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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn about supporting people with intellectual disabilities and mental illness with this free online course. This free online intellectual disability and mental healthcare course will teach you about how quality care services depend on understanding clients. You will study the four guiding principles of support work and how the strengths and resources of clients and their communities are involved in the care process. You will also look into the historical use of names and labels for people with disabilities, and more.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID186761
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world's largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain why quality care services depends on understanding clients
• List the four guiding principles of support work
• Describe how support workers use the strengths and resources of clients and their communities
• Describe the negative use of names and their impact on people with disabilities
• Trace the historical use of labels for people with disabilities
• Identify classification categories that differentiate levels of intellectual disability
Course Code1972

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