Decoding Dementia: Understanding Responsive Dementia Behaviors as Communication
Decoding Dementia: Understanding Responsive Dementia Behaviors as Communication
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
Decoding Dementia: Understanding Responsive Dementia Behaviors as Communication
June 11th -- 1:00 - 3:00pm EST
Learn how you can take on the role of a “Dementia Detective” to decode how dementia-related responsive behaviors are a way of communicating for someone with dementia. Through the stages of the disease, we will discover how dementia impacts a person’s ability to communicate, and how to shift your communication strategies using a detective's lens. With this new view on communication, we will learn to reframe how responsive behaviors from those with dementia can be seen as a way of communication. We'll also review real-life case examples so that participants will acquire detective strategies to meet the needs of those with dementia.
Join dementia care expert, Lisa Fagan Walts, a BUSSW alum and Network Trainer, as she walks us through the different stages of dementia and how the disease can impact a person’s ability to communicate in this engaging 2-hour program.
This workshop is appropriate for beginning, intermediate, and advanced practitioners. Though it will be helpful to have a basic understanding of how dementia affects a person, the fundamentals of Alzheimer’s and other dementias will be briefly discussed.
About the Instructor:
Lisa Fagan Walts, MSW, LICSW, CDP, CMDCP, specializes in advocating for people with dementia, and in working with their families to better understand and communicate effectively with their loved ones. She brings deep experience in training long-term care staff, as well as educating the public, medical professionals and first responders about Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Event Details:
June 11th | 1:00 - 3:00 pm EST
$60 // 2 CE credits
Group pricing available for groups of 3 or more
About The Network for Professional Education:
The Network for Professional Education at Boston University School of Social Work provides high-quality, innovative tools and training for health and social services professionals to meet the diverse needs of the communities they serve. Visit us at thenetwork.bu.edu.
Contact Information:
Boston University School of Social Work:
The Network for Professional Education
264 Bay State Road / Boston, MA / 02215
617.358.2626
thenetwork.bu.edu