Train the Trainer - Dementia Course

The course covers the topic content, as well as the full trainer element including mini teach sessions for the topic. Delegates will be shown best practice and supported to create their own lesson plan as well as some of the resources required for their own session delivery.

The course provides delegates with the skills, knowledge and confidence to become an effective Trainer in this subject and ensures that the delivery of a Dementia course is effective and impactful, so staff fully understand and know how to apply their learnings into working practices. It also explains how to maintain Trainers own CPD requirements.

This course will cover:

• Understanding dementia
• Understanding the different types of dementia 
• Signs, symptoms and causes of dementia and its effect on the brain
• Understanding the person affected by the condition 
• Adhering to legislative requirements 
• Consider the barriers to engagement and communication
• Ways to better engage and communicate with those living with the condition 
• The contribution and role of friends, family and professionals
• Recognising abuse and how to report and record this
• Legislative requirements

Train the Trainer elements:

• Explore ways to encourage delegates to effectively learn, retain and apply topic-based information in a confident and empowering way
• Learning Styles and how to teach by utilising each style to meet learner needs and delegates to learn from a variety of styles
• Embedding literacy and numeracy into the topic content at level 2
• Assessment techniques to ensure delegate understanding of the topic content
• Ways to evaluate effectiveness of own delivery of the topic at induction level and maintaining CPD requirements.
• Key to becoming an excellent trainer and the role of reflective practice

Requirements

All delegates enrolling on this course, are required to have prior experience in the topic content e.g the condition of Dementia

Handouts

Delegates will be provided with key pieces of information and asked to take notes so as to encourage and enable them to modify/create their own bespoke session based on their audience needs and learning styles. They will be supported throughout the session to do this.

Assessment

Each delegate will complete a competence assessment during the session. Anyone requesting the competence assessment to be completed outside of the course booking dates will be charged £49.00.

On successful completion of the assessment, the certificate will be issued. Dates for the assessment are on a mutually agreed basis. 

Course Validation

All Train the Trainer course certificates are valid for two years, and it is recommended that delegates complete one day refresher before the end of the validation.