Description
Facilitating Reminiscing Programs with Older Adults
NCCAP approved – 8 Continuing Education Hours
Program # 00021
All course materials are sent via a Google Drive link. The link is e-mailed to you within 24 hours of purchase.
Course Requirements : Take the provided pretest, read the book on line “The Reminiscing Activities Training Manual” and take the provided post test.
You may e-mail, mail or fax your materials to DH Special Services. Once the materials are received and a passing grade is determined, your certificate will be e-mailed with a hard copy mailed to you.
Course Content: This program introduces the importance and benefits of reminiscing with older adults. It provides practical information relating to organizing a reminiscing program, utilizing a variety of techniques and approaches. The program reviews methods to introduce reminiscing with all levels of functioning elders through adaptation and special approaches.
Topic areas discussed in the text:
The Benefits of Reminiscence
Good Practices in Reminiscence Work
Definition of a Reminisence Group
Three Stages of a Reminisence Group
Using Creative experiences within Reminisence Groups
Using Reminiscing with Elders with Dementia
Reminiscing and Oral Histories
Intergenerational Work
Reminiscing with Ethnic Minority Elders
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Content meets NCCAP Body of Knowledge Topic areas 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 19, 21
NCCAP # 31895-19NT
