Please Understand Me: Communication, Behaviour and Dementia

This series provides you with knowledge and skills to better understand and serve people with dementia. We review h communication techniques that best meet the needs of people with dementia, including an introduction to Validation Therapy. Lastly, we discuss theoretical models, which help to explain how humans understand and respond to behaviours. The series will also unravel the ABCs of conducting behaviour management and teach you how to identify behaviour patterns to maximize therapeutic relationships.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will understand the implications of validation therapy/techniques for  therapeutic recreation
2. Participants will gain knowledge of theories that describe human behaviours of responding and understanding behaviours
3. Participants will recognize appropriate responses to behaviours when working with people with dementia