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Pines Education Institute of SW Florida and facilitated by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA. 

Understand how people with dementia see the world. Learn the right thing to say & how to say it. See how to adapt to the world of dementia, better communicate with a person with Alzheimer's & improve their quality of life. 


This video is an excerpt of "It's All In Your Approach", a 2 1/2 hour training DVD for caregivers. 

Teepa Snow, a nationally acclaimed Alzheimer's and dementia care specialist, teaches her students how a person with dementia perceives his/her world and how to properly adapt one's own behavior to increase communication and the patient's quality of life. 

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"It's All In Your Approach" is presented by The Pines Education Institute of SW Florida and facilitated by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA.
© 2012, Pines Education Institute of S.W. Florida and Teepa Snow