Understanding the Unmet Need: Non-Pharmacologic Approaches to Behavioral Health

Presented by Barbara Speedling

Quality of Life Specialist

Unlock the Power of Person-Centered Care: Revolutionize How You Manage BPSD & Complex Behaviors!

Are you ready to move past heavy psychotropic medications and chemical restraints? Agitation, aggression, and resistance to care don't have to lead to black-box warning risks, fall hazards, or functional decline. Every challenging behavior is a story waiting to be understood—and you have the power to rewrite it.

Step into a groundbreaking, highly interactive session designed to completely transform your approach to dementia care and serious mental illness. Shift your practice from reactive symptom management to a compassionate, life-changing, holistic framework.

Why You Can't Afford to Miss This Session:

• Decode the Invisible: Learn how to read "challenging behaviors" for what they truly are—unmet physical, emotional, and sensory needs.
• Master Evidence-Based Strategies: Walk away with immediate, practical tools to defuse crises and manage behaviors safely without relying on chemical restraints.
• Unite Your Team: Break down department walls and harness the full strength of an interdisciplinary, person-centered care model.
• Protect Resident Quality of Life: Reduce fall risks, preserve functional independence, and build a safer, more rewarding environment for both staff and residents.

Ignite real change in your care facility!

Reserve your spot today and master the tools to deliver safer, smarter, and deeply human care!

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the clinical and cognitive risks associated with using psychotropic medications for behavioral expressions in older adults.

2. Reframe "challenging behaviors" as form of communication or distress driven by an underlying unmet need.

3. Apply specific, evidence-based non-pharmacological modalities tailored to distinct disciplines (e.g., sensory diets, validation therapy, environmental modifications).

*Includes Recording, Handouts and Resources*

Individual Session-  $85 GHCA Member $225 Non-member