Your Dental Appointment – A Positive Choice video by @MakatonCharity @THEBDA

Take a look at this new video and #Makaton resources to help make going to the dentist a ‘positive experience’ #LDWeek2021 https://youtu.be/bqbm6ZfT7jE Together with the BDA, the Makaton Charity, Positive Choices and our brilliant multi-professional dental education team in Health Education England have developed a set of Makaton resources to help both people visiting the dentist, …

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Participation in research study – supporting adults with learning disabilities to make healthcare decisions

I am a learning disabilities nurse, senior learning disabilities nursing lecturer and PhD student at the University of the West of England, (UWE), Bristol.  I am undertaking research exploring supported healthcare decision-making with adults who have learning disabilities.  I have interviewed adults with learning disabilities and family carers, and now would like to recruit staff …

PLACES STILL AVAILABLE: Learning Disability Nursing Fellowship @FoNScharity

The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FONS) still has places available for their Learning Disability Nursing Fellowship starting in September 2021. It’s for early career learning disability nurses (currently available in England only). https://www.fons.org/programmes/learning-disability-fellowship 3 They describe it as an exciting new development opportunity for aspiring leaders and early career frontline registered learning disability nurses: structured around the …

SECAmb signs neurodiversity charter

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has signed a charter committing to becoming a neurodiversity-friendly employer. Neurodiversity is the collective term for cognitive conditions such as Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia, which are natural variations in the way people think and process information. For further details go to: …

Free Autism Workshops for staff working across in Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Attachments autism-capability-mappingDownload autism-professionals-programme-timetableDownload autism-workshops-heekss-autumn-spring-2021-flyerDownload West Sussex Mind are pleased to announce a new programme of free workshops, focused on enabling people working in the field of autism and autism and learning difficulties to better support families in this region.   Commissioned by NHS Health Education England covering Kent, Surrey and Sussex, the workshops have been …