Understanding learning disability
This video from NHS Choices looks at the impact on the family of profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘The Mental Capacity Act’ on the Mencap website
- ‘The Care Act’ on the Mencap website
- ‘Learning disabilities: applying All Our Health’ on the Gov UK website
- ‘The social model of disability’ on the Scope website
- ‘Learning disabilities’ on the Mental Health Foundation website
- Laser Learning reading text ‘Understanding learning disabilities’
- ‘What is person-centred care?’ on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘Person-centred future planning: A quick guide for practitioners supporting people growing older with learning disabilities’ by NICE
- ‘What is Active Support?’ by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- ‘Supporting personal relationships: Supporting people who need care and support to have meaningful relationships’ by Skills for Care
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation ‘Learning disabilities: Causes and conditions’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation ‘Supporting adults with learning disabilities’.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘A flexible model to support person-centred learning disability nursing’ on The Nursing Times website.
- ‘Peter & friends talk about covid-19 and having a learning disability and/or autism’ by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
- ‘Supporting friendships for older people with learning disabilities’ by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
- Click to read ‘Learning disability and mental health’ on the Skills for Care website.
- Learning to live with risk’ by Skills for Care.
- Communication for person centred planning’ by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
- ‘Core capabilities framework for supporting people with a learning disability’ by Skills for Care and the NHS.
- ‘People with learning disabilities in England’ on the Gov UK website.
- Think And Challenge
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