Dementia Awareness (Train the Trainer)
Course Number
SC0302.4
Validity
3 years
Duration
1 day
Assessment
Continuous
Our Dementia Care Train the Trainer course is for those looking to train others in Dementia Care Awareness. Delegates will consider key aspects of Dementia and the effects on those who suffer with this disease and best current practice for care. As with all of all of our Train the Trainer courses we will provide tuition on training methods suitable for in-house training of the organisations own staff. Delegates will gain sufficient knowledge to run their own engaging and compliant training sessions. At the training end all delegates will present a micro teach session and be assessed for their training delivery and Dementia Care knowledge and training standard.
Suitable for:
Care
Introduction
- Introduction and course overview
Course Programme
- Dementia defined
- Early signs & symptoms
- Risk factors
- Challenging behaviours
- Memory loss & loss of inhibitions
- Importance of stimulation / sensation
- Wandering
- Sensory loss
- Treatment
- Working with those with Dementia
- Best practice for care
- Course evaluation
Train the Trainer Module
- Teaching methods and learning styles.
- Feeding back
- Evaluating.
- Presenting information.
- ‘Do’s and don’ts’.
- Assessment.
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