On the 22nd November Learning Disability Today London 2017 are running a learning day and exhibition.  It will be packed full of exhibitors, like-minded visitors and a CPD certified seminar programme. Delivered by experts from the learning disability sector, both professionals and service users, the programme will be focused around holding the conversations to empower and improve the lives of those with learning disabilities.

The seminar programme will be divided into three streams:
• Policy and Practice
• Health and Well-being
• Learning Disability and Autism

The full programme is still in development, but you can explore the provisional seminar topics for each stream now. Keep an eye out on our social media or this page for confirmation of speakers.

Tickets are available for £35+VAT, or students can attend for £10+VAT. Students will need to show their student ID upon registration on the day.

https://www.pavpub.com/ldt-london-2017/?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2fnews.pavpub.com%2folmgroup_prolz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=LDT+17+Save+the+Date&utm_term=&utm_content=379152&gator_td=vqhUAr1HqnLFse1da%2b5AwNmnAbVB%2fu064xWIBklsBkIN4rTOw1y8hXIrHyxspi4c1qAu%2bZDRpfbCFT9aAFRVBLtAQjHPMvdFmKW6yhsuY8GXyTwswWqT3B4zWAFdnXjtFCKMvkH%2fwLkFNilmzjymX6GlwifzZAj1Hjen2%2bKJNTsVaHIXfHDgpf2FvWJNYdup

Accessible Information Standard: Post-Implementation Review

This report summarises the findings from NHS England’s post-implementation review of the Accessible Information Standard and outlines next steps.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-post-implementation-review/?dm_i=6N7,523UV,Q069JF,JFIO7,1

UNSW in Sydney, Australia have produced the competency framework and toolkit.

The Intellectual Disability Mental Health Core Competency Framework: A Manual for Mental Health Professionals describes the specific skills and attributes required by mental health professionals for the provision of quality services to people with an intellectual disability. It outlines the necessary approaches to clinical practice when working with people with an intellectual disability and identifies the core competencies that mental health professionals require to work in this area. The Framework also includes a self-assessment tool to help professionals determine their current skill set and guides readers to resources that support professional development in intellectual disability mental health.

The Framework was developed in consultation with key stakeholders, and was funded by Mental Health-Children and Young People, NSW Ministry of Health.

More information and the toolkit is available here:

https://3dn.unsw.edu.au/idmh-core-competency-framework?dm_i=6N7,523UV,Q069JF,JFFHL,1

Health Education England commissioned Skills for Health in collaboration with Skills for Care to develop this core skills education and training framework for person-centred approaches.

The value of a person-centred approach in health and care is increasingly recognised – much has been written about what it is and why it is important. However, it is less clear how to develop the workforce to put this into practice – which is the purpose of this framework.

The framework launched in July 2017 and comprises the following subject areas:

• Values
• Core communication and relationship building skills
• Step 1. Conversations to engage with people
• Step 2. Conversations to enable and support people
• Step 3. Conversations with people to collaboratively manage highest complexity and significant risk
• Delivery of training, education and learning opportunities
• ‘Enablers’ for embedding a person-centred approach.

Download the framework here

You can listen to the interview with Angela Hassiotis here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08xxdpd?utm_source=UCL%20%28Internal%20Communications%29&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8516464_The%20Week%40UCL%20-%20Issue%20305&dm_i=UAA,52JCG,PKBDLK,JENQO,1