Learning Disability Today
Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services

Learning Disability Today

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Contacts

Alison Bloomer
Managing Editor
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Lauren Nicolle
Senior Reporter
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Events

Future events

Refocusing health and wellbeing for people with a learning disability: the action we need

 

Date: Thursday 12th September 2024
Venue: Kingston University London, KT2 7LB
Time: 10.00 – 16.00

Learning Disability Today and Kingston University are delighted to host a one-day conference looking at how we can positively influence change to improve the lives of people with a learning disability, their families and those who support them.

Past events

Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma

LDT Editor
Past Events
Recorded on 5th June 2024, presented by Allan Skelly. In this webinar, Allan Skelly will explore the importance of our basic needs for love, safety and care from an early attachment figure. When these elementary emotional needs are not met, it can result in developmental trauma.

Mental health support for people with learning disabilities

LDT Editor
Past Events
Recorded on 27th March 2024, presented by Professor Eddie Chaplin. This webinar will review prevention, assessment, and management of mental health problems in people with learning disabilities. It will also provide guidance on adaptations to treatment and how best to find the right services for individuals.

Making space for autism in the classroom: how to provide a safe emotional environment for education

Sharon McCarthy
Past Events
Recorded on 21 November 2023, presented by Sharon McCarthy, Micaela Connolly and Caolán McCarthy. This webinar explores how to provide a safe emotional environment for education — and how educators can provide support for autistic students.

Using cognitive behavioural therapy for people with learning disabilities

Angela Hassiotis
Past Events
Recorded on 11 October 2023, presented by Professor Angela Hassiotis. Learn how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can be adapted to help people with a learning disability to manage problems by changing the way they think and behave.

Autistic social identity and how to safely foster authenticity

Amy Pearson
Past Events
Recorded on 3 October 2023, presented by Dr Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose. This webinar explores autistic masking and the impact of stigma and trauma on autistic people.

Neurodiversity in the workplace: the challenges and benefits

Damian Milton
Past Events
Recorded on 10 November 2022, presented by Dr Damian E. M. Milton. The webinar considers the challenges that neurodivergent thinkers face in the workplace and the benefits of hiring neurodiverse individuals.

Making a difference to the lives of people with severe learning disabilities

Alison Bloomer
Past Events
Recorded on 5 October 2022. Dawn Rooke shares her lived experience as a mum to two adults with a learning disability and autism. Erren Wheatland and Samir from Achieve together talk about how people with severe learning disabilities can be supported by society.

Shifting the balance of power: putting people back in control

Jim Blair
Past Events
Recorded on 16 June 2022, presented by Jim Blair, Scott Watkin and Vicki Ainsworth. This webinar looks at how people with lived experience of learning disability who are at the heart of government policy can help drive future change.

Improving communication, improving lives: how professionals should talk to the people they support

Alison Bloomer
Past Events
Recorded on 10 February 2022, presented by Alexis Quinn, Dr Jeremy Tudway and Max Green. This webinar explains how communication is key to providing good care to people with a learning disability and/or autism.

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