ADVOCACY FOR
ACTIVITY AND
RECREATION PROFESSIONALS |
 Why should Activity and Recreation Professions Advocate? The following are just some of the reasons.
- There is a lack of understanding of what type of service we provide.
- We don’t speak out enough as a profession or as a professional.
- As a profession and as individual professionals, we need to market ourselves and our profession more.
- There’s great need to educate others about the importance of therapeutic activities.
- Activity Directors losing their positions and/or responsibility changes.
- Decrease in quality activity programming.
- Cancellation of activity programming..
- It’s our civic responsibility. We are not just advocating for ourselves and our profession, but for the resdients and clients we serve!
Create Personal Branding Statement
Some tips include:
- Develop a brief introduction about yourself.
- Not just your title.
- What it is that you DO? (a tag-line).
- 6 seconds or less.
- Then if the party is interested, you can go into your elevator pitch.
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SUMMER FOOD WORD PUZZLES AND ACTIVITIES FREE DOWNLOAD |
 In honor of Watermelon Day, I created these fun worksheets. In this free zipped folder, I share some fun summer food puzzles and activities. This bundle includes 8 activities: barbecue kriss kross, 2 summer fruit word search puzzles, 2 summer food word scrambles, fruit sayings and quotes and a fruit sensory guide. Just download and print!
*GO GRAB THAT NOW*
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What Makes You Happy?
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 Think about the things that make you happy. You can either write each happy thing on a slip of paper and place in a jar or you can write it down in a journal. My daughter made me a, "Things That Make You Smile" jar as a gift many years ago. I still pull out slips of paper and each message makes me smile. This is a great activity for residents or for yourself. I also started keeping an "Enjoy the little things" journal which helps me to change my thought pattern when I'm feeling too much negativity. Another great activity is the A-Z of Life writing activity. For laughter and humor tips, please click here.
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RECREATION DEPARTMENT REVIEW MANUAL - 50% OFF
Sent as a customizable Microsoft Word document |
 This manual was designed to assist the Activity Director or Consultant in providing a thorough assessment of the Activity Department in LTC facilities. The audit tools may be utilized for Quality Assurance projects, annual review, survey-preparations, or other assessment. These tools will assist the evaluator in determining the strengths and weakness of the department while providing information to assist in the formation of a corrective plan of action. Includes tools to assess the following: an overview of the Activity Department, recreation environment, supplies/equipment, calendars, resident council, activity employees, volunteers, activity evaluations, population analysis, resident activity survey, resident interest analysis, resident quality of life continuum of care, and population quality of life audit. Bonus: Leader Facilitation Guidelines for Group Activities and a List of Activities.
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Thank you for taking the time to view this newsletter. HAPPY DOG DAYS OF SUMMER!
Many blessings, Kim
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