Course detail
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities and Autism
This course provides health and social care staff in England with a practical, person-centred understanding of how to support people with a learning disability and autistic people. It focuses on rights, communication, reasonable adjustments, health inequalities, sensory needs, distress, consent, safeguarding, and everyday good practice in adult social care and community settings.
Topics
11
Duration
43m
Quiz pass mark
100%
Course structure
Learning path
Topics are completed in order before the final assessment unlocks.
Course Description
Introduction and Professional Context
Understanding Learning Disability
Understanding Autism
Communication
Reasonable Adjustments
Health Inequalities, Distress and Sensory Needs
Person-Centred Care, Consent and the Law
Working with Families, Carers and Other Professionals
Good Practice in Everyday Support
Summary
Final quiz
Final step10 questions and 100% required to pass and receive the certificate.
Who this course is for
Care assistants, support workers, nurses and managers supporting adults with a learning disability or autistic adults in health and social care services in England.
What you will learn
- Recognise that learning disability and autism are distinct and that support should reflect each person's needs.
- Consider communication preferences, sensory needs, reasonable adjustments and health inequalities.
- Relate person-centred support to consent, rights and recognising distress.
- Work with families, carers and other professionals to support everyday care and communication.
This is supplementary awareness learning. It is not advertised as The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. Providers should assess their role-specific training requirements against the official code of practice and arrange the appropriate training.
