What you can study

For practitioners with a special interest in Learning Disability and Social Care, we offer the following pathways, modules and study days.

Part-time Diploma or Degree

Generalist Pathway

• Diploma of Higher Education in Health and Social Care Practice 
• BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care Practice
• Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice

Short Courses/Modules

• Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Understanding and Supporting People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders)
• Behavioural Activation for people with anxiety and long term conditions
• Case Management: Organising Care for People with Long Term Conditions
• Clinical Supervision
• Cognitive and behavioural strategies for enabling mental and physical health
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for people with anxiety and long term conditions
• Communication Needs of People who have a Learning Disability 
• Dissertation
• Early Intervention in First Episode Psychosis
• Evidence-Based Pratice
• Family Intervention Work for Psychosis
• Foundations of Short-Term Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Healthcare Ethics and Law
• Heart Failure: Care and Management
• Introduction and Application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis
• Leadership Service and Improvement
• Management of Diabetes Mellitus
• Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Adults in Primary and Secondary Care
• Medicines Management
• Mentor Preparation Programme
• Non-Medical Prescribers: Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (v300)
• Palliative and End of Life Care
• Psychological Interventions for People who Experience Psychosis
• Recognising the Sick Child and Young Person (0-19 years)
• Skills for Learning  
• Understanding and Working with People who present Challenging Behaviour
• Working with Vulnerable People who have a Learning Disability

Study Days

For a list of study days coming up, please visit our study day page.

Background

Several reports and investigations over the last 5 years have highlighted major problems in services and support for people with learning disabilities across the whole health and social care sector. These problems range from difficulties accessing services through to problems with the treatment received within these services. Our courses are aimed not only at people working in specialist learning disability service provision but at any practitioner who encounters people with a learning disability using their service including staff working in GP surgeries, outpatients departments, hospital wards and community settings.

Our module provision includes : Communication Needs of People with a Learning Disability, Working with Vulnerable People, Understanding and supporting people with Autism, Health Needs of People with a learning disability; and Understanding Challenging Behaviour.

Funding

For information on funding visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/funding/

APL

For information on APL visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/apel/

How to apply

To apply visit http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/cpd/cpdapply/