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Dementia Support Group Leader’s Training: Revolutionize Support Group Skills for Dementia Caregivers and People Living with Dementia
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Never has the need for dementia support groups been greater.
Research shows that support groups help participants by reducing depressive and anxious symptoms and enhancing caregiver efficacy and resilience. Research also shows that support groups provide a safe, supportive, nonjudgmental place to explore thoughts, feelings, and find meaning.
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 skills on support group theory and practice that will make you a more confident, competent, and compassionate support group leader. You will walk through challenges and strategies for in-person, virtual and hybrid support group options.
But that’s not all….further examples of the practice changing information you will have lifetime access to:
- Examine the 8 central needs of dementia caregivers and utilize them as the framework for a dementia caregiver support group
- Explain how mindfulness, improvisational movement, creativity, and cognitive activities can be integrated into a support group for people living with dementia
Included in the training materials, you will take away the framework, curricula, lesson plans, and practical how-to’s to establish a sustainable support group program for family caregivers and those on the dementia journey. The training has been designed for a wide audience of individuals, including mental health and medical professionals as well as a variety of allied health professionals and administrators.
Watch actual video segments from dementia caregiver support groups and support groups for people with dementia support. The real-life examples will be integrated throughout this program, along with explanations and analysis by an experienced multidisciplinary team to create an impactful and powerful training experience, unlike any you’ve had before. The expert team of presenters are all experienced support group leaders and authors of support group leader’s manuals.
Register today….for the only support group leader’s training that provides comprehensive knowledge about group theory and practice, as well as 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!
Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA, Empath Education, LLC
Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA is dually trained as a physician and mental health counselor. He 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 in 2016 after a 9-year journey. Ed was a practicing academic radiation oncologist for 23 years, specializing in the treatment of adults and children with brain cancer. In 2010, inspired by Rebecca’s journey, his medical interest shifted to dementia diagnosis and treatment, and with his addition training in mental health counseling, he founded the Memory Counseling Program in 2011, part of the Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and the Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The program serves individuals, couples, and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia.
He is the author of four books. Along with coauthors Deborah Barr and Dr. Gary Chapman, he wrote Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer’s Journey, which describes his moving personal story of care for Rebecca coupled with an innovative use of the 5 love languages in dementia counseling. He also wrote The Dementia Care Partner’s Workbook, a support group manual and self-study guide for dementia care partners, providing understanding, education, and hope for the long journey of dementia caregiving from diagnosis through end-of-life. He has also co-authored two resources for support group leaders, A Leader’s Manual for Dementia Care Partner Support Groups and A Support Group for People Living with Dementia: The Leaders Manual.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Edward Shaw receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Edward Shaw has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Christina Soriano, MFA
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 of people living with neurodegenerative disease. She has received funding from the National Parkinson Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, and the National Institutes of Health, with Dr. Christina Hugenschmidt, with whom she regularly collaborates on this work.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christina Soriano has an employment relationship with Wake Forest University. She received grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH), Luce Foundation Grant, and Retirement Research Foundation. Christina Soriano receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Christina Soriano has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Christina Elizabeth Hugenschmidt, MS, PhD, LCMHC
N/A Samantha Culler, N/A, MSW, LCSW, Wake Forest Baptist Health
Marinda Freeman, MSW, LCSW
Marinda Freeman, MSW, LCSW, licensed clinical social worker, currently providing trauma-focused counseling at Family Services Inc. of Forsyth County. She provides individual, family and group support to the clients she serves. While completing her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, marina interned at the Memory Counseling Program at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, NC. Her experience with the Memory Counseling Program included the implementation of positive therapeutic techniques by providing emotional support, specifically mental health counseling for persons with dementia, as well as their care partners both individually and in group settings. Marinda’s passion for this population grew rapidly and she was inspired to develop a support group curriculum for people living with dementia to help improve their quality of life, honor autonomy and provide a safe space to openly talk about their diagnosis. Marinda is dedicated to her work and is a strong advocate for those who struggle with mental health challenges.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Marinda Freeman has an employment relationship with the Family Services Inc. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Marinda Freeman has no relevant non-financial relationships.
