Training Blog Posts

• Video-based contact programme improves support staff’s interactions with people with learning disabilities

  27 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Systematic review suggests active support does not yet meet criteria for evidence-based practice

  21 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Training in psychosocial frameworks brings about reduction in problematic behaviours

  08 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Knowledge of role of Independent Mental Capacity Advocate can be improved

  02 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Audit findings lead to improvements in recognising and responding to pain in people with learning disabilities

  17 May 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Systematic instruction increased client engagement following staff training.

  19 Apr 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Staff training on palliative care improves practice for people with learning disabilities.

  11 Apr 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Health promotion and cancer prevention activities do not receive the attention they need in learning disability services.

  08 Apr 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Community teams lack knowledge or understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.

  07 Apr 2011

  • John Northfield