Wrexham residents will have the chance to improve their communication skills with people living with dementia thanks to an interpreter course.

The dementia interpreter course is designed to help people understand how to communicate with people with dementia and to recognise that some behaviours are often a way of telling us something.

By understanding this behaviour, people can then reduce the frustration that losing the ability to talk can cause.

The course will delve into the impact of communication issues on an individual and on a group – not only from your perspective but from the person’s perspective as well.

You will learn new techniques to help understand the simple changes you need to make to understand a person and you will gain skills to decipher behaviours and enable you to understand what someone is “saying”.

There are two sessions available per day at each venue: 09.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 4.30pm

This training is available specifically for people living in Wrexham or working with individuals living in Wrexham.

Course dates – booking essential

19 and 22 September 2022:

Enterprise Hub, Queens square, Wrexham, LL11 1AT

21 September 2022 – Fully booked

Crown Buildings, 31 Chester Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BG

23 September 2022:

Phoenix Homecare and Support, Wrexham, LL11 4YL

For more information, please contact:

commissioning@wrexham.gov.uk

To book your place: Ffôn: / Tel: 01978 292000

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