Learning Disabilities
£18.00 inc. VAT
Level: Level 2 & 3.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Aims
This eLearning course aims to provide an introduction to Learning Disabilities and aims to raise your awareness and develop your understanding.
The course begins with an introduction to the meaning of learning disabilities, the criteria used to diagnose a learning disability before considering how they may be caused. You will learn about the historical context of services for individuals with learning disabilities, including the legal and policy framework, and reflect on how services have changed. The course concludes with an exploration of the barriers to communication individuals may face to enable you to promote effective communication.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
- Know the meaning of the term learning disabilities.
- Know the legislative and policy framework for supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
- Know how to overcome barriers those with learning disabilities face.
- Know the causes of learning disabilities.
- Know how people with learning disabilities have been cared for in the past.
- Know the barriers related to communication and how to overcome them.
Course Syllabus Includes
- What is learning disability?
- How learning disability is diagnosed
- Difference between learning disability and learning difficulty
- Causes of learning disabilities
- History of care for people with learning disabilities
- How services have changed
- Medical model of disability
- Social model of disability
- Legislation
- The policy framework
- The impact of law and policy
- Barriers to inclusion
- How to overcome barriers to inclusion
- Barriers to communication
- How to promote communication
Are courses certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to download the completion certificate FREE of charge.
How are courses going to be delivered?
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Are online courses accredited?
Yes, they are. Courses are CPD Certified and our Care Certificate is one of the first to be endorsed by Skills for Care.
How long do courses take to complete?
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
