Teepa Snow DVDs
Improving Emergency Services for Dementia Patients - Teepa Snow
Recognizing symptoms of dementia and knowing how to reduce stress and resistance during precarious situations is vital for emergency personnel. This DVD teaches law enforcement officers, fire fighters, EMTs, 911 Dispatchers, and Emergency Room Personnel how to best handle challenging behaviors and issues related to abuse or neglect.
DVD Features 105 minutes of hands-on information, tips & techniques...
Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist and noted speaker and consultant in the area of dementia. She has over thirty years experience in geriatrics.
The combination of Teepa’s been-there-done-that skills and her formal training as an Occupational Therapist give Teepa the credibility and experience to help caregivers with tried-and-true solutions. Teepa’s philosophy is based on years of medical research and making mistakes first-hand so perfecting a positive approach to caregiving. Her teaching style integrates facts about the brain and how it works, or doesn’t work in the case of dementia, while going in and out of character as a typical person with Alzheimer’s who has anxiety and behavioral problems.