Why Try Validation®?
Author: Paula M. Mixson, L.M.S.W.-A.P..
Source: Volume 10, Number 02, July/August 2007 , pp.17-19(3)
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Abstract:
This article is a first-person account regarding the advantages of interviewing very old people suffering from dementia utilizing the Validation® approach developed by Naomi Feil in her book “The Validation Breakthrough”. There is an adjacent box providing selected readings on the subject. A second article, in an upcoming issue of VED, will explore Validation® techniques and their application to APS.Keywords: Validation®; “The Validation Breakthrough”
Affiliations:
1: APS trainer and consultant.