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Learning Disability and Autism (Core)

A deeper course for carers supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people — communication that works, sensory worlds, understanding distress, the health signs that get missed, independence and everyday risk, and working with families and routines. Judgement, scenarios and escalation throughout. Builds on Learning Disability and Autism Awareness.

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What you'll learn

Beyond awareness: the person, not the label
Communication that works
Sensory worlds: overload, meltdown and shutdown
Distress and behaviour: what it tells you
Health inequalities: the signs that get missed
Independence, choice and everyday risk
Families, routines and transitions — bringing it together

Course content

Beyond awareness: the person, not the label

Beyond awareness: the person, not the label
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Communication that works

Communication that works

Sensory worlds: overload, meltdown and shutdown

Sensory worlds: overload, meltdown and shutdown

Learning Disability and Autism (Core)

What you'll learn

Course content

Beyond awareness: the person, not the label

Communication that works

Sensory worlds: overload, meltdown and shutdown

Distress and behaviour: what it tells you

Health inequalities: the signs that get missed

Independence, choice and everyday risk

Families, routines and transitions — bringing it together