Learning Disability Awareness
Understand learning disabilities and person-centred care. Take this disability awareness course online.
Fully Accredited
CPD Approved
Course Description
Course Overview
This disability awareness course online covers common types and causes of learning disabilities and how they affect people. It explains the person-centred approach to care and covers the legal framework for better support.
What You Will Learn
- Learning disabilities, however they are acquired, are lifelong
- They are neurological disabilities and as such affect how an individual understands and remembers information, how they learn and communicate
- People can be born with learning disabilities or they may acquire them later in life
- There are many differing types of learning difficulty and they can exhibit in many different ways and with many different characteristics
- Start by giving you an overview of some of the common types and causes of learning disabilities and how they affect people
- Touch on how a person centred approach to care will get the best results and look at how management must perform, and at the needs of the individual
Course Modules
Introduction
An overview of learning disabilities, their types and how they affect people.
Learning Disabilities: the Basics
Covers the common types and causes of learning disabilities.
New Understanding
Explores modern understanding of learning disabilities and overcoming stigma.
Person-centred Approach
Covers the person-centred approach to care for people with learning disabilities.
Meeting Needs - Part 1
Addresses the specific needs of individuals with learning disabilities.
Meeting Needs - Part 2
Further guidance on meeting the care and support needs of individuals.
Meeting Needs - Part 3
Covers additional strategies for meeting individual needs in practice.
Legal Framework, Opportunities and
Covers the legal framework, rights and opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
