This course aims to provide you with
The understanding of learning disabilities and autism within health and social care, focusing on barriers faced, the importance of accommodating needs, and creating positive, supportive environments for individuals with these conditions

Level: Secure Training Services
Duration: 2 hours 30 Minutes approx.
Assessment Method: Multiple Choice Assessment
Certificate: PDF
Recommended Refresher: Yearly
Framework and Standards: CSTF
Course Provider: Secure Training Services

The content and learning objectives are mapped to Tier 1 of the "Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People" and the "Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting People with a Learning Disability".

- Introduction
- Causes of Learning Disabilities
- Understanding Autism
- Transition from Childhood to Adulthood
- Health Inequalities
- Communication
- Ask Listen Do
- Triangle of Care
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Sensory Processing
- Reasonable Adjustment Flag
- Understanding Your Responsibilities Under the Law
- Safeguarding and Crime
- Understanding Distress
- Mental Health and Well-being
- Tailoring support
- Older Age and end of Life
- Learning Disability and Dementia
- Growing Old with a Learning Disability (GOLD)
- Bereavement and Loss
- The Double Taboo of Death and Disability
- Living and Dying Well
- Resources and Links

Healthcare Professionals
Domiciliary Care
Care Homes
Hospitals
Nurses, HCA's, Care Workers, Care Managers.