Learning disabilities
What is a learning disability?
The Department of Health (DoH) defines a learning disability as including the presence of:
A significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intellectual functioning) with a reduced ability to cope independently (impairment of adaptive/social functioning) which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.
Valuing People, Department of Health (2009)
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understand new or difficult information |
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learn new skills |
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cope with things by themselves |
Who are we?
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NELFT's learning disability teams provide health and social care services in partnership with the Local Authority (LA) for adults with learning disabilities across: |
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- Barking and Dagenham - Havering - Waltham Forest - Redbridge - Inpatient Moore Ward |
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The learning disability teams in Essex are managed by South Essex Partnership Trust (SEPT). |
Who is in the team?
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admin staff |
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nurses |
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social workers |
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behavioural therapists family therapists |
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psychologists psychiatrists |
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speech and language therapists occupational therapists |
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art therapists physiotherapists |