Therapeutic Care & Wellbeing
Autism and Learning Disability Awareness
Online course
CareCPD accredited
Included with Nest Learn
Communication, sensory needs, masking, meltdown and shutdown, diagnostic overshadowing, exploitation risk and the move to adult services.
At a glance
FormatOnline
AccreditationCareCPD
CategoryTherapeutic care
Assigned viaLearning Paths
AvailabilityIncluded with Nest Learn
What this course covers
- What autism and learning disability are.
- Language, identity and masking.
- Communication.
- Sensory needs, routines and change.
- Meltdown, shutdown and behaviour that challenges.
- Health, trauma and diagnostic overshadowing.
- Rights and the law.
- Exploitation risk and moving to adult services.
How it works in Nest Learn
01
Assign it
Add it to a Learning Path with a deadline, and preview who it affects before you save.
02
Staff complete it
It appears in My Training, where staff can start, continue or renew it.
03
Track it in the Matrix
Training Status shows Not started, In progress, Complete, Overdue or Expired for each person, across every Home.
04
Keep the evidence
Completions stay on the staff record with their history. Eligible online completions come with a certificate carrying its own verification code.
Assign it alongside the rest of your training
This course is one of more than 50 accredited courses in Nest Learn. Assign it through Learning Paths and track it in the Training Matrix across every Home.