This fact sheet provides a definition of learning disability (LD) in adults; a list of common elements found in many useful LD definitions; and a list of areas in which LD may affect life situations of adults. The background of the concept of "learning disability" is briefly reviewed, foll...
intellectual disabilityself-assessmentThe self-assessment was designed to create an environment where people from partnership boards and other interested groups could work systematically alongside health and social care professionals to improve the health of people with learning disabilities in their community...
Peer reflection to support learning disability nursing students during clinical... Facilitated group peer reflection supported knowledge development and clinical decision-... Clinical 09 Jan 2025 Increasing the participation of people with learning disabilities in UK elections ...
Purpose - This is the second of two papers which aims to describe the development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service for men with intellectual disability (ID) within a community ID service. The first paper by McBrien et al. in 2010 described the mapping of need, the ...
For adults, learning styles and personalities (including learning difficulties or disabilities) were key factors for determining the success of learning from home. Self-control, self-discipline, self-regulation, interest, motivation, and organization were also viewed as important traits. Alongside these ...
About half of these children are also delayed in learning to read or have a reading disability, and many have attention deficit disorder.6 ©2006-2023 CEECD | LEARNING DISABILITIES 8 Problems: What are the Common Features of Dyscalculia? During the preschool years, children at risk for later...
A flow-chart model of assessment and intervention for the Australian education system is demonstrated, which draws on two case studies ("Katie" currently attending university and "Jamie" currently in year 8) with the provision of Australian and International research and literature to validate the ...
Too often, students lose interest andmotivationto learn because there is a disconnect with the real world, a disinterest in the topic at hand, an undiagnosed learning disability, or a disparity in developmental appropriateness. Curiosity and passion for lifelong learning can be stoked with a rigorou...
Intellectual disabilityPurpose – This paper aims to provide a commentary on the previous paper in this issue on the''Development of a sex offender assessment and treatment service within a Community LearningDisability Team (the SHEALD project): part 2''Design/methodology/approach – The authors ...
The post holder will be responsible for implementing a range of psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for adults with learning disabilities, individually and in groups and involving their family carers, support staff and liaising with others involved in their lives, as appropriate. ...