Liz
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Montessori Enrichment for people with Alzheimer's Disease |
| Location | Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | I went from teaching in a traditional preschool to teaching in a Montessori 3-6 classroom; now I use those same Montessori principles to enrich the lives of people with Alzheimer’s Disease. I volunteer at a local AD day care, and I take private clients for one-on-one sessions. My goal is to tickle out what is still there for each person and stimulate meaningful interactions, to improve their engagement with the world on a given day. I also have a progressive hearing loss and wore hearing aids beginning in 1992. My hearing deteriorated to the point that I got a cochlear implant in my left ear in March 2006 and in my left ear July 2008. I have extremely good speech discrimination most of the time, although music is still a challenge. I have no regrets getting the CIs. |
| Interests | education, parenting, Christianity, cochlear implant, weight watchers, hearing loss, cued speech, Montessori, art photography (see my website), Alzheimer's Disease |
| Favorite Music | Bach, Baroque, Kurt Kaiser, orchestra, jazz, zydecote, Mannheim Steamroller, Manhattan Transfer, Peter Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel. |
| Favorite Books | Psalms, Third Chapter by Sara Lightfoot Lawrence, pretty much anything by Henri Nouwen, Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread by Don Robertson |