Learning Disability Awareness

Learning disabilities, however they are acquired, are lifelong, and those who work with them will need some learning disability awareness training. Learning disabilities are neurological disabilities and as such affect how an individual understands and remembers information, how they learn and communicate. People can be born with learning disabilities or they may acquire them later in life. There are many different types of learning difficulties which can present in many different ways.  Learning difficulties training  helps to identify the barriers those with the disabilities face and look at ways to deconstruct these barriers to improve the lives and children and adults with learning disabilities.

Mencap offer a range of advice and resources to those who care for people with learning disabilities in the UK.  They define learning disability as: “A learning disability is a reduced intellectual ability and difficulty with everyday activities – for example household tasks, socialising or managing money – which affects someone for their whole life. People with a learning disability tend to take longer to learn and may need support to develop new skills, understand complicated information and interact with other people. “

This learning disability awareness training course acts as a valuable introduction to understanding learning disabilities and is suited to one to one mentors or classroom assistants trying to help a child or young adult with a learning disability to learn.