Connecting Heart to Heart with Older Adults
Upcoming courses
Validation for Activity Professionals
This online, interactive training is designed for anyone who works directly with older adults.
Validation for Activity Professionals is an 11-week online course that helps you build deeper, more meaningful connections with residents – especially those living with cognitive decline.
Starting May 26th
Practical Validation Training
This online, interactive training is designed for both professional and non-professional caregivers to help you gain knowledge and skills to better communicate with older adults living with dementia. (scroll below for detailed description)
Starting May 13th
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What's New at VTI
Our Mission
Our mission is to nurture respect, dignity and well-being in the lives of older adults living with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their caregivers by advancing education in the Validation method.
VTI’s vision for the future is that every caregiver and older adult experiencing age-related, cognitive decline will feel the joy and love of meaningful communication.
VTI has a network of 8,214 Validation certified workers, 860 group leaders, 449 teachers and 17 master teachers, around the globe. There are 24 Authorized Validation Organizations (AVOs) in 14 countries across Europe, Asia and North America.