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Learning Disability Week - Jackie

I specialise in working with children and adults who have both a learning disability and autism, providing assessment, interventions, strategies, and support for a range of issues including behavioural difficulties, toileting, sleep and communication, as well as promoting a better understanding of autism.

It is highly rewarding and positive work; some days can be quite challenging but this makes the role very interesting. I work with children from the school age upwards which can involve some very inventive thinking. We are very skilled at ‘thinking out of the box’ to organise or make something which helps the child to understand what we are asking of them or what is going to happen.

Each day is totally different, I love working with parents and families to help them understand the behaviours of their children and help them to implement strategies that can support them across all settings.

I work closely with local schools, social care and short break providers, deliver parent training programmes with other professionals, provide ongoing professional development for colleagues and social care staff, and bespoke training for parents and the organisations who provides service for the children and adults who access our service.