Your Life: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Do you work with clients who have challenges communicating ‘who they were before’ they had a stroke, have aphasia, mild dementia are not fluent in English or have other communication disorders (such as hearing loss or motor speech difficulties.)
We have an effective program tool for you.
Description
This one day on-site training workshop will provide Recreationists and Activationists with the knowledge and skills to work with clients with communication challenges to co-construct their own personal narratives/stories
– their past, present and future. You will learn how to use The Your Life Tool Kit to carry out a successful client story-telling program.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the theory of Supported Conversation to assist clients to tell their stories
- Walk through The Your Life Tool Kit to understand its components and how to use them
- Practice implementing The Your Life Tool Kit
Date: Tuesday November 27, 2018 (registration deadline is November 20, 2018)
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00pm (includes two 15 breaks + lunch break)
Location: Aphasia Institute, 73 Scarsdale Rd. Toronto, M3B 2R2
Cost:
- $340.00: Includes The Your Life Tool Kit: Instructional Manual; Pictographic Conversational Support
Booklet; Self-Directed Learning Module; Downloadable Templates; Wall of Emotions Card; Tear-Away
Contract Pad
- $240.00: If you already own The Your Life Took Kit. **You’ll be required to bring your Kit with you**
Capacity: Maximum 18 people (minimum 10 people)
To Register: https://yourlifeworkshop_nov2018.eventbrite.ca
Questions? Contact Marisca Baldwin:mbaldwin@aphasia.ca, Education & Learning Coordinator – 416-226-
3636 x23
