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◂  October 2020

Coping with Challenging Situations in Dementia Care Webinar
10/7/20202pm3pm

Published by: jtonge

Venue

Online

Register

$40/members, $60/nonmembers, $30 each additional person

Contact

Tomi Morris
302-235-6895

Coping With Challenging Situations in Dementia Care
Presented by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
World-renowned dementia care expert

This session is designed to help learners better understand why the person they are trying to help may at times exhibit ‘challenging behaviors.’  Attendees will be introduced to the ‘six pieces of the puzzle’ that may be used to help determine these contributing factors.  This problem-solving approach will be presented to help learners reduce the intensity, frequency, or occurrence of challenges.  This session will also help learners develop better communication skills when working with people living with dementia by emphasizing the value of empathetic and supportive communication.

Objectives:       By the end of the session, learners will be able to:

  1.     List the six factors that may be used to determine what may be contributing to ‘challenging behaviors’
  1. Describe several effective verbal communication techniques for interactions with a person living with dementia
  2. Identify several physical techniques that may increase the probability of positive interactions with those living with dementia

This webinar will be delivered via Zoom and is approved for 1 continuing education credit for NAB and the Delaware Board of Nursing. To receive credit, you must attend the entire webinar. the webinar will not be recorded.

Details and registration: 10.7 Webinar Registration 

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