Learning Disability Full Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education who may have diagnosed and undiagnosed learning disabilities. The course covers key topics such as definitions of Learning Disabilities, relevant legislation, identifies and encourages discussion about the purpose and classifications of severity, explains communication strategies for people with Learning Disability and aims to increase practitioners knowledge to positively support individuals in their care using a person centred approach. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Explain what is meant by the term learning disability
• Identify different types of learning disabilities and the level of severity
• Explain different communication strategies used by people with learning disabilities
• Enhance support to individuals with learning disabilities with health and wellbeing
• Highlight how work practices, staff attitudes and care planning need to be adjusted to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities