Become a Memoirist for Elders: Create a Successful Home Business (Memoirs, Inc. 2012) available on Amazon.com
For those middle-aged soon-to-be- or recently retired professionals from the helping professions such as nurses, social workers, psychologists, occupational/physical/speech therapists who are looking for an encore career, this is a guidebook. With 17 years of experience in assisting hundreds of elders from all over the country to write life stories, the author condenses joys and lessons of a home business that provides significant emotional benefits for elders. With guidance, there are minimal start-up costs to a provider. Learn how you, too, have the opportunity to impart a community service that is financially and emotionally lucrative. Available on Amazon.
Video introduction to Guided Autobiography
Become a Guided Autobiography (GAB) instructor. Join one of our Online GAB Instructor training classes! You’ll love what you do, earn extra income and provide a valuable service in your community. All you need is a computer, a webcam, a headset and internet connection. The course includes ongoing support and guidance after completion to help you develop, promote and launch your first classes. Find out more by visiting http://guidedautobiography.org/23401.html
Watch this video produced by Barb Thomas, a USC grad student in Gerontology, to see just how easy it is!
The International Institute for Reminiscence and Life Review
The International Institute for Reminiscence and Life Review will be holding their biennial conference in Boston, MA on November 17–18, 2011. Click to download their Call for Presentation, or their Fall newsletter. Click here to access their website for further information: www.reminiscenceandlifereview.org
University of the Third Age
Kathrine Fenton-May is a trained Guided Autobiography instructor who lives in Durban, South Africa. She presented the opening lecture at the first International Conference of the University of the Third Age in Chitrakoot, India in February 2010. Click here for the transcript of her address entitled, The Unique Individual.
Click here for information concerning the upcoming u3age international conference to be held in Singapore.
Guided Autobiography—Enriching Lives and Enhancing Mental Activity in the Second Half of Life
The webinar was recorded live on June 3, 2010 by the American Society on Aging at 1 PM (EST) with Cheryl Svensson, Ph.D. This presentation was made possible by the American Society on Aging and MetLife foundation. You may listen to the full session by clicking here.
The Association of Personal Historians will be holding their next annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct 16–20, 2011. Visit the APH website for more info.
Guided Autobiography DVD
The Guided Autobiography DVD is now available. Click here to purchase a copy or get more information! If you'd like to view the trailer, you can do so here.
The Birren Center is dedicated to enriching the lives of adults through
writing, sharing, and preserving their life stories and life experiences.
The program provides opportunities
for education, research and dissemination of information to professionals who are engaged in the fields
of life review and aging.
The Birren Autobiographical Studies Program brings together people
from diverse backgrounds. It is committed to research and enriching
lives through writing and sharing the life review experience with
other older adults.
