Lewy Body Dementia (2 credit hours)
Program Summary: This course explores Lewy body dementia, a common and disabling brain disorder that affects one’s ability to think and move. The course describes causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and management.
This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of practice.
Course Reading #1: Lewy Body Dementia Information for Patients, Families, and Professionals
Author: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Course Reading #2: Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Author: Alzheimer’s Association
Find the 1st reading at: https://www.freestatesocialwork.com/articles/lewy-body-dementia.pdf
Find the 2nd reading at: https://www.alz.org/dementia/downloads/topicsheet_lewybody.pdf
Course Objectives: To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to the brain disorder: Lewy body dementia.
Learning Objectives: Compare the types of Lewy body dementia. Identify causes and risk factors. Describe common symptoms. Describe options for treatment and management.
Review our pre-reading study guide.
Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.
Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course. She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience. She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She currently practices in the area of hospital/medical social work. The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.