Understand Residential Childcare for Children & Young People with Complex Disabilities or Conditions
In this online course we will look at how complex disabilities or conditions affect children and young people.
Complex disabilities and conditions may include (but are not confined to) profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, autistic spectrum disorders, physical impairments and multi-sensory impairments.
We will also look at the role residential care plays in the lives of children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions.
This course is part of our unlimited Course and Certificate package
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Who should take this online course?
This training course has been designed specifically for people working with children and young people and provides focus on residential settings. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about supporting children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions. The training course provides content to meet qualification units relating to residential childcare.
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Online Course Content
- 1.1 Describe the causes and effects of complex disabilities and conditions
- 1.2 Typical impacts of complex disabilities and conditions on children and young people
- 2.1 Impact of having a child with a complex disability or condition on families' lives
- 2.2 Describe how and why the impact of a child’s disability or condition may change over time
- 2.3 How theories of loss and grief relate to the families of children with complexities
- 2.4 How early intervention helps the families of CYP with complex disabilities or conditions
- 3.1 Types of residential care for CYP with complex disabilities or conditions
- 3.2 How different types of residential childcare seek to work in partnership with families
- 3.3 How residential childcare services work with other agencies and professionals
- 3.4 Aims and objectives of a residential childcare service and what it seeks to achieve for CYP
- 4.1 Legal entitlements to equality of treatment for CYP with complexities
- 4.2 Explain the importance of the child-led model of provision
- 4.3 Analyse how the social model and medical model of disability affect provision
- 4.4 How different cultural views of disability can impact in practice
- 5.1 The importance of maximising active participation of CYP with complexities
- 5.2 Ways in which CYP with complexities can be encouraged in daily activities
- 5.3 How CYP with complexities can be encouraged to contribute to shaping future services
- 5.4 Types of support used to enable CYP to express their views, preferences and aspirations
- 5.5 Ways to engage with CYP with complexities focusing on their individual strengths and needs
Aims of the course
By the end of the training course, you will:
- Understand the nature of complex disabilities and conditions and their impact on children and young people
- Understand the impact on families of having a child with a complex disability or condition
- Understand residential services for children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
- Understand principles for working with children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
- Understand how to support the participation of children and young people with complex disabilities or conditions
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