Trauma-Informed Care for People Living with Dementia
November 19, 2025
1:00 – 3:30pm via Zoom
2.5 Category I CEUs
Presenter:
Alana Knoppow, MSW
Part of the year-long “Focus on Dementia” series developed in conjunction with AgeWell Baltimore.
Workshop Description
This training introduces the principles of Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) care for individuals living with dementia.
Participants will learn how to assess and improve care environments to reduce the risk of re-traumatization, identify potential triggers even without a known trauma history, and apply practical strategies to support autonomy, dignity, and emotional safety in dementia care.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
Critically evaluate areas to improve your organization’s care environments and minimize re-traumatization.
Analyze an individual’s triggers regardless of knowing their history of trauma.
Compare and contrast the PCTI strategies to provide care to support autonomy and agency for people we care with other types of interventions.
Alana Knoppow, MSW is a Project Manager at the Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma. For more than a decade, Alana has managed programs across the nonprofit field, in hospice care, at Habitat for Humanity, and with the Older Adult Services department at Jewish Family Services in Ann Arbor, MI.
Alana earned her BA in Psychology at the University of Michigan and returned to earn an MSW with specializations in Aging and Management. She is a Fellow with the University of Michigan School of Social Work Geriatric Scholar program, and also completed a Certificate in Advanced Clinical Dementia Practice there. Alana holds professional certificates in Human Resource Management as well as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace. She has dedicated her personal time to volunteering with Holocaust survivors and the Jewish community, and providing pet therapy to older adults, adults with developmental disabilities, bereaved children, and veterans.
Workshop Fees
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General Professional Community: $50
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Jewish Day School Educators, JCS Retirees, NJHSA Members: $40
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Current JCS Staff, Board, Advisory Council & Staff of Agencies Funded by The Associated*: Free with Code.
*To request your code and see a list of eligible agencies funded by The Associated, click here.
Jewish Community Services is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to provide
Continuing Education Units.
The Rosa J. Kolker Professional Development series is made possible with funding from Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation, Inc.,
a supporting foundation of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore.
