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Danny Pettry's Continuing
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Important Notices
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You can print your
certificate of completion immediately after
completing a course or request for a
certificate to be sent to you by mail.
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Courses require
reading a book or selected chapter from a
book. I recommend using the public
library. Go to our
bookstore
if you would like to order a copy of the
book.
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Danny is an
approved provider of continuing education
for RNs. Provider #:
WV 2007-0520RN.
The National Council
for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC)
does not pre-approve any continuing
education activities at this time. NCTRC has
published a handout on ways you can earn
continuing education.
Your course
outline will be sent to you by email within
24-28 hours of receipt for course.
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Teaching
Creativity: Developing Creative Abilities in
Individuals Served
Five (5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Independent learner will be able to
demonstrate awareness of concepts of
creativity and how it can be developed as
evidenced by scoring at least a70% score or
higher on a 10-question quiz on Ken
Robinson’s book Out of our minds:
learning to be creative within a
one-year time period.
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Social Psychology of Likeability: Techniques to
Improve Quality of Life
Five (5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Participant will increase awareness of Tim
Sanders (2005) the
likeability factor and
how the development of social skills can
improve social support and the quality of
life.
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Course Requirements:
Participate will read Sanders (2005) The
Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your
L-Factor and Achieve Your Life’s Dreams and
demonstrate an awareness and understanding
of how ideas and concepts can be used for
improve quality of life by scoring at least
a 70% or better score before the end of the
one-year course timeframe.
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Course INCLUDES access to an assessment
tool.
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Treating Depression: Techniques for Promoting
Happiness
Five (5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Participant to increase awareness of
techniques for treating depression and
promoting happiness.
Participant will be able to identify
techniques for treating depression and
promoting happiness as evidenced by scoring
at least a 70% score or better on a
10-question multiple-choice exam based on a
required reading before the end of a
one-year timeframe. Participant can re-take
exam if needed.
Read the book: Shimoff and Cline (2007)
Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Becoming
Happy From the Inside Out. Pass the
10-question multiple-choice exam with a 70%
or better within one-year of registration.
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Helping Techniques: Making a Difference Through
Serving Others
Five
(5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
To increase
awareness of helping techniques as well as
skills and abilities
Participant will
be able to idnetify helping techniques as
evidenced by scoring a 70% or greater on the
course exam before the end of the course
timeframe.
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Therapeutic Outcomes of Journaling
Five
(5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
This course is
intended to improve the participant’s master
of implementing journaling when appropriate
for an individualized intervention plan. The
focus will be on the stress management and
overall health outcomes through the use of
journaling.
Read Pennebaker
(1997) Opening
up: the healing power of expressing
emotions.
Take an exam
online. You have one year to complete. You
can re-take exam if needed until correct.
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Effective
Communication Techniques for Dealing with
People’s Difficult Behavior
Five (5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Increase awareness
of communication skills needed to deal with
people’s difficult behavior in order to
bring about a more positive outcome for all
people involved.
The student will
demonstrate awareness of effective
communication techniques as evidenced by
scoring at least a 70% or higher on the
course examination before the end of the
course.
Read Brinkman, R.
& Kirschner, R. (2002). Dealing with people
you can’t stand: how to bring out the best
in people at their worst. New York:
McGraw-Hill. Take an exam online. You
have one year to complete. You can re-take
exam if needed.
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Therapeutic Outcomes for Using Dogs as a Pet
Therapy Approach
Five (5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Participant to
increase awareness of the benefits of using
dogs as an approach in pet therapy programs.
Participant will
be able to identify the benefits of using
dogs as a facilitation technique as
evidenced by scoring at least a 70% score or
better on a 10-question multiple-exam test
based on required reading before the end of
a one-year timeframe. Participant can
re-take exam if needed.
Read Saskon
(2007) Paws and Effects: The Healing
Benefits of Dogs. Pass the 10-question
multiple-choice exam with a 70% or better
within one-year of registration.
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Writing Functional
Outcome Goals in Recreation Therapy
Three (3) Clock Hours OR (0.3) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
The course is
intended to improve the participant’s master
of writing measurable and functional
treatment goals. The focus will be on
writing functional outcome goals for
recreational therapy and or related
healthcare disciplines that will enhance
those basic skills that practitioners use.
Participant will
be able to identify the rationale and
importance for writing measurable goals in
healthcare, will be able to list the key
components to writing S.M.A.R.T. goals, and
will be able to identify a correct goals as
evidenced by scoring at least a 70% or
greater on course exam before end of course
timeframe. Note: Text not included in course
cost. Go to bookstore to see which text is
required for course. This information is
also included in the course outline.
Read Hogberg, P.
& Johnson, M. (1994). Reference Manual for
writing rehabilitation therapy treatment
plans. Venture Publishing: State College,
PA. Read three online articles. These
articles require no additional cost. Take
an exam online. You have one year to
complete. You can re-take exam if needed.
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Using Person Centered
Therapy
Five
(5) Clock Hours OR (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
To understand the
concepts needed for using person centered
therapy
The student will
demonstrate awareness of person centered
therapy approaches as evidenced by scoring
at least a 70% or higher on the course
examination before the end of the course.
Read two chapters
from a book: Rogers (1977) On
Personal Power.
Watch a two-hour
movie: Good
Will Hunting
(1998). Take an exam online. You have one
year to complete. You can re-take exam if
needed.
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All courses © 2007-2008 by Danny W. Pettry, II,
MS, CTRS
Independent Education, LLC, 107 Albert Avenue,
Beckley, West Virginia 25801-2001
Email:
Danny@DannyPettry.Com
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