OUT NOW: The My Health Navigator Report – Establishing a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary workforce model and competencies

The My Health Navigator project was initiated in response to the premature deaths of people with a learning disability outlined initially by Mencap's Death by indifference report and the subsequent confidential enquiries and LeDeR reviews.  Thanks to the support from Health Education England, via the South East Intellectual Disability programme, the Learning Disability Team within …

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OUT NOW: The DAMSON project report (Dietary Approaches for Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and improved Nutrition) @KUStGeorges

The project team worked with NHS Trusts across Kent, Sussex and Surrey and actors from the Baked Bean Theatre Company. Individuals with a learning disability are more likely to be overweight than people who do not have a learning disability. The Dietary Approaches for Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and improved Nutrition for people with learning disabilities …

Co-facilitation with people that have a lived experience …………….why? | BLOG11

A definition “Co-Facilitation - Having more than one facilitator at a workshop, or co-facilitation, is good for many reasons. It allows you to share the responsibility with someone else and each trainer brings his or her own strengths to the workshop. It also makes learning more interesting for the participants. However, it is critical to …

Professor Sally Hardy & Professor Eddie Chaplin explore : What difference does a MOOC make when learning about Learning Disability?

At the Department for Advanced and Integrated Practice at London South Bank University, we have pioneered several ‘Massive open online courses’ (MOOCs), with the help of partners such as Health Education England, covering aspects of mental and physical wellbeing. This specific MOOC explores how to better understand and engage with people living with a learning …

“I don’t believe it!” | BLOG09

“……..is it 2019 already?” What a year 2018 was for people with learning disabilities, their families, and the army of paid and unpaid workforces out there working with a shared aim to make life better. This month we wanted to do things a bit differently. Rather than talking about news and events such as the …