Environments Introduction – Bethanie Gwelup

A series of zoom sessions with an Environments Facilitator, to help you identify opportunities for evidence based environmental changes to your site.

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Overview

Learners will be guided through completion of the "Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia" online course.

A series of 3 Zoom sessions will be provided to expand on the material in each module of the online course, so that you can apply design principles and tools whilst having opportunity to engage with an Environmental Design Specialist. Each session will promote engagement via interactive activities and discussion.

How it will work:

  1. Introductory Zoom session (15-20 minutes)
  2. One week to complete module 1: "Why environments matter" of the Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia online course.
  3. Zoom Session 2 (30-45 minutes) Facilitator runs through module 1 and participants have the opportunity to engage in activity/ ask questions.
  4. One week to complete module 2: “Exploring good places to live” of the Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia online course. (roughly 1 hour of self-directed online learning)
  5. Zoom Session 3 (30-45 minutes) Facilitator runs through module 2 and participants have the opportunity to engage in activity/ ask questions.
  6. One week to complete module 3: “Transforming buildings (and the organisations that run them)” of the Creating supportive environments for people living with dementia online course.  (roughly 1 hour of self-directed online learning)

Then if you are interested, we can arrange an onsite workshop at your site.  Contact your course facilitator for more information.

Learning outcomes:

Ability to explain why the environment matters with an underpinning of knowledge and understanding of:

  • What dementia is, and how it affects an individual's function and daily life.
  • How the built environment affects a person’s perception and behaviour.
  • Analysing the impact of a room on social activity and perception.
  • Applying the design principles to the working environment to identify strengths and opportunities for change.

Continuing Professional Development

"Environments Introduction" will attract a total of 6.25 hours CPD. 4 hours of CPD will be provided via completion of the online course. An additional certificate of 6.25hours will be given to learners who complete all 3 zoom sessions within "Environments Introduction".