Events
2019:
March
March 18, REFRESH YOUR SOUL, ERS Conference; come visit our table!
March 20, XAVIER DEMENTIA SUMMIT, 2 presentations- "Building Community Using Montessori Approaches"
March 21-24, American Montessori Society Conference 2019
April
April 2, Xavier University Gerontological Social Work presentation- "The Montessori and Dementia Care Connection"
April 24, Xavier Women of Excellence, Research poster presentation- "Model Montessori Adult Day Stay Program"
April 27, South Korea, presentation- "The Connection between Montessori and Dementia Care"
May
May 1, Mount St. Joe, Workshop- "Improving the Lives of People with Dementia".
May 15, WMKV radio interview.
May 15, Madonna Manor, presentation- "Creating Meaningful Moments for Loved Ones with Dementia."
Past presentations:
"How to communicate with people who have dementia", Maple Knoll Village staff training, February 5 & 7
"Montessori Adult Day Stay", Miami University, February 6
Introduction to Montessori Dementia,” Cincinnati Women’s Club, February 13th, 11 AM.
"Addressing behaviors through modifying the environment and appropriate medications," Greater Cincinnati Alzheimer's Association, October 3. Co-presenting with Dr. Robert Keyes, Christ Hospital
"Using Montessori Methods to Improve the Quality of Life for People with Dementia", Leading Age Kentucky Conference, September 25-26.
“Intergenerational Activities, Providing Purposeful Activity,” Leading Age Ohio Conference, August 28-30.
"Using Montessori Methods to Improve the Lives of Older Adults with Dementia," Xavier University Brown Bag Presentation, August 3, noon to one PM, in the CTE lounge.
“Creating Activities Using the Montessori Method to Increase Engagement and Purposeful Well Being,” Cincinnati Activity Professionals Conference, June 14.
“Creating Meaningful and Purposeful Activities,” Xavier Workshop. Cincinnati, OH, April 2018.
Research Poster Presentation, “If we don’t get the T.V. back on, we’ll have to talk to each other”, American Montessori Society Conference. Denver, CO, March 2018.
“Creating a Prepared Environment for People with Dementia,” Cincinnati Dementia Summit. Cincinnati, OH, 2018.
“Xavier’s Montessori Dementia Program,” Xavier Development. Naples FLA, 2018.
"Using the Montessori Philosophy to Promote Personhood and Quality of Life for Older Adults with Dementia," Aging Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017.
“Montessori + Dementia Care,” Maple Knoll Village. Cincinnati, OH, 2017.
“Engaging Individuals with Dementia Using the Montessori Method,” St. Augustine Nursing Home. Cleveland, OH, 2017.
“How the Montessori Method Applies to Dementia Care,” Xavier Workshop. Cincinnati, OH, 2017.
“Applying Montessori Method to Dementia Care,” Leading Age Ohio Conference. Columbus, OH. September 2017.
“Montessori’s Application to Memory Support,” Miami University, Oxford OH, 2017.
“Do You See What I See?” American Gerontology Association. New Orleans, LA, 2016.
“Montessori Dementia Program”, Montessori Conference in Shanghai. Shanghai, China, 2016.