The Making Tired Eyes Smile® System Offerings for
Training
For story facilitators…
Making Tired Eyes Smile® is designed as a self-study
tutorial. It is also recognized that often we like a personal touch to the
materials. Spending time with the author imparts a spirit of enthusiasm that
may or may not be captured on the written page. This face-to- face interaction
answers questions, delves into situations and removes doubts the volunteer
might harbor.
Every participant in training for this system is given
unlimited e-mail access to the author.
The Investment
A two-hour training session is available to further
cement the Making Tired Eyes Smile® system and motivate the facilitator.
The fees are $45 per participant plus travel, lodging, meals (outside Pinellas
County, Florida) and
duplication services. The participant fee is due upon the signing of the
contract. The out of pocket costs are to be reimbursed the day of the training.
A facility may also arrange for a facilitator to come to Pinellas
County, Florida and then pay
only the $45 per participant. All costs of travel/lodging are the
responsibility of the attendee.
For professional caregivers…
Hands On is an out of the ordinary training
exercise for caregivers of one of our most fragile populations. The approach is
based on three premises:
1. Learning is
more than exposure to lists of activities or rules. It is making an emotional
attachment to a concept that is readily available for practice. It is priming
ideas that will yield changes in the every day work environment. It offers
benefits to the participant that may have been overlooked.
2. Hands On tells an experiential story of a resident with Alzheimer’s to raise the
consciousness of the caregiver. It is read aloud to the group. It is designed
to bring to awareness the fullness of life before frailty. And then relate the
messages that come through the hands of caregivers to this elderly person. The
aim is to set a reminder for the caregiver every time they touch one of the
residents.
3. Telling a
story is a nonthreatening way to communicate. The listener is free to create
his/her own images and reflections. A story is received in its various shades
of meaning.
The story, Hands On, is followed by eight
questions for each caregiver to work through individually. The questions will
then be opened for discussion and contribution on a voluntary basis.
This experience with each participant composing a special
poem called an acrostic (one of the forms used by the circle of storytellers in Making Tired Eyes Smile®). The title is My Hands. The poem is to
secure the individual’s learning from this activity in his/her words.
Hands On is not included in the Making Tired
Eyes Smile® System.
Excerpt from the story, Hands On:
The smiling memories are erased as though her life movie
is running in reverse. The once independent and accomplished lady is losing her
self constructed identity. She stares more and more at her hands. And she feels
the hands of others showering her, clothing her, leading her from room to room,
serving her food and supporting her as she
walks off balance. What does she know about these hands?
The Investment
This 90-minute experience is valued at $45 per
participant plus travel, lodging, meals (outside Pinellas
County, Florida) and
duplication services. The participant fee is due upon the signing of the
contract. The out of pocket costs are to be reimbursed the day of the training.
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