A number of guides from Public Health England for making reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities (including easy read)……
Month: July 2017
Chief Nurse backs stomp it out drugs campaign
An ongoing fight to raise awareness of over-medication of people with learning disabilities has been welcomed by the country’s top nurse.
As it reached its first anniversary today Professor Jane Cummings spoke out in support of stop the over-medication of people with a learning disability or autism (STOMP) – a major initiative aimed at curbing the amount of powerful drugs being prescribed.
It’s estimated that every day up to 35,000 with a learning disability take a prescribed psychotropic, but don’t have a diagnosed mental health condition. This can lead to significant side-effects impacting on the quality of life.
More information here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/2017/07/chief-nurse-backs-stomp-it-out-drugs-campaign/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NHSCBoard+%28NHS+England%29
Tizard Centre: Innovative Models and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Tizard Centre will be holding a forum looking at innovative models and practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on the 2nd September. Parallel sessions now announced.
The conference will include a range of talks and sessions for delegates to participate in, a short film “This is Me” from Square Pegs drama group, networking with like-minded people and professorials inaugural talks by Prof Rachel Forrester-Jones and Prof Julie Beadle-Brown.
The Conference runs from 09:30 – 16:15 hrs and aims to bring together all updated research on intellectual and developmental disabilities. The day is aimed at professionals working in this area, Tizard Practitioner Network members and people with a personal interest in intellectual and developmental disabilities.
For full details and a programme of the event: https://www.kent.ac.uk/tizard/events/intellectual_and_developmental_disabilities_conference.html
or to register and book a place: http://store.kent.ac.uk/short-courses/tizard-centre/tizard-courses