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Winner of Activity Professional Tribute Contest

In honor of Activity Professionals week, January 21 -27 Alternative Solutions in Long Term Care www.activitytherapy.com held a nationwide contest for an original tribute honoring Activity Professionals week. Many inspirational tributes were submitted by activity professionals, administrators, social workers, consultants and residents. The winner was judged on originality in which the tribute captured the essence of the activity profession. The 2006 winner is Susan Winder-Rivera ADC who is the Director of Therapeutic Recreation at Grand Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Bronx New York. The winner received a cash award. All of the entries are posted on the www.activitytherapy.com web site. For more information please visit our web site.

Susan Winder-Rivera, ADC Director Therapeutic Recreation
Grand Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Bronx, New York

Our call is one most extraordinary
First we try to figure out
What it is a resident’s truly about-
Involving the body, the mind, and the soul
We fill the assessment, develop a goal.
We look at the person
and not the dis-ease
We don’t want to label
we want to perceive
In the calm of the storm
one can usually see
what a person can manifest
and what they can be,
beyond limitations, unwanted adulterations
beyond morbid fascinations and unheld screams
A higher calling cries to be heard
in the melancholy scenes.

It may be the heart
It may be the bones,
It may be the blood
or the brain’s chemicals.

when the dancer stops dancing through the loss of a limb
we map out and modify
for the resident to win.
the original thrill
returned to its source
back to the fork in the road
before things went off course…

We enliven, enrich, embrace and encourage
we remove elements that cause to discourage.
We enlighten and energize
the lost and forgotten
fan their flames, call their names
deny their Armageddon.

We are teachers, counselors, a healing balm
The soother, the smoother
of things gone wrong
We overcome obstacles beyond comprehension
our course need be steady, beyond apprehension

Our purpose is higher
than the eye can see
and although we do appear quite commonly
Our call is one most extraordinary.

Certification in Alzheimer's & Dementia Care and Train the Trainer Courses

The Train the Trainer program is recommended for In-Service Directors, Corporate Trainers, Instructors and Consultants who are responsible for training healthcare professionals about Alzheimer’s and Dementia. For those professionals attending the Train the Trainer program, you will receive a certificate of completion. Upon completion of the Train the Trainer Program, you will receive an Instructor I.D. Number.

January 11th 2007
Newark Airport Newark NJ
Location to be announced.

January 26th 2007
Imperial Palace
Las Vegas NV

February 10th 2007
Hartford CT
Location to be announced.

May 5th 2007
Chicago IL
Location to be announced

June 23rd 2007
The Courtyard Marriott
3801 Vestal Parkway East
Vestal, New York

September 29th 2007
Philadelphia PA
Location to be announced.

October 27th 2007
Dallas Tx
Location to be announced

November 10th 2007
New York City NY
Location to be announced.

For Certification in Alzheimer's & Dementia Care only go to http://gordonsocialwork.com/order-courses/index.htm

For Both Certification in Alzheimer's & Dementia Care and trainers program go to http://www.nccdp.org/train.htm

Please feel free to post this newsletter on your web site or email it to a colleague.

Enjoy the holiday season,

Lynn Biot Gordon LCSW, CDP
Sandra Stimson CALA, ADC, CDP
Lisa Reidinger LNHA, CSW, CTRS, CDP

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