NHS England has today announced the appointment of Ray James as its first National Learning Disability Director, to drive improvement across the country on services to people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
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Author: Lisa Richardson
What is developmental language delay?
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is the new term to replace specific language impairment (SLI). Up to two children in every classroom of 30 has this condition, it is probably the most common childhood condition that you’ve never heard of. ICanCommunicate caught up with Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford, the brains behind the Raise Awareness of Developmental Language Delay (RADLD) Campaign, to find out why the ‘rebranding’ was necessary, and what happens next.
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Rise in exclusions for autistic pupils in England
Andrew Cutting, Specialist Exclusions & Alternative Provision Advice Coordinator for the National Autistic Society, explores the rise in the number of autistic pupils in England being excluded. Andrew explores why autistic pupils are being excluded and outlines what schools can do to prevent it from happening.
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The NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC): people with learning disabilities as lay members video
The NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) is developing two guidelines about services for people with learning disabilities, one focusing on older people and the other on improving the service model. A video shows how people with lived experience are supported to be lay members and to shape the content of the guideline.
Watch the video on youtube here.
SCIE: Adults Safeguarding
SCIE have published on their webpages a snapshot of safeguarding adults practice and challenges based on SCIE’s work in this area and experience of providing training and consultancy support to care and health providers. It is not a comprehensive review of safeguarding practice, hopefully it provokes further thinking about how to improve safeguarding, and the partnerships that need to develop for that to happen.
Find out more on the SCIE webpages.