You can print your
certificate of completion immediately after
completing a course or request for a
certificate to be sent to you by mail.
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.
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
24-48 hours of receipt for course.
A Course in Positivity
New Course:
Positive Psychology
TR Knowledge Area: Theory for behavior change
One (5) Clock Hour or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent learner will demonstrate an
awareness of positive psychology as evidenced by reading
Barbara Fredrickson's (2009) "Positivity." Independent
leaner will demonstrate she (or he) has an
understanding positive psychology as
evidenced by passing a multiple-choice test
with at least a 70% score or better within a
one-year timeframe.
A Course in Motivation Techniques
Pink's Motivation Theory for behavior change
TR Knowledge Area: Theory for behavior change
One (5) Clock Hour or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent learner will demonstrate an
awareness of Daniel Pink’s new model for
motivation as evidenced by reading
Daniel Pink’s book, “Drive. Independent
leaner will demonstrate she (or he) has an
understanding of the motivation model as
evidenced by passing a multiple-choice test
with at least a 70% score or better within a
one-year timeframe.
Best
Price for 5 clock hours (50% off) regular price.
Professionalism
in Recreational Therapy
TR Knowledge Area:
Advancement of the profession:
professionalism: techniques for
enhancing professionalism and professional
behavior
One (5) Clock Hour or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent learner will demonstrate an
understanding of professionalism in
recreational therapy as evidenced by reading
Danny Pettry’s book, Discover Hidden Secret
Wisdom: How to Become Great at Anything and
watching Dr. David Austin’s video,
Professionalism in Therapeutic Recreation
and passing a written exam on these two
resources with a score of at least a 70%
score or better within a one-year timeframe.
A Course in Kindness
Professional conduct and behavior: kindness
TR Knowledge Area:
Advancement of the Profession:
professionalism: professional conduct
One (5) Clock Hour or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent learner will
demonstrate an understanding of the
professional conduct (kindness) as evidenced
by reading Piero Ferrucci’s (2006) book,
The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected
Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
and passing a written exam on the book with
at least a 70% score or better within a
one-year timeframe.
A Course in Happiness
Understanding
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: Principles of behavioral change:
Cognitive Psychology Theory, Approach, &
Practice
Required
book information on three (3) assessments
that a Recreational Therapist could be
interested in using in her (or his)
practice. These include; Burns Depression
Checklist, Novaco's Anger Scale, & Dr.
Arlene Weissman's Dysfunctional Attitude
Scale.
One (5) Clock Hour or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent learner will have
a general understanding of cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) by the end of this
course
Course Requirements:
Independent leaner will
demonstrate an understanding of knowledge
regarding (CBT) as evidenced by reading
David Burns (1980) Feeling Good: The New
Mood Therapy Book (as shown in picture
below) and passing an written
exam on the book with at least a 70% score
or better within a one-year timeframe.
Understanding
Autism
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: Psychology and related
impairments.
(social and language
impairments in autism)
One (1) Clock Hour or (0.1) CEU. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent
learner will understand the social and
language impairments in autism
Course Requirements: Read
a journal article on autism and pass an exam
with a 70% score or better within a one-year
timeframe.
Using
Yoga as a Treatment Modality
TR Knowledge Area: Practice
of Therapeutic Recreation/ Recreational
Therapy: Concepts of TR/RT: Using Yoga,
Breathing, and Meditation as a Treatment
Modality
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective: Independent learner will
understand the concepts for using yoga to
manage pain, heal ailments, and promote
overall well-being.
Course Requirements: Read
Larry Payne and Richard Ustatine’s (2002)
Yoga Rx: a step-by-step to promote health,
wellness, and healing for common ailments
as evidenced by reading the book, and
passing a quiz on the book with a 70% or
better within a one-year timeframe.
Using Learned Optimism in
Recreational Therapy
Are you an
optimist or pessimist? Find out with
this course because the required book
includes an assessment tool to determine
if you’re an optimist or pessimist and your
level of hope. You can use this assessment
tool with the patients who you serve. It
also includes an adapted scale for children.
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: theories of human behavior and
human change.
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent
learner will understand the concepts of the
Seligman’s (1998) Learned optimism: how
to change your mind and your life and
how it can be applied to recreational
therapy practice.
Course Requirements:
Read
Seligman, M. (1998)
Learned
optimism: how to change your mind and your
life and pass a 10-question quiz with a 70%
score or better within a one-year timeframe.
Using
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Recreational Therapy
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: theories of human behavior and
human change.
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent
learner will understand the concepts of the
self-fulfilling prophecy and how it can be
applied to recreational therapy practice.
Course Requirements:
Read Robert Tauber's (1997)
Self-fulfilling prophecy: a practical
guide to its use in education and pass a 10-question
quiz with a 70% score or better within a
one-year timeframe.
