Mental health services for children and young people with learning disabilities
Findings from a local audit measuring access to mental health services
20 Jan 2022
Clinical
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Supporting a young person with autism and a learning disability in service transition
The transition from child to adult services can often be challenging
06 Jan 2022
COVID-related coping strategies for working with people with learning disabilities
Learn about pandemic-related stressors and coping strategies developed by support staff
16 Dec 2021
Overuse of psychotropics: implementing the STOMP programme in clinical practice
Learn from a local community service’s strategy to reduce the use of psychotropics drugs
09 Dec 2021
Meeting the mental health needs of a young person with an intellectual disability
Enhance your knowledge of the challenges for this client group in accessing services
11 Nov 2021
Person-centred planning for people with learning disabilities and complex needs
Discussion of the barriers and facilitators to implementation of person-centred planning
28 Oct 2021
Understanding trauma in people with severe and profound learning disabilities
Strategies you can use to support service users who may have experienced trauma
14 Oct 2021
Adapting the Solihull Approach for staff caring for adults with learning disabilities
Enhancing practitioners’ understanding of service users’ behaviours that challenge
23 Sep 2021
Positive behaviour support training: developing skills in community services
A refresher on the main elements of PBS used to support people with learning disabilities
26 Aug 2021
Exploring the effects of having an autistic sibling on typically developing young people
Autistic siblings can have positive and negative effects on typically developing young people
15 Jul 2021
COVID-19: intellectual disability nurses and the role of networking during a pandemic
Understanding the networking role of the registered nurse in intellectual disability
08 Jul 2021
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COVID-19: experiences and contributions of learning disability nurses during the first...
Developing ideas to provide high-quality care for service users during COVID-19
17 Jun 2021
Bowel health and screening: an intervention for people with learning disabilities
Evaluating peer-led educational materials for people with learning disabilities
20 May 2021
Accessible yoga for adults with learning disabilities: the Yoga for Me approach
Details of the development of a method to teach yoga to adults with learning disabilities
06 May 2021
Factors predicting staff interest in conducting research in learning disability teams
Assessing the relationship between staff interest and staff involvement in research
08 Apr 2021
Syndromes: Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
A rare genetic disease where delayed development of communication skills is common
07 Apr 2021
Developing a personalised tool to detect physical deterioration in adults with learning...
How a learning disability nursing student developed a tool to detect physical deterioration...
25 Mar 2021
Effective reasonable adjustments for women with learning disabilities during pregnancy
Pregnant women with learning disabilities often encounter barriers to maternity care
09 Mar 2021