Geriatric Mental Health Specialists Workshop: Challenging Behaviors in Older Adults living with Dementia

• Course Title: Challenging Behaviors in Older Adults living with Dementia
• Instructor: Amy Moss, LICSW, GMHS
• Participants will learn what Dementia is and is not; what normal aging is vs. dementia; how dementia affects the five senses and about right and left brain science and how to use this information to our benefit when helping a person living with dementia. Time will be spent learning Teepa Snow’s Positive Physical Approach and Hand Under Hand techniques for more effective communication with a person living with dementia.  Common challenging behaviors related to dementia and creative solutions to those challenges will be discussed.
• CE’s: 6 Continuing Education credits for social workers, mental health clinicians and marriage and family counselors.  Case managers and other service providers are also welcome to attend. 
• HOURS: This class will be held on the Zoom. The class starts 9:00 am and concludes at 4:00pm. Instruction begins promptly at 9.

If you have questions about classes prior to signing up, or are interested in teaching a workshop, please contact Maia McCoy at (206) 727-6258 or via email at maiam@soundgenerations.org. She will be working with Robin Nelson, LICSW, GMHS who is the clinical supervisor for the GRAT team.

Register Here: https://bit.ly/GMHSworkshop

If online payment doesn’t work for you, please email maiam@soundgenerations.org to sign-up and coordinate an alternative payment method.