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  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Engaging and Connecting with People Living with Dementia Through COVID-19
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Supporting Behaviour Changes During COVID-19 Restrictions
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Online learning
        • DPI series
          • What is Dementia?
          • Communicating in a Person-centred Way
          • How Person-centred is Your Practice?
          • A Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Understanding Younger Onset Dementia
        • Dementia and Pain in Residential Care
        • Quality Dementia Support in Hospitals
        • Nutrition and Dementia: Food for Thought
        • Engaging in the Outdoors
        • Establishing Carer Support Groups
      • Accredited training
        • Dementia Essentials
      • Foundation learning
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™
      • Continuing learning
        • Delirium and Dementia
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Intimacy, Sexuality and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Montessori for Dementia
        • Younger Onset Dementia
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
  • Consultancy
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE™ Workshop
    • Virtual Dementia Experience™
    • The Virtual Forest™
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Practice health check
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us

Centre for Dementia Learning

Dementia Australia
  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Engaging and Connecting with People Living with Dementia Through COVID-19
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Supporting Behaviour Changes During COVID-19 Restrictions
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Online learning
        • DPI series
          • What is Dementia?
          • Communicating in a Person-centred Way
          • How Person-centred is Your Practice?
          • A Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Understanding Younger Onset Dementia
        • Dementia and Pain in Residential Care
        • Quality Dementia Support in Hospitals
        • Nutrition and Dementia: Food for Thought
        • Engaging in the Outdoors
        • Establishing Carer Support Groups
      • Accredited training
        • Dementia Essentials
      • Foundation learning
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™
      • Continuing learning
        • Delirium and Dementia
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Intimacy, Sexuality and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Montessori for Dementia
        • Younger Onset Dementia
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
  • Consultancy
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE™ Workshop
    • Virtual Dementia Experience™
    • The Virtual Forest™
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Practice health check
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us
Menu
  • Home
    • About us
  • Education
    • Courses
      • COVID-19 virtual classrooms
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Engaging and Connecting with People Living with Dementia Through COVID-19
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Supporting Behaviour Changes During COVID-19 Restrictions
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Online learning
        • DPI series
          • What is Dementia?
          • Communicating in a Person-centred Way
          • How Person-centred is Your Practice?
          • A Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Understanding Younger Onset Dementia
        • Dementia and Pain in Residential Care
        • Quality Dementia Support in Hospitals
        • Nutrition and Dementia: Food for Thought
        • Engaging in the Outdoors
        • Establishing Carer Support Groups
      • Accredited training
        • Dementia Essentials
      • Foundation learning
        • Ask Annie app
        • Understanding Dementia
        • Achieving Purposeful Engagement
        • Applying a Problem Solving Approach to Behaviours
        • Building Relationships
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™ 2.0
      • Immersive learning
        • A day in the life – mealtime experience
        • Ask Annie
        • Enabling EDIE™
        • Talk with Ted
        • Virtual Dementia Experience™
      • Continuing learning
        • Delirium and Dementia
        • Intellectual Disability and Dementia
        • Intimacy, Sexuality and Dementia
        • Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
        • Montessori for Dementia
        • Younger Onset Dementia
      • All courses
    • The Dementia Learning Guide
  • Consultancy
  • Technology
    • Ask Annie
    • Talk with Ted
    • A day in the life – mealtime experience
    • Enabling EDIE™ Workshop
    • Virtual Dementia Experience™
    • The Virtual Forest™
    • The Dementia-Friendly Home app
    • A Better Visit app
  • Practice health check
  • Communities of Practice
  • Contact us
Winner of the 2020 Victorian iAward in the Not-For-Profit and Community Solution of the Year category

Winner of the 2020 Victorian iAward in the Not-For-Profit and Community Solution of the Year category

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World-first in online dementia education

Talk with Ted is a realistic online simulation designed to support respectful communication with people living with dementia. It is a safe and effective way to practise communication skills. Participants who have experienced Talk with Ted were able to recall their learnings up to eight weeks following the training, and say it has improved the overall quality of care they give.

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Now when I meet my clients, I do what I did with Ted, it’s the same thing. I talk in the same way, slowly and wait to see if they are understanding.

– Participant

Delivery options

Online simulation (one hour)

Suitability

Individuals or a team of staff providing support to people living with dementia in various care settings

Availability

This program is available online

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Cost

$99 per person with group discounts available

Program benefits

  • Staff learn how to respectfully communicate with people living with dementia.
  • Your workforce applies a person-centred approach to communication.
  • People living with dementia feel valued and respected by carers who listen and respond to their choices.

Fill in the form to request additional information about Talk with Ted for your organisation

To learn more about Talk with Ted, contact the Centre for Dementia Learning on 1300 DEMENTIA (1300 336 368) or email cdl@dementia.org.au

Centre for Dementia Learning

Dementia Australia is the leading national provider of dementia education. Our highly skilled team has extensive experience in a wide range of areas, facilitating learning experiences which touch, move and inspire participants to transform their practice.
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Chrome browser

To run Talk with Ted, we recommend that you open this experience in Google Chrome

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A recent model computer or laptop

Talk with Ted uses the latest technology. For the best experience, use a computer that is less than 5 years old.

If you are unsure, please contact cdl@dementia.org.au before purchasing.

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A microphone

To talk with Ted, your computer or laptop will need a microphone.

If you don’t know if you have a microphone, learn how to check and test.

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