Modular Education Program
for Activity Professionals 2nd Edition
MEPAP 2nd Edition Part 1(Formerly Basic Education Course)

• Available on VHS tape

This is your first step towards National Certification with the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP).

This course is designed to prepare you for a career as a long term care activity professional, working with the elderly in long term care facilities and adult daycare settings.

Betty Hancock, the course instructor for Missouri State - CCPE's Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals, is an approved provider for:

• NAAP/NCCAP 90 hours MEPAP 2nd Edition Part I (Video Home Study) for Activity Professional and 90 hours of practicum pre-approved for 180 Hours of continuing education

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Your fee of 750 will include:

• 15 VHS tapes of video instruction, presented by experienced gerontology professionals.
• Student Manuals A and B, which include note pages, homework assignments and handouts.
• Individual guidance, instruction and advice from our primary instuctor and staff via telephone and email.

• MDS 2.0 RAI User's Manual 2007 Edition HCPro. Inc. Publisher.
• Long Term Care for Activity Professionals, Recreational Therapists and Social Services Professionals, - Fourth Edition, by Elizabeth Best Martin MS, CTRS, ACC: Marry Anne Weeks, MPH, SSC: Priscilla Wirth, MS, RRA

The NCCAP offers a National Certification for Activity Directors, (ADC, Activity Director Certified). For some activity professionals, MEPAP 2nd Edition Part I will be the only portion of the course required for national certification.

Other activity professionals may be required to take both of the MEPAP 2nd Edition Part I & II courses to be eligible for National Certification. Please visit www.nccap.org for more information.

This course is designed by the NCCAP to give practical knowledge to students who desire to, or are currently working in the field of activities/recreation for the elderly.

It consists of fifteen sessions including professional instruction on care planning, assessment and documentation, human development, newsletters, treatment programs, activity calendars and many other topics essential to today’s activity professional.

UNIT I - Overview of the Activity Profession

• Session 1:  Activity Profession I
• Session 2:  Activity Profession II
• Session 3:  Activity Profession III
  
  

UNIT II - Human Development: The Later Adult Years

• Session 4:  Human Development Late Adult I
• Session 5:  Human Development Late Adult II
  
  

UNIT III - Standards of Practice: Practitioner Behavior

• Session 6:  Standards of Practice I & II
• Session 7:  Standards of Practice III
  
  

UNIT IV - Activity Care Planning for the Quality of Life

• Session 8:  Activity Care Planning for Quality of Life
• Session 9:  Care Planning I & II
  
  

UNIT V - Methods of Service Delivery In the Activity Profession

• Session 10:  Newsletters, Marketing & Public Relations
• Session 11:  Methods of Service Delivery I
• Session 12:  Methods of Service Delivery II
• Session 13:  Methods of Service Delivery III
• Session 14:  Methods of Service Delivery IV
• Session 15:  Methods of Service Delivery V

Session Descriptions