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A four-hour workshop on how to retain your talented Neurodiverse colleagues and ensure equality in employment opportunities.
We develop tailored courses that cater to your organisation's specific workplace wellbeing goals. If you can't find what you're searching for, don't hesitate to contact us. Many of the services and courses we currently offer were developed as solutions to a client's specific requirements. Since 2019,
Course Overview: It is important that everybody who works in the care environment recognises the signs of potential eating and drinking difficulties and is able to support service users to eat and drink. This course combines both theory and practical sessions to equip those who work in care settings with this knowledge. Course Aims: * Define Dysphagia * Identify the main parts of the human mouth and pharynx * Recognise signs and symptoms of aspiration * Know when to refer a service user * Recognise good positions at mealtimes * Experience food textures and being fed in different positions * Management responsibilities
Learners develop an essential understanding of caring for people with dementia, and covers the benefits of positive communication, use of medication, and importance of highly individualised, person-centred care
A four-hour workshop on how to accelerate the learning and development of your Neurodiverse colleagues.
This course will explore what we mean when we say someone has dementia. The course will challenge you to think more about how we can best care for and support people with dementia.
A one day programme of study designed for Doctors, Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in a variety of care settings, whose role may include supporting and advising patients in the later stages of dementia.
This course enables providers and their staff to develop an understanding of the responsibilities and duties around the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). This essential training is for workers involved in the care, treatment and support of adults who may lack capacity in making life decisions. This training offers vital support for social care providers, so they comply with the Mental Capacity Act and Care Quality Commission requirements and promote human rights.
This is an incredibly practical programme which has been developed to enable participants to improve their memory skills. The session focuses on specific techniques that can be used to improve retention of information. It also introduces the principles of mind-mapping By the end of this programme participants will be able to: * Explain how our brain processes and stores information * Describe the difference between short-term and long-term memory * Use specific techniques to improve retention * Explain the principles of mind mapping * Be able to use mind maps to plan and order information Each participant, no matter how poor they believe their memory to be, will by the close of the session have learnt techniques that enable them to memorise 53 items in a prescriptive order - a massive boost to their confidence in their memory skills. 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BRAIN'S FUNCTIONS * Introductory brain-training * How the brain works * Left / right brain function * Short-term and long-term memory * Barriers to a good memory 2 MEMORY TECHNIQUES * Tips and techniques for improving memory * Basic word association * Chaining and linking * Touchstone techniques * Use of mnemonics * Memory hooks * Remembering names 3 MAXIMISING MEMORY * Minimising barriers * The importance of sleep and diet * Supplements which may affect memory 4 MIND-MAPPING * Purpose and principles * Creating a mind map * Use of colour to delight the eye and tickle the brain * How to use the output from a map