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Training 1 Day
Understanding Learning Disability
Recognising learning disabilities and providing empowering support — addressing a population that has been largely invisible and underserved within Nigeria's healthcare system.
Program Overview
Individuals with learning disabilities often face severe marginalization in Nigeria, lacking access to tailored education, healthcare, and social integration.
This course demystifies learning disabilities such as Down Syndrome, separating them entirely from mental illness.
Staff are trained to use adapted communication strategies, empower clients to build life skills, and champion their inclusion in everyday community activities, fundamentally transforming their quality of life.
This course demystifies learning disabilities such as Down Syndrome, separating them entirely from mental illness.
Staff are trained to use adapted communication strategies, empower clients to build life skills, and champion their inclusion in everyday community activities, fundamentally transforming their quality of life.
Course Curriculum
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Module 1: Defining Learning Disabilities
Causes, types, and the spectrum of cognitive impairments.
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Module 2: The Social vs. Medical Model
Focusing on societal barriers rather than fixing the individual.
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Module 3: Adapted Communication
Using visual aids and simplified language structures.
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Module 4: Health Inequalities
Why people with learning disabilities often suffer from undiagnosed physical illnesses.
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Module 5: Promoting Independence
Teaching life skills like cooking, hygiene, and money management safely.
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Module 6: Community Advocacy
Helping clients navigate public spaces and challenging discrimination.
What You Will Learn
Define the clinical difference between a learning disability and mental illness
Adapt communication for individuals with cognitive impairments
Support clients in building independent daily living skills
Identify secondary physical health complications linked to learning disabilities
Advocate for inclusion in local community settings
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