Building Sensational Relationships: Understand, Connect, Engage
What is dementia? What is sensory? Learn about factors that influence experience and behavior, including dementia-related brain changes, environmental inputs, and a person’s unique sensory profile.
Create trust and build positive rapport using emotional and sensory regulating strategies for successful interaction. Learn how to intentionally approach people so they feel safe, welcome, and cared for.
Do the things that bring joy to life. Create accessible opportunities to engage in meaningful, sensory-rich activities. Optimize health, well-being, and participation in life.
Brain health is an important topic. Your brain needs exercise, just like the rest of your body. Historically, word searches and crossword puzzles were infamous brain-boosting activities. The downfall of relying on these activities is that they simply facilitate your brain’s ability to recall information it already knows. The brain needs more for optimal activation […]
When recently playing Psych during a virtual game night with friends, it was predicted that if I ever opened a museum, it would contain pictures of me hugging people all around the world. ACCURATE. Hugs are my sensory love language! How many hugs do you get a day? How many hugs do you think you […]
Our world is a sensory-rich place and humans are sensory-complex beings. Sensory systems process information from the outside environment (the sound of your name called) and the body’s inside environment (a growling stomach when feeling hungry). You have 8 sensory systems! You probably remember learning about the five main senses in preschool: Touch: tactile systemHearing: […]