Designed for frontline staff & volunteers, active in local VCOs, looking to develop & enrich their awareness of learning disabilities
Reading Voluntary Action has received funding to deliver an in-person 16-month Community Wellbeing Training Programme in our town centre training suite, for health and wellbeing practitioners (open to paid staff and volunteers) active in local voluntary and community organisations (VCOs).
Kate Stonehouse is a qualified learning and development professional, with many years of experience managing and delivering learning in the public and third sector.
Kate draws on her experience as a practitioner and manager in, and of, teams delivering advice, information and support to people with learning disabilities, and as a parent to three young people, one of whom has a learning disability. That experience ensures that the learning is based on real, current and relevant situations and people, with a strong influence on informing practice in services and workplaces of learners.
This training session will explore:
- What is learning disability?
- What does the law say about supporting people with learning disabilities?
- What does the local picture look like for people with learning disabilities?
- Common errors and misconceptions, and good practice.
- How can I make the service I give as accessible as possible to people with learning disabilities?
(NB: an optional second session, PART 2, will be held on 18.11.24 10am-1pm at The Museum of English Rural Life (RG1 5EX). Please click here for details and the booking link.)