course instead.

What you will learn

• Identify the role of the activity director in today's long-term care environment
• Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of programming options
• Show awareness of the role of various therapies in activity programming
• Identify the availability, options, and uses for adaptive equipment and interventions
• Discuss the management of resident and community volunteers, including recruitment, training, and recognition
• Demonstrate ability to perform needed documentation
• Structure planning for optimal use of an environment
• Establish and facilitate group and individual participation

How you will benefit

• Prepare to work as an activity director at a long-term care or assisted living facility, adult day program, retirement community, or community center
• Develop the skills needed for a career that will enable you to help others and your community at large
• Learn how to best interact and communicate with senior citizens
• Jump-start your career and develop managerial skills