(HS Shaw 078095 2021) Solve Challenging Dementia Behaviors: Support Family Connections and Losses as Root Causes
Tracking # 20-949308
Course overview
If you are a healthcare professional who works with people living with dementia, you've probably thought to yourself... I just can't understand what's going on in their brain. Through this innovative recording, you will gain new skills to transform the way you approach dementia-related behaviors: Manage unmet emotional, relational, and behavioral challenges in people living with dementia Realize new solutions for challenging behaviors, using knowledge of attachment theory, attachment loss, and separation distress as a root cause Gain strategies for embodied, sensory-based mindfulness to use with people living with dementia Facilitate desired emotional love connections and bonds between those with dementia and their caregivers Frustration-ending alternatives to manage agitation, aggression, and other challenging behaviors in dementia - without the use of antipsychotic and other drugs Join dementia expert Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA, nationally known physician, counselor, author, and speaker, for a dynamic recording filled with insightful discussions, interactive learning, and application of practical techniques. You will finish this program feeling confident that you can identify the root cause of challenging behaviors and implement solutions to facilitate emotional connections.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Certified Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Psychology
Limited License Psychologist
Psychologist
Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Audiologist
Audiologist Assistant
Speech-Language Pathologist
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Social Worker
Registered Social Worker Assistant
Disclosure statements
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Edward Shaw has an employment relationship with Wake Forest School of Medicine. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Shaw receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Edward Shaw is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.