Category Archives: Learning Disability

Sexuality Relationships and Human Rights for People with Learning Disabilities

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This course looks at the Human Rights Act, The Equality Act and Mental capacity Act in relation to supporting individuals with learning disabilities with relationships and the law, and will include support around people who are Gay, Lesbian or Transgender. read more…

Supporting People with Learning Disabilities who have Dementia and Sight Loss

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A one-day workshop for Rehabilitation Officers and support staff working with people who have Dementia and may be experiencing Sight difficulties this course is designed to give an overview of Dementia and common sight conditions experienced by older people. read more…

Supporting People with Learning Disabilities who have Mental Health Issues

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The training programme will be facilitated as a series of described PowerPoint sessions and workshop sessions which result in Key Practice points for each category. At the end of the session the group will look at their own practice reflectively and look at what things they might change or do differently in relation to the day’s additional knowledge. read more…

Supporting Deafblind People with Learning Disabilities

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This one-day course identifies the key visual and hearing conditions which combined can lead an individual to be supported as Deafblind.
It covers both congenital and acquired Deafblind issues and will provide an overview of the best communication support methods and resources for further support. read more…

Putting Vision into Health Action Planning

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In Valuing People (2001) it was an aspiration that everybody with a learning disability would have a Health Action Plan. Valuing People Now (2009) has now set targets for this to be implemented. This one-day course looks at the importance of including vision in health action planning and will identify the key issues for health care facilitators. read more…

Human Rights and People with Learning Disabilities

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This one-day course looks at human rights and people with learning disabilities.

To enable participants to understand the core principles of human rights, the key features of the human rights act, human rights principles and why they are relevant to people with learning disabilities. read more…

Disability in the Equality Act

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How is your compliance?
This one-day workshop is effectively an Audit tool for your business. From January 2011 all discrimination legislation; Gender, Age, Sexuality, Disability was pulled into one act, it was also strengthened in parts by new additions to Disability Discrimination Law, and Human Rights Law. read more…

Developing and Maintaining Communication Methods with People who have Profound and Multiple Disabilities

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This one-day course will cover the basic theories of zoning, intensive interaction and developmental communication. Whilst applying those to practical methods of communication for supporting and developing choice and control using real life case studies of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities both of whom have additional sensory problems. read more…

Deaf Awareness Training

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This course explores the causes of deafness in people with learning disabilities and looks at avenues of support from the hearing test to using Hearing Aids, signed communication and environmental aids. read more…

Supporting People with a Visual Impairment and a Learning Disability

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This one-day course outlines the common visual disabilities found in the learning disabled population, the behaviours that indicate sight loss, treatments and the development of person centred care pathways and additional support that is available. read more…

Master class in Multiple Disability

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This master class covers Incidence and Definitions of Multiple Disability, Sight problems in relation to people with a learning disability, Functional Visual assessment of people with multiple disabilities, Supporting sight testing outcomes and Communication issues. read more…