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Consulting Team Lead by Natalie B. Davis ACC

About ActivTimes

Natalie Davis

 

The ActivTimes Consulting team is led by Natalie B. Davis ACC, who entered the life enrichment profession in 1974 as an activity specialist at Golden Acres, The Dallas Home for Jewish Aged.

The principle that has influenced the development of the company comes from the work of the elder care pioneer, Dr. Herbert Shore PhD.

“Through a relationship, all things are possible, without one, nothing.”

With over 40 years of service in the activity profession, Natalie Davis brings history, change and vision to ActivTimes Consulting.

L.I.F.E

ActivTimes embraces the L.I.F.E. philosophy that was established at the Dallas Home for Jewish Aged.

Love is essential to life, regardless of age.

Interest means involvement, interaction, identity, to be interested and interesting. If one is to live, he must have an interest in life. When an individual ceases to have a function, he loses his identity. If one has interest, he can interact and have interpersonal relationships.

Fulfillment means finding satisfaction in being, in creating, in meeting the demands of life.

Enrichment means growing, evolving, experiencing, expanding one’s horizons; satisfying the needs for intrinsic values and social enhancement.

Credentials

  • BA in Psychology
  • MA in Therapeutic Recreation
  • Activity Consultant Certified ACC with an education specialization EDU
  • CADDCT Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Trainer
  • CDP Certified Dementia Practitioner
  • CMDCP Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional
  • Brain Health Coach-Total Brain Health

Accomplishments

  • Director of Activity Program Department at Golden Acres
  • Adjunct Faculty at Eastfield College
  • Continuing Education Faculty at Paris and Collin College
  • Past Board Member - National Certification Council for Activity Professionals
  • NCCAP curriculum development committee and education committee member
  • National, state and local conference presenter
  • Texas TRAIN initiative presenter
  • Texas Culture Change Coalition Presenter
  • Texas DADS/HHSC presenter

Writings

  • “Facilitating Role Continuity of the Elderly Through Leisure Programming”, in Therapeutic Recreation Journal. Vol. XIV, 1980.
  • “The Role Continuity Approach to Aging: Implications for Programming” in Perspectives on Leisure and Aging in a Changing Society, 1982.
  • Contemporary Activity Consultant Manual, Chapters 12-13
  • Management Simplified Column in Creative Forecasting 2009-2017.
  • Meaningful Engagement to Enhance Quality of Life Participant Manual, Texas Health and Human Services Commission joint state wide training. 2018-2019.

Awards

  • 2002 Award of Excellence from the National Association of Activity Professionals
  • 2016 Outstanding Woman of the Year nominee for small business by Altrusa International, Richardson Chapter.