Dementia Interpreter®
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Become a Dementia Interpreter®
- Module 1 - Definitions
- Module 2 - Communication
- Module 3 - Attitude
- Module 4 - Words and Terms
- Module 5 - Making Changes
- Module 6 - Changing Circumstances
- Module 7 - Body Language
- Module 8 - Experiential Training Introduction
- Module 9 - Changes Over Time
- Module 10 - Questions
- Experiential Training - Part 1
- Experiential Training - Part 2
- Experiential Training - Part 3
- Experiential Training - Part 4
- Experiential Training - Part 5
- Summary
Experiential Training - Part 1
Alright, you are now going to have a little go at the practical session of this course. So we have got a series of activities that we are going to get you guys to take part in, and in each activity we are going to be using a piece of equipment, which is going to impair your ability to communicate. These pieces of equipment, which are in the box here, and I bet you are all really keen to see what is in this box. Yup. Looking a bit nervous, there Dennis? Yup. These pieces of equipment, they will each put in place a different barrier, and these barriers are the same barriers that somebody living with dementia may experience themselves. So by getting you guys to experience the barriers, you will hopefully demonstrate how somebody living with dementia will find new ways of communicating, if they are living with those barriers. I'm going to get one of you, and Dennis has very kindly volunteered for this bit, to become our person in care, and that person in care is going to have a few extra bits of equipment and a few extra activities today. And Kate, Rach, you are going to be my lovely support staff. You are going to support Dennis through his journey during this practical session that we have got here. Now, for one of you guys, it's going to get to the point where it is quite hard to communicate in any sort of way, so... Speech could be quite hard, movement could be quite hard, seeing and hearing is going to be quite challenging as well. We need to make sure that we keep you guys safe throughout this. So what we have come up with is we are going to use some sort of noise, a safe sound, that you guys can make to let the rest of us know that you have had enough and you want to stop. Because when it gets to the last activity we are going to do, it is going to be quite hard for you guys to take the equipment off yourselves. Now, I am gonna throw this out to all three of you. Can you think of any noises or any sounds that you could make; bear in mind you cannot speak, any sounds or noises that you could make, which would let us know that you are in a little bit of trouble, and you would like to stop? Has anybody got any ideas? Yeah, Dennis? What was that again? Everybody got that? Okay. That's one option. Has anybody else got any other ideas of noises we could make? Oh, I like that. Do you want to do that again? You got to be a little bit louder so we can all hear it. If you guys were to hear... Because I like that. That's quite distinctive, that noise. If you guys were to hear that sound, would that let you know, they need to stop? Yeah. Yeah. I think for us all to be nice and clear, so that we all know the noise, I think we all need to do it together. Just so that we all know what that noise is. So I am going to count you in from three. Three, two, one. Fantastic. I think we will take that as our safe noise..
In this video we look at the experiential training that is completed by care staff. There will be a series of activities, and each activity will use a piece of equipment which is going to impair their ability to communicate.