Events
Montessori for Dementia and Ageing - 2 day face to face workshop
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- Venue: Chelmsford
Montessori for Dementia and Ageing is an innovative approach to dementia care that can be adopted for individuals or groups as a philosophy of care. The goal is to support older adults and people living with dementia by creating a prepared environment, filled with cues and memory supports, that enables individuals to care for themselves.
This in person workshop takes place on the 16th & 17th November 2023 (both days must be attended)
The workshop will cover:
Montessori for All Ages
• Who was Dr Maria Montessori?
• What is the Montessori philosophy of education?
• From the classroom to the aged care centre
• What does a Montessori Environment in aged care mean?
The Person
• Seeing the person, not the disease
• The 3W’s – a model to follow
• Personal and social profiles
• Strengths of a person living with dementia
• Preventing Excess Disability
The Disease
• Understanding the impact of dementia
• Living with a neurocognitive disorder
• Ruling our depression, delirium, pain
• Responsive behaviours
Memories in the Making
• How memory works
• Declarative and Procedural memory
• How to support memory loss
Spaced Retrieval Step by Step
• Learning is possible in dementia
• Why Spaced Retrieval works
• Implementing the evidence based memory strategy
The Prepared Environment • Design guidelines for dementia
• Visual Cues
• Scheduling & routines
• Activity areas
• Interactive wall spaces
• Roles
The Culture
• Old practices
• Montessori as a non-pharmacological intervention
• Employing for Emotional Intelligence
• Good Leadership
• Developing teams
The Methodology • Importance of Activities
• What is a Montessori activity?
• Classes of Montessori activities
• DEVELOP an activity
• INTRODUCE an activity
• Expansion & Extension of activities
Group Activities • Montessori Book Clubs
• Beyond Bingo
• Toss It
Bringing it all together
• How to make your care community more Montessori focused
• Putting Montessori into action
• How to be a Montessori mentor
• One step at a time - moving culture change forward
Montessori Demonstrations •
Case studies
• Opportunities for student practice
To book please email quality.innovation@essex.gov.uk
This in person workshop takes place on the 16th & 17th November 2023 (both days must be attended)
The workshop will cover:
Montessori for All Ages
• Who was Dr Maria Montessori?
• What is the Montessori philosophy of education?
• From the classroom to the aged care centre
• What does a Montessori Environment in aged care mean?
The Person
• Seeing the person, not the disease
• The 3W’s – a model to follow
• Personal and social profiles
• Strengths of a person living with dementia
• Preventing Excess Disability
The Disease
• Understanding the impact of dementia
• Living with a neurocognitive disorder
• Ruling our depression, delirium, pain
• Responsive behaviours
Memories in the Making
• How memory works
• Declarative and Procedural memory
• How to support memory loss
Spaced Retrieval Step by Step
• Learning is possible in dementia
• Why Spaced Retrieval works
• Implementing the evidence based memory strategy
The Prepared Environment • Design guidelines for dementia
• Visual Cues
• Scheduling & routines
• Activity areas
• Interactive wall spaces
• Roles
The Culture
• Old practices
• Montessori as a non-pharmacological intervention
• Employing for Emotional Intelligence
• Good Leadership
• Developing teams
The Methodology • Importance of Activities
• What is a Montessori activity?
• Classes of Montessori activities
• DEVELOP an activity
• INTRODUCE an activity
• Expansion & Extension of activities
Group Activities • Montessori Book Clubs
• Beyond Bingo
• Toss It
Bringing it all together
• How to make your care community more Montessori focused
• Putting Montessori into action
• How to be a Montessori mentor
• One step at a time - moving culture change forward
Montessori Demonstrations •
Case studies
• Opportunities for student practice
To book please email quality.innovation@essex.gov.uk