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Dancing
in the Dark:
Alzheimer's
in 3/4 Time
January
7-25,
2008
Presenter/Facilitators: Patricia Pickett, D.Min.
12.0 contact hours
As one providing spiritual
care to those caught in the world of Alzheimer's disease, how
do you go where the person is and meet their needs while allowing
them to be who they are in the moment? This three week seminar
presented by Dr. Patricia Pickett and Samuel Johnson will
engage participants in working through the arts and spirituality,
which are the last things to go when someone begins to slip
through knowing.
Seminar participants
and presenters will share stories of their experience through
email dialogue and identify issues of concern around ministering
to those with Alzheimer's disease. Through this process the
group benefits by learning from one another as well as from
the presentations.
Presenter:
Patricia J. Pickett, D. Min.
In her eighth year of serving persons with disabilities
as their pastor, Dr. Patricia J. Pickett has increasingly
encountered those individuals who have succumbed to Alzheimer’s. In
her role as pastoral caregiver, she has had to negotiate "a
dance" with each person by being aware of their
unique movement.
Before Pat was a pastor, she was both mother and artist. These
two areas of her life have great bearing on her work with
those who have Alzheimers. Art, whether expressed in
movement, color, or sound has become a way of communicating
and touching that place in a person where they are real,
where spirituality resides. And finally, Pat says, "In
situations like this, I wonder what all my schooling and
the role my many degrees play. It seems that
I revert to being "mom" for in some cases, maybe
all you can do is love. Maybe that is the best gift."
Learning
Objectives:
Following
this seminar, participants should be able to:
Dance in the reality of the person with Alzheimer’s
by following their lead.
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Move from their needs as caregivers to those of
the persons with Alzheimer’s by entering into
their spirituality as the dance continues.
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Experience vicariously the dance of a caregiver
and person with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Explore methods of survival for caregivers
before the last dance.
Continuing
Education Credit:
This
seminar is approved for up to 12
contact hours (1.2 CEUs) of continuing
education credit for chaplains, pastoral
counselors, social workers, and congregational
leaders. The Wayne E. Oates Institute
is an approved provider by the National
Board of Certified Counselors.
To qualify for the
CEUs participants
are expected to read the presentations
and participate in the email discussion
by contributing at least 2 email messages
per week. One message is to reflect
on the presentations or case studies
in light of one's personal experience
and context and the second is to respond
to someone else’s reflection
or inquiry. The evaluation form submitted
at the end of the seminar serves as
the CEU application. Following your
submission of this form you will receive
your CEU certificate.
Registration:
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