Issue date:15 April 2005
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities will be holding a series of seminars in April and May across the UK, to raise awareness among practitioners and commissioners about the importance of mental health service provision for young people with learning disabilities.
New research by the Foundation has found that the mental health problems of young people with learning disabilities often go unnoticed and untreated. The seminars will discuss findings from four research programmes, each of which explored different subject areas including coping with depression, supporting minority ethnic groups and improving the current support available to young people with learning disabilities.
Alison Giraud-Saunders, Co-Director of the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, says:
“Young people with learning disabilities are far more likely to develop mental health problems such as depression and anxiety because of the daily challenges they face. Too often, these conditions are dismissed as symptoms of the person’s learning disability. It is crucial that services start to better respond to the mental health needs that young people with learning disabilities experience.”
The seminars will be held in London on 20 April, Glasgow on 4 May and in Birmingham on 26 May. The seminars are part of the Making Us Count project. An accompanying report and set of practical training tools are also available.
For more information please visit www.learningdisabilities.org.uk. Please note the London seminar is now fully booked but places still remain for Glasgow and Birmingham.
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- Do research and develop projects that promote social inclusion and citizenship
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