Specific Diseases and/or Chronic Conditions Workshops
Our most popular sessions are 3-hours.  However, any of these sessions may be blended to provide a 6-hour, or longer, workshop to address specific needs, and to provide additional skill practice.

Supporting Clients with Diabetes
3-hour workshop
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic conditions among older adults. This session provides an overview of the condition, addresses common myths and provides practical information on supporting the client with diabetes.

  This in-service workshop will help your staff
  • understand the common types of diabetes, and how they change normal functioning
  • dispel common myths about diabetes
  • appreciate the additional health risks posed by diabetes
  • describe common signs and symptoms, including hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, “insulin shock”, “diabetic coma” and others
  • discuss the changes in lifestyle imposed by diabetes and its management
  • identify the questions to ask when supporting a client with diabetes so as to individualize the support provided
Supporting Clients Who Have Had a Stroke
3-hour workshop
This session focuses on the various types of stroke and the individuality of impairment that may arise as a result of the stroke type and location. It includes an overview of key support approaches that are useful when supporting a client who has had a stroke.

This in-service workshop will help your staff:
  • understand the variety of ways having a stroke may impact a client's functioning, including common perceptual impairments
  • identify approaches to support client function
  • apply condition specific and more common approaches in a case example

Note: Because of the wide range of impairment and support responses, this session does not generally cover communication impairments.
Communicating with Clients Who Have Had a Stroke
3-hour session
This session focuses on communicating with clients who have dysarthria, apraxia, aphasia and dysphonia as a result of a stroke. We’ll discuss these conditions with a focus on communication strategies and aids that can make meaningful communication easier.

This workshop will help your staff:
  • Appreciate the variety of ways in which a stroke may impair communication
  • Understand the differences among dysarthria, apraxia, aphasia and dysphonia
  • Apply productive strategies and use simple “props” to enhance communication
Supporting Clients with Communication Barriers
3-hour workshop
Little is more frustrating than an inability to communicate. This interactive session will provide an introduction to four common barriers to communication: hearing loss, no common language, aphasia, and cognitive impairment. For each, the session will provide an introduction to ways in which the PSW can address barriers and support the client's communication. 

This workshop will help your staff:
  • understand the impacts hearing loss, aphasia, and cognitive impairment have on a client's ability to communicate
  • appreciate the ways in which no common language hampers understanding and client satisfaction
  • gain strategies to reduce frustration and enhance understanding.
  • understand how to share productive approaches with other members of the support team.
Supporting Clients with Parkinson’s Disease
3-hour workshop
This session focuses on support approaches that may be useful when supporting a client with Parkinson’s. It includes a brief overview of the condition and common myths.

This in-service workshop will help your staff:
  • understand Parkinson's disease and the variety of ways it may impact a client's functioning
  • identify condition-specific approaches to support client function
  • apply condition specific and more common approaches in a case examples
Supporting Clients with Multiple Sclerosis
3-hour workshop
This session focuses on support approaches that may be useful when supporting a client with Multiple Sclerosis.  It provides an overview of the condition and addresses common myths.

This in-service workshop will help your staff:
  • understand Multiple Sclerosis and the variety of ways it may impact a client's functioning
  • understand condition-specific approaches to support client function
  • apply condition specific and more common approaches in a case example
Supporting Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
3-hour workshop
This session discusses the various ways in which a spinal cord injury may affect a person. It will cover physical impacts, as well as working with a client who directs her/his own support.
 
This workshop will help your staff:
  • differentiate between myths and facts with regard to spinal cord injury
  • understand the variety of ways SCI may impact a client's functioning
  • understand the concepts of self-directed and self-determined support, and apply these to real-world case examples
  • identify common issues arising in support and identify methods to address those issues.
Assisting Persons with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
6-hour workshop, or 3-hour workshop that will cover selected topics
This session focuses on the ways in which an acquired brain injury may impact upon the person and the ways in which an ABI may impact a client's cognitive, physical and behavioural functioning. It will cover the role of the support worker in providing day-to-day support.

This workshop will help your staff:
  • understand the ways in which an ABI may impact a client's cognitive and physical abilities
  • understand the ways in which an ABI may impact a client's behaviour
  • understand strategies to support client function
You may also be interested in these workshops:
  • Supporting Clients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Supporting Persons with Cerebral Palsy
  • An Introduction to Functional Assessment
Connect with us by phone, email or request an online quote:
info@capacitybuilders.ca
416-256-3010 ext. 229
1-800-267-6272 ext. 229
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