This online short course is free and a great place to start learning about children and young people’s speech, language and communication development. It looks at how you can support the development of these skills on a day-to-day basis in your setting, and how to spot children and young people who might be struggling to develop these important skills.
Category: learning disability
Building Confidence – Improving Travel
Centre for Transport Studies. University College London, 2017
This research report explores the evidence about travel barriers that adversely affect accessibility for people with mental impairments such as dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions. It identifies suitable ways to overcome the barriers and considers a range of interventions to:
- enhance the mental skills of travellers
- modify the travel environment to enable people to make their journeys
Learning Disabilities Death Review (LeDeR) Programme: Easy Read
Improving lives: 10-year strategy published
Knowledge and Skills Statements for social workers in adult services 2017
The Knowledge and Skills Statements (KSS) are central to the government’s drive to improve social work education, training and career development. Developed in partnership with social workers, educators, employers and user groups, they provide a consistent, practice-focused approach across the whole social work profession.
