• Role and Responsibilities of a Trainer – Understanding the trainer’s duties, legal obligations, and professional standards. 
• Teaching and Learning Approaches – How people learn, learning styles and cycles, and effective communication methods. 
• Course Planning and Delivery – Structuring lessons, setting aims and objectives and using teaching resources confidently. 
• Assessment and Feedback – Evaluating learner understanding, providing constructive feedback, and ensuring clinical competence. 
• Practical Training Delivery – Designing and delivering a mini-lesson and mentoring others in safe practice. 
• Understand the main diseases that cause dementia.
• Recognise the early and later signs of dementia.
• Appreciate the importance of early diagnosis.
• Identify and address the stigma associated with dementia.
• Apply the principles of person-centred dementia care in practice.
• Involve and support family members in the care process.
• Communicate effectively with individuals living with dementia.
• Manage and respond to challenging behaviours safely and compassionately.
• Understand the role of medication in dementia care.
• Apply the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in care settings.

Trainer Development

• Role and responsibilities of a trainer 
• Understanding how people learn – learning styles and cycles 
• Effective communication and use of training resources 
• Developing a training strategy and using your training pack 
• Course structure, lesson planning, and setting aims and objectives 
• Risk awareness, insurance, and compliance requirements 
• Assessment methods, feedback, and mentoring techniques 
• Designing and delivering a mini lesson based on medication administration 
• Dementia Facts
• Anatomy of the Brain
• Main Types of Dementia
• Early Diagnosis
• Later Symptoms + Behaviours
• Changing Attitudes
• Person-Centred Dementia Care
• Person-Centred Care in Practice
• Challenging Behaviours
• The Mental Capacity Act

• Delegates will receive an editable PowerPoint presentation (copyright form to be signed)