Category Archives: Training

Supporting People with Stroke Related Dysphagia in Stroke Care

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This half day programme covers introduction to dysphagia, causes, symptoms and more and relates to the City & guilds 3084 Level 2/3 Award and Certificate. read more…

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 Visual Impairment and 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 days additional Knowledge. read more…

Visual Awareness Guiding and Environment Audit training

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This one-day course explores the main eye conditions that affect people with Learning Disabilities and will provide experience of Guiding Skills and Environmental Auditing to ensure safe practice. This one-day course is delivered through a series of presentations and some group work. It is available in-house for 20 people and includes handouts and resource information to take home. 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 Older People with a Visual Impairment

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A one-day course designed for care staff to assist their knowledge and understanding of sight loss in Older People. The course looks at common eye problems, implications for support and covers identification, testing, supporting people before and after surgery for eye care and those who are certified as blind or as visually impaired. read more…

Supporting Individuals who have Dementia and Sight Loss

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A one-day course for carers and professionals supporting people who have dementia, the course will cover types of Dementia presenting symptoms and strategies for support. Participants will receive instruction in strategies to support communication, daily living skills, wandering, managing difficult behaviour such as aggression and managing risk. 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…

The Lighting Journey

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Specialist Course on Lighting the Homes of Visually Impaired People. Designed primarily for Rehabilitation Officers and Occupational Therapists this practical one-day programme will enable participants to undertake full lighting audits and make recommendations to domestic lighting in the homes of people with a visual impairment. 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…