POSITIVE APPROACH TO CARE (PAC)
WORKSHOPS
Nationally Recognized Dementia Educator, Teepa Snow, Provides Dementia Certifications. Dementia is a progressive brain disease that is projected to affect 13.5 million Americans and 1.2 million Canadians by mid-century.
Today, over 5 million Americans are living with the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, including an estimated 200,000 under the age of 65. By 2050, up to 16 million will have the disease. Characterized by memory loss and a cognitive decline that interferes with daily life, dementia progressively weakens a person's thought processing ability, ultimately causing drastic changes in mood, memory, and behavior.
Family members caring for a spouse, parent, or other loved one with dementia, are at high risk for depression and anxiety, making it difficult or impossible to care for the person affected by dementia. You know the diagnosis, now what do you do? Nationally recognized dementia educator and trainer, Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA hashelped thousands of people by sharing her dementia care philosophy and caregiving techniques.
Her training program and book are reflective of her education, work experience, medical research, and first hand caregiving experiences. In addition to her work as an Occupational Therapist and 30 years of experience in Geriatrics, Teepa served as the Director of Education and Lead Trainer for the Eastern N.C. Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and as a clinical associate professor at UNC’s School of Medicine, Program on Aging. She is an advocate for those living with dementia and has made it her personal mission to help families and professionals better understand how it feels to be living with such challenges and change. Teepa’s teaching style integrates facts about the brain and what happens to someone when doing, thinking, reasoning or processing becomes difficult. Her teaching style is unique, entertaining, and energetic. She is a sought after speaker for professional organizations across the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Georganne Erickson has earned her Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Trainer Certification. She has demonstrated the ability to train others in Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care philosophy...teaching awareness, knowledge, and skill development in a classroom, community, or support group setting. This experiential and interactive course provides dementia related awareness and knowledge, an in-‐depth look into various learning styles, and facilitation techniques that engage learners. Teepa’s Positive Approach™ to Care (PAC) philosophy and care partnering techniques serve as the foundation for all PAC Dementia Certifications.
Each certification category includes instruction in PAC philosophy, foundational knowledge and basic care partnering skills including Positive Physical Approach™ and Hand Under Hand™.
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Positive Approach to Care® Three-part Workshop Series
Workshop A –
“Normal Aging/Not Normal Aging” *
1-hour program
$125.00
Workshop B –
“Positive Physical Approach(PPA) and Hand- under-Hand® (HuH)”
2-hour program
$250.00
Workshop C –
“Teepa’s GEMS®; Using Skills that Make a Difference”
2-hour program
$250.00
Total of Three Workshops
$625.00
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Experiential learning programs use training DVD/videos of Teepa Snow’s presentations and are designed to engage and instruct learners through reflection and practice of the concepts and skills used to achieve a Positive Approach to Care®. Audience participation can be more or less extensive depending on current knowledge and skill levels. Workshop A can be tailored to meet home health aides’ training needs or offered as an informational style presentation (fewer training steps). Descriptions of the workshops are attached.
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Contact Southwest Caregiver Training Institute, LLC to schedule workshops at a minimum of three weeks in advance of desired presentation date.
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Can be scheduled individually or as a group (maximum attendance - 12) and can be offered all on one day or over a period of time.
Other Teepa Snow training on Challenging Behaviors, How to get your staff engaged in better care techniques,
It's all in your approach and more.
PAC'S VISION
Positive Approach® enhances life and relationships of those living with brain change by fostering an inclusive global community. Until There's A Cure, There's Care.
PAC'S MISSION STATEMENT
Using our talents and abilities to develop awareness, knowledge, and skill with all people, that will transform what exists into a more positive dementia care culture.
Changing Dementia Care One Mind At A Time.
CORE VALUES:
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Relationships based on PAC's Core Values
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Authenticity
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Empowerment
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Compassion
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Curiosity
More information on Teepa Snow and PAC training go to www.teepasnow.com Positive Approach®, LLC
PAC training is great for Assisted Living Administrators, Managers, Directors and Core staff who are interacting with those living with dementia.
Contact Georganne Erickson at 928-446-0896 to set up a workshop. Workshops can be conducted at your location. Serving all of Arizona.
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