Looking at how to run staff training groups and at what to do with stuck teams, this ''how to do it'' guide is aimed at people in the health and social services who want their training to be imaginative, energetic and effective. The latest theories in staff training are examined, with a focus on how to use sociodrama as a training tool. Using ......
How can carers and relatives support a person's identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing through changes that occur in the later stages of dementia?Drawing on over ten years' experience of working with people with dementia, Karrie Marshall provides a toolkit of tried and tested creative activities to support communication and relationships. ......
A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma.
Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions, this innovative ......
Whether they are cared for at home or in an assisted living community, adults living with dementia should be offered a life that is interesting and fun. But what can you do to enhance the everyday experience of a loved one who is losing interest in or is unable to participate in their old hobbies and pursuits?
Whether they are cared for at home or in an assisted living community, adults living with dementia should be offered a life that is interesting and fun. But what can you do to enhance the everyday experience of a loved one who is losing interest in or is unable to participate in their old hobbies and pursuits?
Bonnie Thomas LCSW is a school-based clinician, providing individual and family therapy to children aged 3GÇô12. She has also worked in the Juvenile Corrections System and coordinated a mentoring programme for young girls living in public housing.
Creativity is preserved in dementia long after other abilities are lost, so that making art provides rich opportunities for meaningful engagement for people with Alzheimer's or dementia. Creative Connections (TM) in Dementia Care provides care partners with the knowledge and easy-to-follow steps they need to successfully implement art projects in ......
Expanding the therapist's toolkit, this book provides creative activities and exercises for every stage of the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) process, from initial diagnosis through to relapse prevention. The exercises are an integrated part of the CBT work and assist in the process of acquiring the required skills and behavioural ......
This practical book gives students the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to communicate more effectively and interact more productively in the small group setting. The fourth edition features new content on communicating within virtual groups and conducting online meetings.
