Psychological Care
People with learning disabilities are more likely to experience circumstances that affect psychological wellbeing, such as social isolation, physical health problems and poverty. People with learning disabilities are also more likely to experience mental health difficulties than those without a learning disability. The information and resources within this section will support you to improve your knowledge and skills around supporting psychological care.
Psychological wellbeing: Essentials of Learning Disability
Three e-learning modules on psychological wellbeing are available as part of Essentials of Learning Disability, a set of brief modules on a range of topics.
The modules are:
- Understanding psychological difficulties
- What is psychological therapy?
- Supporting someone engaged in psychological therapy
Psychological Interventions for low mood
Beat It and Step up are evidence based adapted psychological interventions for people with Learning Disabilities and low mood.
Below you will find two eLearning modules, introducing these interventions.
Please note to access Talking therapies for depression: beat it and Talking therapies for depression: step up eLearning you will be required to log in to TURAS Learn prior to being able to launch the programmes
NES has previously offered interactive training in Beat It, and resources to support implementation are in development, including a self rating skills sheet and coaching plan. If you are interested in these please contact LearningDisability@nes.scot.nhs.uk.
Thinking about me
This resource aims to develop practitioners’ knowledge and understanding of psychological care.
Psychological Wellbeing Framework
This educational framework aims to support knowledge and skills development across the workforce to meet the psychological needs of people with Learning Disabilities.
