Today sees the culmination of coordinated work across the DSA with the submission of our response to The Department of Health and Social Care consultation on mandatory learning disability training for health and care professionals. For a long while now we have been concerned about the variability in quality of healthcare individuals with Down’s syndrome […]
Staff from our Information & Training team and WorkFit are learning lots and meeting some amazing people at the World Down Syndrome Congress in Glasgow. Here is a brief summary of the talks they attended and gave on Day 1 of the Congress. Sex and Relationship Education for People with Down’s Syndrome – from adolescence […]
For DSA members and affiliated support group representatives in London, South and South East Friday, March 9th, 2018 At the Langdon Down Centre 2a Langdon Park, Teddington, TW11 9PS 10.30 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. Arrival from 10.15 a.m. for tea and coffee We are delighted to be holding a regional focus meeting about supporting children […]
Join us on this FREE one-day course for staff and family-carers supporting adults with Down’s syndrome. 19 March 2018, 9.30am-4.00pm NMC Venue, 47 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, B70 6PY This course is for anybody who provides services to people with Down’s syndrome in a variety of health and social care settings. It aims to provide […]
Two of our Information and Training Officers, Beth and Lizzy, spent the weekend in Bedford to join the Bedfordshire Down’s Syndrome Support Group for their recent training conference. Around 50 parents and professionals took part in workshops covering everything from numeracy to behaviour management. Beth presented on the transition to adult life for people with […]
Three speakers from our Tell It Right® Start It Right training days tell us why they want to be involved
The Information and Training Team have developed two new training programmes during the last year: Adolescence workshops Sex and relationships education for adults Adolescence workshops This course focuses on supporting young people with Down’s syndrome through puberty and adolescence and is now being offered to schools, colleges and support groups across the country. The workshop covers […]
It is vital that expectant parents are supported throughout their pregnancy by maternity professionals who have access to up-to-date and accurate information about Down’s syndrome – the life prospects of people with the condition, the impact on families, they support that is available and the joys and challenges of having a child with Down’s syndrome. […]
Planning how their voices can be heard in our training courses
Tell It Right, Start It Right is our training for maternity professionals and student midwives. The training is designed to ensure that health professionals have up to date, accurate and balanced information about living with Down’s syndrome so that they can support expectant parents through the screening process by sharing the information in a non-directive […]
