The TTAP Method shows the impact it has on long term memory and reminiscing

The movie, shown below, was taken after a TTAP Method(c)Therapeutic Session.

Step #1-Conversation, Step 2-Meditation and going within, Step 4- Sculpture and Step 3- painting. The ability to have individuals go within and reminisce about the past and share those details through personal exchanges has now been proven to enhance overall well being and cognitive abilities.

TTAP Method in the News, Channel 11, WPIX

There are over 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's Disease, a condition that destroys brain cells causing memory loss. For patients and for their families the disease also destroys their quality of life. Dr. Linda Madori, leading expert on Alzheimer's Disease, has an innovative methodology called the TTAP Method -- Therapeutic Thematic Arts Programming for Older Adults -- that helps those afflicted with AD disease have a better quality of life.
Object 1: Memory Box
The story behind it: The memory box was created by an 87 yr. old woman with mild Alzheimer's disease. The box was decorated with red decorations and has a photograph of a lock that the woman cut and glued onto the box. The memory that she created the box from was based on a positive experience the woman had going back 80 years when the woman was a child in the first grade. She remembered that she was very advanced in reading and writing. This memory made her very happy.
Object 2: Drawing of two rings overlapping
The story behind it: The drawing was made by a 67-year-old man with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Madori had a meditation session with the patient, who talked about the deep love he felt for his wife. Other positive memories include the first time he met his wife, how she had changed his life and how she visits him daily since he has been living in a facility away from home.
For more information about Dr.Madori's TTAP Method, visit www.ttapmethod.com.
WATCH THE INTERVIEW >>>

http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/b58baad4-7f95-413d-8b67-862d15f99db8/Health/TTAP-Method-Creative-Therapy-For-Alzheimer-s-Patients

Channel 11, WPIX, October 11 at 8:00 AM

The TTAP Method will be featured on Channel 11, WPIX on Monday Columbus Day October 11, between 8 and 9 am, 2010.

Watch the interview of Dr. Steve and Dr. Linda discuss the innovative TTAP Method , a multimodal approach (stimulating the individual emotionally, behaviorally, cognitively, sensorially and physically) and designed to reach the remaining strenghts of those with Alzheimer's disease.

The second TTAP Method Certification Training which was held in Chicago, at Edward Hospital in April of 2010. Today, Thursday October 7th the administration released early findings of the 6 month study on a Geropsyciatric Unit.

Ms. Trish Bendel, Edward Hospital Administrator States "I can tell you that we have decrease from having an average of 40 one to one supervision shifts a month down to an average of 4.6. This is an annualized savings of about 78 thousand dollars. Our fall rates (residents who Fall on the unit) have gone from an average of 5 per month to an average of 3!!!
The TTAP Method has been extremelly beneficial as these results demonstrate.
These results speak to the emotional, physical, and financial benefits the TTAP Method has on the care and treatment of those afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease.

Go to www.ttapmethod.com to learn more about the Certification Training's offered.

Students at St. Thomas Aquinas College learn the TTAP Method

I thought I would share some interesting photos from the Cornell University and Weil Medical College study, which was conducted in January through May 2009. View these "capturing" images from both my students who are learning the TTAP Method and the participants at Cornell "doing" the TTAP Method. Here are some of those images, notice the concentration and the "flow" as the participants explore the creative arts in painting and mask making.




This research study will be presented at the Gerontological Society Annual Conference on November 20, 2010. For more infomation go to geron.org.

HAMK University, Finland and the TTAP Method

HAMK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, HAMEENLINNA, FINLAND

This past May a week long Certification Course on the TTAP Method was given through the Continuing Education Department at HAMK University. The course is designed for working professionals in the fields of gerontology, specifically Art Therapists, Recreation Therapists, Nurses, Administrators and health care providers.

Collen Ryan, featured below, a Recreation Therapist who graduated St. Thomas Aquinas College in 2008 and has been utilizing the TTAP Method at Westchester Valhalla Medical Center with those in Skilled Nursing Care, and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, with adolescents. Colleen presenting a case study in which she sucessfully conducted the TTAP Method with individuals diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders.

The participants conducted experientials with sharing memories about berries which were handed out to each participant. This use of objects enhances detailed levels of communication while allowing each individual to learn an enormous amount of detailed information in a short span of time. Below are images of these conversations.

Below are artworks of the participants, after expereincing a guided imagery.

The filming and documentation through the Fulbright Scholarship

The TTAP Method receives second Fulbright Scholarship Award to create Certification Training.

Students at HAMK University are learning how the TTAP Method(c) affects the brain in a very direct way. By experiencing each of the nine steps through experientials, the students learn first hand what it means to give and receive therapeutic stimulation and person centered programming. Charts and graphs make learning about TTAP Method(c) steps, brain region, and learning styles easy.

Every day of in class learning is complemented with educational filming. Footage is obtained daily to be edited into a five part documentary that have now been edited and featured through LTV Television in Long Island, New York. Go to LTV.org for more information on schedule dates.

TTAP Method Internationally taught and researched

The TTAP Method is being taught at SEAMK University since 2008. The Chair of the Department of Gerontology Dr. Aila Vallejomedina, has been supervising graduate students research on the TTAP Method with well elderly, those in assited living and those diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Above are some views of one of the oldest scientific Universities in Finland. OXO.