Interduction learning disability and mental health awareness

My name is Sara Jane Gorman I am a visiting Lecture of Learning Disability and Mental health Awareness trainer from first-hand experience for the Learning Disability team and Success group. Also, from September 2021 to November this year I was a Befriender for Beacon Befriending service, before then I achieved my Interduction to Couseloring and Mental Health awareness during lockdown. What is in today’s learning disability and mental health session? What is a learning disability and mental health? How and when it happens? What causes it? What type of disabilities and mental illnesses are there? How do they affect lives? How can we support them? Interduction to learning disability and mental health. Dis is a difficulty that affects every day lives, health, house skills, money, education, work, shopping, social lives, getting with people and more. Different people different ways depending on the disabilities and the person. This can be or should be supported by family, support workers, social workers, communication, accessible information, disability aids and more. the-hospital-communication-book.pdf (uhnm.nhs.uk) It happens, before, during and after birth caused by damage, injury, accident, illness to Mother, baby or both before, during birth. Abilities are the strengths we have but mostly different ways to most other people. Types of mental health. Anger Anxiety panic attacks Bipolar Boarder personally Stress Depression https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/ Causes of mental health Lack of sleep, too much sleep. Eating disorders, eating too much, less, weigh gain, loss etc. Lack of confidence and self – esstream. Either too much or little get up and go. Finding it hard to think positive about oneself. Easy believe others a lot for eg ; if they say they are useless, hopeless etc. They may take Drugs, or and a lot of alcohol etc. Emotional situations such as relationship break ups, deaths, of people they know etc including the Coronavirus lockdown, jobs, and business losses etc. https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/possible- causes/ End of this report https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health/getting-help#:~:text=Call%20the%20Mind%20infoline%20on,%40mind.org.uk. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/useful-contacts/ Learning Disability - Down's Syndrome - Williams syndrome | Mencap https://www.ldw.org.uk/mental-health-resources-for-people-with-a-learning-disability/ Sararevealed.blogspot.com sarajgorman@gmail.com Please feel free to raise any feedback or questions about what is on this blog.