Unconditional Approach to Promoting Positive
Behavior Change in Children
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: theories of human behavior and
human change.
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Independent
learner will understand Kohn’s (2005)
concepts on unconditional parenting and how
it promotes long-term positive behavior
change.
Course Requirements:
Read
Kohn, A. (2005) Unconditional
parenting: moving from rewards and
punishments to love and reason. Atria: NY,
watch the video, Unconditional Parenting: A
Talk by Alfie Kohn, and pass a 10-question
quiz with a 70% score or better within a
one-year timeframe.
Consequences for using
external motivators when teaching children
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge: theories of human behavior and
human change.
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
The independent learner will
demonstrate awareness of the negative
outcomes for using external rewards as
evidenced by reading Kohn’s (1993) “Punished
by rewards” and earning at least a 70%
score or better on a quiz based on the book
within a one-year timeframe.
Course Requirements:
Read
Kohn, A. (1993). Punished
by rewards: the trouble with gold stars,
incentive plans, A’s, praise, and other
bribes. Houghton Mifflin: New York. and
pass a quiz based on the book with a 70%
score or better.
Four-Set Series on Providing Services for People
with Dementia with Emily Lowe
These four
courses are based on Creating Successful Dementia Care
Settings (4 Volume Set) by
Margaret Calkins, John Marsden, Sheryln
Briller, MArk Proffitt, Kristin Perez,
Kalyna Butler, and Joel Jefferis, 2001.
Using Psychology Techniques to Change People
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation
Knowledge:
Principles of behavior change
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
Participant
will
demonstrate awareness psychology techniques
for changing people’s attitude, behavior,
feelings, or beliefs as evidenced by scoring
at least a 70% or higher on the course
examination before the end of the course.
Course Requirements:
Read
Lieberman, D. (2005)
How to change anybody: proven techniques to
reshape a anyone’s attitude, behavior,
feelings, or beliefs .St. Martin’s
Press: New York.
Motivation Techniques
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation Knowledge:
Principles of behavior change
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective/ Requirements
Independent learner
will be able to demonstrate awareness of
concepts for promoting personal autonomy as
evidenced by scoring at least a 70% score or
higher on a 10-question quiz on Edward
Deci’s (1995) book: Why we do what we do:
the dynamics of personal autonomy.
Social Psychology of Likeability: Techniques to
Improve Quality of Life
TR Knowledge Area: Social
psychological aspects of play, recreation
and leisure
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Objective:
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.
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.
Course INCLUDES access to an assessment
tool.
Treating Depression: Techniques for Promoting
Happiness
TR Knowledge Area: Foundation Knowledge:
Psychology and Related Impairments
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
Participant to increase awareness of
techniques for treating depression and
promoting happiness.
Course Objective:
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.
Course Requirements:
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.
Helping Techniques: Making a Difference Through
Serving Others
TR Knowledge Area:
Foundation: Concepts of health and human
services
Five
(5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
To increase
awareness of helping techniques as well as
skills and abilities
Course Objective:
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.
Course
Requirements:
Read Kottler, J.
(2000) Doing good: passion and commitment
for helping others. Take the exam online.
You have one year to complete. You can
re-take exam if needed until correct.
Therapeutic Outcomes of Journaling
TR Knowledge: Implementing
the Individual Intervention Plan: Stress
Management: Journaling
Five
(5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
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.
Course Objective:
Participant will
be able to identify concepts needed for
effective journaling and the therapeutic
outcomes of journaling as evidenced by
scoring a 70% or greater on the course exam
before the end of the course timeframe
Course
Requirements:
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.
Effective
Communication Techniques for Dealing with
People’s Difficult Behavior
TR Knowledge Area:
Foundation Knowledge: Theories of Human
Behavior and Behavior Change
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
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.
Course Objective:
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.
Course
Requirements:
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.
Therapeutic Outcomes for Using Dogs as a Pet
Therapy Approach
TR Knowledge
Area: Practice of TR/ RT: Facilitation
Techniques and Approaches
Five (5) Clock Hours or (0.5) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
Participant to
increase awareness of the benefits of using
dogs as an approach in pet therapy programs.
Course
Objective:
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.
Course
Requirements:
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
Writing Functional
Outcome Goals in Recreation Therapy
TR Knowledge Area:
Planning the Intervention: Methods of
writing measurable goals and behavioral
objectives
Three (3) Clock Hours or (0.3) CEUs. Notice
ten (10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course
Goal:
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.
Course Objective:
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.
Course
Requirements:
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.
Using Person Centered
Therapy
TR Knowledge Area:
Person Centered Therapy
Five
(5) Clock Hours of (0.5) CEUs. Notice ten
(10) Clock Hours = 1.0 CEU
Course Goal:
To understand the
concepts needed for using person centered
therapy
Course Objective:
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.
Course
Requirements:
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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