Audiance: Healthcare Professionals

Communication: Helpful strategies for people who have difficulties in communicating and being understood

This guide contains successful strategies for clearer communication for CYPs with learning disabilities or communication difficulties.

Valuing the Views of Children with a Learning Disability

Audience: healthcare professionals, commissioners This booklet is a resource for anyone involved in supporting children with learning disabilities, including: • Professionals responsible for developing Education, Health and Care plans for children with learning disabilities (EHCPs) • Professionals conducting Care, Education and Treatment reviews (CETRs) for children with learning disabilities in hospital settings or community CETRs…

‘Opening Doors’: best practice when a young child might be showing or telling you that they are at risk

This article gives practical, evidence-based guidance on responding carefully to young children in early years settings, using an ‘open doors’ framework.

How it is: An image vocabulary for children about: feelings, rights and safety, personal care and sexuality

This image vocabulary was developed to support children to communicate about a range of important issues.

Love Life: resources for young people with learning disabilities

A collection of films and supporting resources aimed at young people aged 11 to 25 to help them learn strategies for staying safe.

Me first Three houses tool

A tool to help CYPs identify what is going well, what they are worried about and what their hopes and goals are.

Me first Conversation feedback tool

A tool to gain feedback from children and young people about how much they feel listened to.

People who support me

An activity that will help children to identify people in their life who can support them.

Teens in hospital video

A video exploring ways to improve the hospital experience for young people.

What makes an ideal nurse? A teen and children’s perspective

This booklet presents findings from research about what young people believe makes an ideal nurse.