The conference included 390 participants from many different parts of the world. With the exception of our presentation, the program focused on the work different people are doing working with dementia patients in facilities.
Our presentation on how to speak to persons with dementia was very well received. The feedback was that it gave concrete guidance. We had several private conversations with participants dealing with dementia in the family. As always, I asked how many people attending had dementia in the family. At this conference, about 1/3 of the people raised their hands.
People are interested in learning more of our work, and we are interested in putting more out there.
The long and the short of it is that Montessori pedagogy is being applied successfully for the benefit of persons with dementia in more and more places. This is wonderful news.