8 Learning Disability Nurse courses in Bradford

Book our accredited Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) in Healthcare course, meeting Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) training standards and BILD Act Certification. Equip yourself with essential skills to prevent and manage violence in healthcare settings effectively.

This course will start by giving you an overview of some of the common types and causes of learning disabilities, characteristics and behaviours and how they affect people. We will consider which learning & behavioural strategies are appropriate and how using a person centred approach to care will get the best results and ensure that needs of the individual are effectively met. We also discuss overcoming the stigma attached to learning disabilities

Teaching basic number skills to children with Down syndrome and other learning difficulties using the Numicon approach. Basic number skills are vital to enable everyday social inclusion and independence. The training will commence with an overview of the learning profile of a child with Down syndrome; exploring working memory and how this impacts on learning numbers. It will detail how children learn basic number skills – recognising numbers, saying number names, counting to find ‘how many?’ and early hands on addition. It will explore the challenges faced by children who have Down syndrome and other learning disabilities and demonstrate how the use of Numicon as a visual representation of number can help to overcome these difficulties and lead to increased understanding and confidence.

TESTIMONIALS “Powerful and inspirational” “Everyone would benefit from this training”  "I will change how I work from this moment on." "I found your training extremely powerful and it has really impacted." Finalist for Best Educational Programme for the NHS HSJ Partnership Awards 2023  Essentials in Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers is an inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour virtual (or 6/7 hour in-person), CPD-certified training founded on lived experience, research and best practice. It aims to equip practitioners to effectively communicate and work in collaboration with parent/carers of children/adults who have disabilities.  When time and resources are limited, maximising interactions with family/carers is essential in an age where co-production, personalised care and understanding lived experience are at the heart of delivering good services. This Born at the Right Time training course is hosted by Director/Founder Rachel Wright and aimed at anyone working in health, SEND or social care, whether a registered or non-registered practitioner.  CONTENT * Current context for families and practitioners * What is going on underneath the surface * Next steps to creating meaningful change TRAINER Rachel Wright (BSc RN) is founder of https://www.bornattherighttime.comhttps://www.bornattherighttime.comBorn at the Right Time [https://www.bornattherighttime.com], author of https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075ZHHYRR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1The Skies I'm Under [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075ZHHYRR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1], https://www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps/baps-award-winners-2018/award winning blogger [https://www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps/baps-award-winners-2018/] and Best Trainer finalist 2022 National Learning Disability and Autism Awards. Host of the popular https://www.bornattherighttime.com/the-skies-we-are-under-podcast/The Skies We’re Under Podcast [https://www.bornattherighttime.com/the-skies-we-are-under-podcast/], Rachel’s a passionate speaker, trainer, qualified nurse and unqualified mum of three; one who has severe disabilities, life-limiting epilepsy and an addiction to the gameshow Pointless.  An expert through lived experience, Rachel leads Born at the Right Time to support families of people with complex disabilities whilst also Bridging the Gap between them and the practitioners who support them through CPD certified training, influencing policy makers and turning rhetoric into reality.

This course is over one full day. In the morning we will look in detail at tackling number skills beyond 10: ¨ Rote counting in 10s, 5s, 2s, teens and counting through decades up to 100 ¨ Recognising 2 and 3 digit numbers, place value and order ¨ Counting to find how many – beyond 10 ¨ Adding up and taking away – methods to succeed ¨ Fractions, multiplication, division and using calculators

What are the aims of this course? What learning disability is and isn't The facts of learning disabilities What barriers people with learning disabilities face Medical barriers Societal barriers How to support people with learning disabilities

Person-centred approaches are a core skills framework that articulates what it means to be person-centred and how to develop and support the workforce to work in this way. Developed in partnership with Skills for Health and Skills for Care, the Framework aims to distil best practices and to set out core, transferable behaviours, knowledge and skills. It is applicable across services and sectors and across different types of organisations. Person-centred approaches underpins existing dementia, learning disabilities, mental health and end of life care core skills frameworks. This subject forms standard 5 in The Care Certificate.

To explore the factors which affect and influence feacal continence when supporting individuals in order to effectively manage bowel incontinence.