The TTAP Method study at Bergen Regional Medical Center shows the impact it has made on the patients wellbeing

In December 2009, students at St. Thomas Aquinas College presented findings that support earlier research by Levine Madori, 2007; Alders, 2008; Levine Madori, 2009 on the TTAP Method enhancing cognition and social interactions. Students coordinated, planned and implimented weekly 90 minute TTAP Method sessions with those individuals diagnosed with moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease on a locked unit. The last session, was a party, with Jazz Music from the 1950's playing. The photo's shows residents dancing in beat to the music, enjoying the celebration.

Video- TTAP Method© Learning Aid

Feel free to send feedback on the video! I experimented with the format and aimed to provide as much concrete information as possible.

Art Making ,Memories and the Subconcious Mind

The process of art making is just starting to be understood. We can identify the specific brain regions that are responsible for certain functions however we still don't fully understand how and why art making brings back memories that are hidden in our subconcious.The TTAP Method through a 9 step structure, allows the individiual the opportunity to go within. In Step 2/ Meditation time slows, our body pulse calms down, even our temperature lowers and imagines start to form deep within the minds eye.

The above image was created by a therapist in Finland, who through a meditation

revisited a favorate summer vacation place, deep in the mountains of Finland, far away from work , responsibilities and stresses. After the meditation, the therapist was directed to Step 4/ Sculpture. She proceeded to the art materials and created the sculpture in the above photo in which she recalled the forest beyond the summer lake at the summer cottage she has, deep green growth growing on all the surfaces in the lush woods.

The TTAP Method can be utilized with any population and this coming weekend, June 4th and June 5th, the TTAP Method will be presented at Andrus on Hudson in Hastings on Hudson, NY. Doctors, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals will learn how the TTAP Method stimulates all regions of the brain. As a multimodal approach, the method affects individuals on multiple levels including; behaviors, affects, senses and cogniton. The TTAP Method was studied at the Memory and Evaluation Services Center at Cornell University and early findings will be discussed.
Learn more about the TTAP Method at http://www.levinemadoriphd.com/
Keep visiting as this blog is updated weekly.

TTAP Method (TM) proven to Impact Cognition in Two Efficacy Research Studies.

The following is a clip on how the TTAP Method(TM) is utilized to effect memory, language usage, and cognition in those indivdiuals afflicted with this disease. contact

linda @levinemadoriphd.com

Insight on the Word "Love"

This video was taken during a course on the TTAP Method held in Hämeenlinna, Finland at HAMK University. The students in the class were each given a little heart with the word "LOVE" written on it. They were asked to give it to someone else outside of the class and ask what they thought. This is one of the responses:

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

The woman shown above is working with a student studing the TTAP Method (TM)

Engagement in deep socialization with others during the art process has now been proven to positively affect cognition and cognitive functioning and Gerotranscendence (Tornstam,2005; Arkin, 2007).The TTAP Method, based on theme centered approach enhances these intimate exchanges of feelings, thoughts and memories.

TTAP Method Theme Event-STEP 8, at Bergen Regional Medical Center

All of the participants in this program had Alzheimer's Disease and were on a locked unit. Many of them were restricted to wheelchairs and they all moved fairly slow. The one woman featured in this clip was dancing like she was 25 years younger than she was. She was instructing all of the STAC students on how to dance and how to move their hips.