Dementia & Their Caregivers – Dementia Support Group Leader’s Certification Course: Revolutionary Skills to Help People Living

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Never has the need for dementia support groups been greater.

Whether you’re thinking about starting a support group for dementia caregivers or people living with dementia, or are already leading a support group, this training is for you! You will access essential knowledge and the necessary skills to make you a more confident, competent, and compassionate support group leader.

 Here is what you can expect:

• Led by an expert multidisciplinary team of 6 experienced support group leaders
• Watch real-life support group video segments
• Valuable resources include: Adaptable care partner invitation letter, assessments, & meeting worksheets
• Complete facilitation kit with everything you need to conduct 10 impactful meetings
• Walk through challenges and strategies for in-person, virtual, and hybrid support group options
• Detailed activities for people living with dementia: Music, reminiscence, sand tray, dough, sayings, riddles, & more
• Explore the 5 developmental stages of support groups
• Incorporate the 8 central needs of dementia caregivers
• Discover how to integrate mindfulness, improvisational movement, creativity, and cognitive activities for those with dementia
• Immediately put the tools to use to start your own support groups!

Register today… for the only support group leader’s training that provides strategies to fine-tune leaders’ skills to start a support group or improve an established leader’s competence and compassion! Don’t delay… be a part of the revolution to improve dementia care!

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Outline for Dementia Support Group Leader’s Training

Watch Dr. Sherrie All to identify and differentiate between dementias, perform cognitive assessments, prevent and reduce difficult behaviors, and improve your ability to communicate with cognitively impaired patients. Earn your Dementia Care Specialist certification* and take away practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-life situations you face.

Knowledge and Skills for Support Group Leaders

• Companioning vs treating
• Developmental phases of support groups
• Advanced counseling skills
• Challenging group dynamics
• Challenging individuals in the group
• Meaning deconstruction and reconstruction
• In-person vs virtual vs hybrid in-person/virtual support groups — challenges and strategies for each setting

Support Groups for Dementia Caregivers

• The difference between a care partner and a caregiver
• Benefits of support groups for dementia caregivers and people living with dementia, including the evidence base, limitations, and potential risks
• The 8 central needs of dementia caregivers
• Mindfulness theory and practice for dementia caregivers
• Session elements — mindfulness, check-in, educational lesson, discussion/Q&A, and homework
• Curriculum for closed and open-ended dementia caregiver groups

Support Groups for People Living with Dementia

• Benefits of support groups for people living with dementia including the evidence base, limitations, and potential risks
• Unique aspects of developmental phases, counseling skills, challenging participants, and meaning reconstruction in support groups for people living with dementia
• IMPROVment® — an improvisational movement curriculum for people living with dementia
• Session elements — mindfulness, improvisational movement, creativity, and domain-specific cognitive activities
• Curriculum for closed and open-ended support groups for people living with dementia

Your learning doesn’t stop there…

Included for FREE! Three Bonuses 

A Leader’s Manual for Dementia Care-Partner Support Groups

If you want to lead a support group for dementia care partners and have a heart for those “on the journey,” this downloadable e-book provides information on counseling skills for leaders and co-leaders, how to handle challenging group participants, and step-by-step guides to run ten successful meetings. 

A Support Group for People Living with Dementia: The Leader’s Manual

This downloadable e-book provides experiential support group advice, worksheets, and usable tools for people living with dementia. Access ten sessions of enriching experiences to support mind, body, and soul using cognitively engaging activities, improvisational movement, and emotional processing. 

Certified Dementia Care Specialist: Practical Solutions to Identify Dementias Early, Reduce Behaviors, & Improve Communication

Watch Dr. Sherrie All to identify and differentiate between dementias, perform cognitive assessments, prevent and reduce difficult behaviors, and improve your ability to communicate with cognitively impaired patients. Earn your Dementia Care Specialist certification* and take away practical solutions to some of the most challenging real-life situations you face.

Meet the Course Experts

Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA, was the primary care partner for his late wife, Rebecca, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2007 at age 53 and died after a 9-year journey. Ed was a practicing academic radiation oncologist for 23 years. Inspired by Rebecca’s journey, his medical interest shifted to dementia diagnosis and treatment, and with his additional training in mental health counseling, he founded the Memory Counseling Program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC.

Samantha Culler, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and the clinical director for the memory counseling program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She is a strengths-based therapist with a desire to help people live fully at all stages of life. Samantha provides individual, couple, and family counseling for those on the dementia journey, as well as leads support groups for people living with dementia.

Christina Soriano, MFA, is the vice provost for the Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives at Wake Forest University and a professor of dance. Since 2012, Christina has regularly taught a community dance class in Winston-Salem, NC to people living with Parkinson’s Disease and their care partners and has been involved in three scientific studies that look at the ways dance can help with quality of life, mobility, and balance.

Christina Hugenschmidt, PhD, MS, LCMHC, is a mental health counselor and neuroscientist. She serves as the memory counseling program director at Health/Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research focuses on how positive group experiences can support the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners.

Marinda Freeman, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, implementing positive therapeutic techniques for persons with dementia, as well as their care partners both individually and in group settings. Marinda developed a dementia support group curriculum to improve quality of life, honor autonomy, and provide a safe space to openly discuss one’s diagnosis.

Sherrie All, PhD, is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist who has specialized in treating people with dementia. Dr. All is the founder and director of the Chicago Center for Cognitive Wellness, a private neuropsychology practice specializing in cognitive rehabilitation to help adults improve their thinking skills, expand their functional independence, and enhance their brain health. 

Course Highlights

• Incredible insights from 6 multidisciplinary leaders in dementia care
• Includes 3 FREE bonuses 
• Packed with tips, tools, guidelines, worksheets, samples & suggestions
• Watch the videos at your own pace
• Designed for: mental health and healthcare professionals, as well as a variety of allied health professionals and administrators. And anyone interested in leading a dementia support group!

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