Certification — Coming Soon

Two tracks. One standard for how a café is led.

Every Life Story Café asks something different of the person facilitating it. We're building certification to match — one path for community delivery, one for therapeutic practice.

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Track One — Community

For senior centres, churches, and the friends already gathering around someone.

Built for activity coordinators, volunteers, faith communities, and family or friends leading cafés for older adults with normal age-related memory loss — not a dementia care setting. The focus is warmth, group facilitation, and prompting at a level that fits everyday conversation.

01Foundations of reminiscenceWhy the café model works, and how to run one with intention.
02Using Voiced MemoriesLinking photos to audio, personal vs. gallery content, privacy basics.
03Facilitating the roomPrompts and cues for a group with normal age-related memory loss — open questions, pacing, gentle redirection.
04Logistics & consentSession structure, accessibility, informed consent fundamentals.
05PracticumLead one observed café session, signed off by program staff.

Same café. The difference is how you prompt.

Track Two — Therapeutic

For those working with people whose cognitive level is changing.

Built for recreation directors and recreational therapists supporting individuals through cognitive changes, where the right prompt depends on the person's current level, not a script.

01Community foundationsIncluded as a prerequisite — the full Track One curriculum.
02Prompting by cognitive levelMatching cues, questions, and pacing to where the person is right now — not a fixed script.
03Behaviour supportRecognizing and responding to agitation, distress, or confusion mid-session.
04Documentation & care teamsLogging observations and integrating sessions into a care plan.
05Ethics & substitute consentWorking within consent frameworks for participants who can't consent alone.
06Case studies & practicumSupervised sessions across varying cognitive levels.