Webinar: Psychological well being help for folks with studying disabilities
Speaker: Eddie Chaplin
Date: 27 March 2024
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Over the previous 25 years there was appreciable curiosity and energy in advancing our information and understanding of psychological well being issues in folks with a studying incapacity.

On this webinar, Professor Eddie Chaplin will discover why extra folks with studying disabilities expertise psychological well being issues than the overall inhabitants. Additionally, how psychological well being points in folks with studying disabilities will be prevented, handled and managed.

It’s estimated that between 25 and 40% of individuals with studying disabilities expertise psychological well being issues at any cut-off date. The charges are a lot greater than the overall inhabitants and analysis is typically troublesome as a result of folks’s studying disabilities might cloak underlying psychological well being issues.

Assembly the psychological well being wants of individuals with studying disabilities generally is a problem to all psychological well being companies. It’s because the bodily well being standing of individuals with studying disabilities can contribute to psychological in poor health well being, as can the diploma and the reason for their studying disabilities, organic components, psychological components comparable to trauma, and social components comparable to neglect, poverty and lack of social networks.

This webinar will assessment prevention, evaluation, and administration of psychological well being issues in folks with studying disabilities. It’s going to additionally present steering on diversifications to therapy and the way finest to seek out the fitting companies for people.

This occasion is for anybody working within the area of studying disabilities and is open to well being professionals, researchers, medical/nursing college students, third sector professionals, advocacy teams, households, carers and self-advocates.

Attend to study:

• The vary of frequent co-occurring psychological well being circumstances confronted by folks with a studying incapacity.
• How you can promote optimistic psychological well being and wellbeing on this group.
• Particular strategies and methods to boost evaluation and therapy.

Concerning the speaker: Professor Eddie Chaplin is Professor of Psychological Well being in Neurodevelopmental Situations on the Institute of Well being and Social Care, London South Financial institution College. Professor Chaplin specialises in psychological well being of neurodevelopmental problems. His present analysis pertains to identification and understanding neurodevelopmental circumstances within the Prison Justice System. He’s presently Head of the Scientific Committee for the European Affiliation of Psychological Well being in Mental Incapacity and the Editor for the Advances in Autism. He has revealed extensively in peer assessment journals and a number of other books and coaching packs.