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On-Site Training for Health Care Professionals Caring for
Memory Impaired Adults

Professionals can choose from a variety of training opportunities:

      #1 Expand and enrich the services of your existing home-care agency, adult day care center, residential care facility, hospice program, or private practice by incorporating the philosophy of Movement with Meaning through four comprehensive workshops tailored to your specific needs:

In-Service Training 1: How Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementia, & Other Memory Impairments Affect A Person - Design a Person Centered Program
In-Service Training 2: Build Meaningful Verbal & Nonverbal Communication Skills - Reduce Problem Behaviors by Incorporating Mindful Listening & Concepts of Compassionate Care
In-Service Training 3: Invigorate Remaining Skills & Abilities of the Person with Memory Loss - Develop a New Framework for Preserving the Uniqueness of Each Resident or Client
In-Service Training 4: Implement Skills for Staff Self-Care & Effective Stress Management -Explore Issues of Grief & Ambiguous Loss
Fees range from $100.00 - $400.00 for one-hour to four-hour programs
Choose from one in-service, any combination, or all four workshops
Contact: Barbara Larsen, MA., Ed. Tel. (530) 478-1735 or E-MAIL: blarsen@nccn.net

Establish a Movement with Meaning Program
(as described in the book)

Movement with Meaning: A Multisensory Program for Individuals with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s

     #2 Immerse participants in a choreography of short, repetitive exercises that stimulate physical, mental, and sensory awareness by combining gentle dance movements, yoga inspired poses, breathing exercises with music, poetry, and specific sensory activities.


Through discussion and hands-on activities, professionals will learn to:
  • interview & select participants
  • arrange the environment for a Movement with Meaning class
  • develop a sequence of repetitive activities with specific props & materials
  • incorporate a thematic thread throughout each 30 minute class
  • create a natural, organic rhythm within the framework of the five segments
  • use the senses as avenues for communicating & connecting with people in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
$400.00 fee provides four CEUs for RCFE facilities (vendor # 10007717402)
Schedule an on-site training today!
Contact: Barbara Larsen, MA., Ed. Tel. (530) 478-1735 or E-MAIL: blarsen@nccn.net

In-Home Assessments & Care Plans for Families of Memory Impaired Adults

      #3 Encouragement and practical, hands-on tools are what you need as someone who is caring for a loved one with a memory impairment. Movement with Meaning is designed to help address your specific circumstances and find practical ways to thrive by learning to:
  • understand how memory loss (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Traumatic Brain Injury, Lewy Bodies, stroke, etc.) affects a person
  • communicate effectively with your loved one
  • arrange the environment to support everyday activities
  • build on loved ones’ remaining strengths & abilities by incorporating stimulating activities using all five senses
  • navigate community & personal resources for your mental, physical, & emotional well being
  • explore issues of grief & ambiguous loss
  • enhance opportunities for family involvement
One-time initial assessment fee is $100.00. All other fees are based on a $50.00 hourly rate
Schedule an in-home assessment
Contact: Barbara Larsen, MA., Ed. Tel. (530) 478-1735 or E-MAIL: blarsen@nccn.net