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Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for the Arts – 19th January 2024
January 19 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
£75 – £85We are delighted to announce our next Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for Arts Facilitators on Friday 19th January 2024, 10am – 4pm, which will take place at London Bridge Hive, 8 Holyrood Street, London, SE1 2EL.
Arts 4 Dementia warmly invites arts organisations, learning managers, facilitators, artists, and healthcare professionals to book a place on our upcoming Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training.
Become one of our 1000+ training alumni and learn how to reach people living with dementia, through the power of the arts!
Diversity and inclusion concession.
Are you from an ethnic minority community, and will be involved in arts activities for people within your community? You may be able to quality for our special incentive programme. Check here.
Aim
Increase skills and confidence, communicating and working creatively with people experiencing the early stages of dementia and their carers. Work towards reaching new audiences and making your practice or organisation more inclusive, increasing impact in the community.
Suitable for
Arts facilitators, artists, learning teams, healthcare professionals, volunteers and postgraduate arts students.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate their understanding of the various types of dementia
- How dementia impacts people’s abilities and feelings in the early stages
- Explain the key communication approaches
- Describe the value and impact of arts based approaches
- Engage participants and encourage them to develop new creative skills
“It was a fantastic to meet so many like minded people from such varied artistic practices and backgrounds. It was a thoroughly enlightening day”