Training: Montessori Method Adapted for the Cognitively Impaired
Presenter(s)
Mr. Mark Norris, Director, Montessori Alzheimer Center
4 x 3 hour sessions on Zoom. Each session runs from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern. $350.00 per person. Fee includes all 4 sessions PLUS a complimentary 1.5 hour follow up support session and several support tools.
Objectives: Understand the Montessori philosophy, its principles, its approach, and how to apply it to people with dementia and other related diseases. Change our perceptions of the people concerned. Refocus on the person. Learn to understand, empower and interact with them. Enable professionals to better identify, and therefore, solicit and use the abilities preserved in people with dementia (remaining abilities) and therefore, change their views and their attitudes toward those they care for. To allow for the adaptation, creation, and implementation of daily life activities adapted to the difficulties, capacities, interests and personal tastes of the people in order to increase their engagement .
To allow the person to attain a certain functional level of autonomy through freedom of choice and a sense of control over their own life. To allow people with dementia to take on social roles and to increase their sense of belonging to a community, notably through meaningful activities and by allowing them to participate as actors in their community. Introduce them to a process for dealing with problematic behaviors, by working with them to find ideas and solutions for a concrete cases encountered in their work or living environment. Professionals taking this training will benefit from enhanced communication skills at both verbal and nonverbal levels, when working with the cognitively impaired.