Training
Accredited courses in supporting with people with PMLD
University College Northampton
For more information about any of the following courses, please email admissions@northampton.ac.uk
- Course name: Master of Arts In Education
Module: EDUM028: Understanding Severe and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties - Course name: Certificate in Higher Education, Supporting Learning (CHESL)
Module: Supporting Learners with SLD/PMLD - Course name: Post Graduate Professional Development (For Teachers)
Module: Multi-Sensory Impairment.
University of Birmingham, (Distance Learning)
- Course name: Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, (Severe, profound and complex)
Course levels: AdCert, Bphil, PGCert, PGDip, MEd
For more information, please email p.j.lacey@bham.ac.uk - Course name: Multisensory Impairment, (Deafblindness)
Course levels: AdCert, Bphil, PGCert, PGDip, Med
For more information, please contact e.m.hodges@bham.ac.uk - Course name: Learning Disability Studies
Course levels: MSc and Graduate Diploma
For more information, please contact s.cumella@bham.ac.uk
University of Manchester, (Distance Learning)
For more information about any of the following courses, please email pg-education@manchester.ac.uk
- Course name: Profound Learning Disability and Multisensory Impairment
Course levels: Post Graduate Taught MSc and Post Graduate taught PGDip
Other courses in supporting people with PMLD:
There are various organisations which run courses for those who support people with PMLD. Although we are unable to recommend courses we are happy to list course providers here. Please let us know if you provide training for those who support people with PMLD and would like to be added to this list.
- BILD provides a range of training that includes:
- Communication
- Intensive Interaction
- Person centred approaches to better lives
- Meeting the needs of people with PMLD
- Literacy activities for people with PMLD
- Understanding the Mental Capacity Act and its implications
- Non-instructed advocacy
- The emotional impact of self injurious behaviour
- Understanding challenging behaviour
- Scope’s Voices through advocacy project is running free Non Instructed advocacy training for any advocate in England and Wales
- Mencap’s Getting To Know you project trains self advocates to speak up for people with PMLD
- Learning Disability Training runs a one-day basic introduction to profound and multiple disabilities
- The More than words training course helps you find ways to communicate well with people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities
- CAN Communicate run training courses and interactive workshops on creative communication. For more information, email CAN_Communicate@yahoo.co.uk or telephone: 01709 584842
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