Smith has spent 25 years encouraging other people with learning disabilities and campaigning to improve the quality of services.
Read the Guardian article here.
The Communication Trust: Free CPD Online Short Course: An introduction to speech, language and communication
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.
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
