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Are you asking open-ended (вЂњBeautifulвЂќ) questions?.Are you inviting and including gestures, sounds, and 'non-sensical' answers?.Are you accepting and validating every answer?.Are you creating a ritual process and a special event?.We often hear people say вЂњWeвЂ™re already doing that.вЂќ but when we ask a few questions, we hear, вЂњwell, maybe not.вЂќ HereвЂ™s a handy checklist: We already do improvisational storytelling in my facility. I also liked that it evoked the idea of a boat slip, as in TS Eliot's poem, Dry Salvages (part of the Four Quartets), which explores the power of time (larger than all of us) and the journey through life as being like a slowly leaking boat. I called the first play that I wrote inspired by stories told by elders with dementia TimeSlips in 1998, and it has been the name ever since. We were simultaneously in the past, the present and the future - imagining yet always drawing on the past. TimeSlips captured the non-linear quality of the stories. I needed a name that captured the essence of what we were doing - poetically, so that we inspired people to take a step into imagination.

'In 1998, I received a grant for a project called 'The Interactive, Intergenerational Storytelling Project with People with Alzheimer's and Related Dementia.' Well, as you might imagine, that was a bit of a mouthful. Lastly, inviting at least one staff member of your aging services partner to join your Creative Campus and take the online training can go a long way in ensuring that they are aware of sessions should work and can be of additional support to students. In addition, you may want to visit our where you will find short presentations like an Intro to Aging as well as Identifying Ageism in Intergenerational Spaces. In addition, it may be a helpful tool for reflection after facilitating: Did you remember each step? How did each step go? If you forgot a step, how would it have changed the session? How would you do steps differently next time? But in a practice session it may be nice to ensure you remember and understand the reason for each step. In the Appendix there is a вЂњRecap of TrainingвЂќ is not intended to be a checklist or something you should bring with you when you facilitate.It could be helpful to role play a few of these scenarios.

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Challenges That May Pop Up goes over a few common pitfalls and how to address/avoid them.

Especially getting to know your aging services site which includes any volunteer orientation or paperwork that may be required by them.

Student Volunteer/Service Learning 101 has some great tips for getting started and some ideas about what to expect.

In the Student Volunteer Resource Guide in your Toolkit, weвЂ™ve provided a few items that may be helpful during an orientation phase: ItвЂ™s also good to remind students that the more you can make it about imaging/inventing/making up the story - the better - remembering that there are no wrong answers and the story doesnвЂ™t have to be вЂњpolishedвЂќ or вЂњmake senseвЂќ the way they might be used to. In addition to the training online, could we do some kind of вЂњorientationвЂќ that might include doing a practice round as a group (just students)?ДЄn orientation or practice is a great idea! Getting the hang of how to phrase open ended questions remembering to use the yes, and concept practicing how to record and ensure you are echoing and acknowledging all contributions can be hard at first. If your Creative Campus does not have an In House Trainer, the student will need to purchase certification on our Products page and will go through the same process but will be assigned to TimeSlips Master Trainer/staff member to go through the review process with instead of someone internal in your Creative Campus. They can comment on the Self Evaluation and either send it back to the student for some discussion or simply approve it which will complete the certification process. When they complete it, the In House Trainer will get notification that it needs to be reviewed. If someone from your Creative Campus is trained as an In House Trainer, the Self Evaluation form will show up in the students tasks. We ask that they facilitate a minimum of 3 sessions post the resulting stories to the Creativity Center on our website, and then complete our Self Evaluation form. What does the certification process look like if a student goes through training and facilitating sessions as part of a course?Д¬ertification is pretty simple.

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