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Group Homes and Adult Day Programs

Training in dual diagnosis; Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s:
  • Six (6) hour course taught in three (3) two-hour sessions
  • Taught on-site at a location convenient to your staff
  • Understand memory loss in Down syndrome
  • Understand ways to support self-care and positive experience for residents
  • Understand change in behaviors and mood
  • Learn how to help other residents understand
  • Understand the grief process in DS & AD
Cost: $ 900.00 for a six (6) hour training (three two hour sessions) [up to 75 participants]

Additional trainings: $ 150.00 /hour (two hour minimum)
  • Training for transportation staff
  • Staff seminars on dementia care        
  • On site staff coaching
    Staff coaching regarding one individual’s behavior challenges
    Three (3) on site coaching sessions concluding with a written behavior care partnering plan      $ 450.00




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