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Ensuring that parents with a learning disability are effective
parents is a key part of safeguarding children.This course
looks at how to carry out good quality assessments of the
capacity of learning disabled parents to meet the needs
of their children and provides a framework for effective
decision-making. It also covers ways of providing effective
help and support for this group of parents as well as
assessing and building resilience in children.
Learning outcomes cover:
- Social attitudes to learning disability and their impact
on service provision.
- Identifying relevant needs and risks when working with
parents with learning disability and their children.
- Identifying and balancing adversity and protective factors.
- Identifying skills to plan strategies for effective
intervention.
- Effective communication and engagement with children,
young people and their families and carers.
- Child and young person development when the parent
is learning disabled.
- Safeguarding the welfare of the child while providing
services to support parenting.
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