How to Start an Art Program for the Elderly - E-Book
Painting Reprinted with Permission - Marius Bernon - Artist with Alzheimer's -2009
Starting Your Own Art Program
"Shelley I still refer to your book that I purchased from you....so well done!"
- B.T. Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
If you are looking to start your own art program this is a good guide from the field on how to take your expressive art teaching ideas into the real world. I have been able to create opportunities to earn money in the therapeutic arts without a formal education in art therapy. This book details how.
This a practical book based on what kind of art-making works best with people with dementia and you may be suprised by my findings. In the book I will detail the
pros and cons of offering projects that are instructor assisted and also the pros and cons of offering spontaneous art projects that are more art therapy based to people with cognitive
difficulties.
"Thanks so much for all of this information! I just wanted to say thank you. I've just started on this journey and have SO much more research and learning to do, but I feel like a new door has opened, and I appreciate you sharing your experiences in this book."
S.S. - La Crosse, Wisconsin
Creativity and Dementia
In this 45 page e-book I share my experiences as an art facilitator working on a small scale in the field of working with elders with Alzheimer’s and dementia. I share some anecdotal experiences about making my own weekly discoveries as a privately contracted art facilitator as I traveled around to different care homes with my boxes of art materials.
I will also share my personal observations of my unique experience working full time in a large, well established government art studio for the elderly and what I have observed while facilitating elders with dementia to create 6 days a week for up to six hours a day.
Creativity and dementia are a magical mix. My experience is that creativity can increase with the onset of dementia because often censership wanes. This e-book was originally presented as a published book for the 2010 Conference for The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care.
Cost for the e-book is $25.00 USD. You will receive 5 chapters in an e-mailed PDF in your e-mail over a period of 5 days as soon as you
pay.
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