Learning Disabilities Flashcards
What are learning difficulties?
problems with reading and numeract,emotional difficulty and autism linked to this as a result.
What is there prevelance?
in 2015 1.1 million people had learning difficulties. 70065 with LD had SN help at school.
What are the risk factors?
Childhood brain injury,childhood illness,prenat lexposure,chromosomal defects,premature and genetic dysfunction
What is the nice criteria for learning difficulties?
reduced ability to understand new or complex information or learn new skills is impaired.with reduced ability to cope independently – social function1)lower intellectual ability IQ less than 70.2)significant impairment of social adaptive functioning 3)onset in childhood
What is the scaling for learning difficulties?
Mild,moderate and severe, profounds 85,10,3,1-2.
What are the mental complications?
experenced by 40% or 28% including the badly behaved.
Physical health complications associated with it?
obesily and 20- fold risk of epilepsy,increased visual and hearing impairment
Social inequality involved?
Live in rented and overcrowded hosuing ,bullied abd assaulted and povery with no social support
What is it with premature deaths?
13-20 years sooner death av. As per 2012 confidential enquiry.
What are the combing factors involved?
Conditions associated with LD – eg.epilepsy,aspiration pneumonia,chromosomal disorders – educational health and social issues.physical health,autism issues, sommunication,visual impairment.
What is challenging behaviour?
assessing their environment and any triggers, preventing and overcoming the triggers that are there.- coexisting mental health issues
How do we manage the challenging behaviour?
Meds should be considered when psychological intervention not giving change.treatment for co-exisiting mental health illness has not reduced behaviour,severe list of harm to them and others
When meds are initiated for challenging behaviour?
all pts with LD given annual health check up – physical health review,meds review, agreed and shared careplaan, managing health problems-
What are the nice guidelines and regulations in place for this?
What is STOMP?STOPPING OTHER MEDICATION OF PEOPLE WITH LEARDING
DIFFICUILTY AND AUTISM – LIKE Antipsychotics,antidepressants,BDZ,hypnotics,mood stabilisers, lithium NS INTRODUCE IN 2016
What are the core aims of STOMP?
stopping the over medication – encouraging regular check ups – makes sure families are involved in the care planning processabout antipychotic meds,implementing non pharamceuticals therapies practical ways of supporting ppl with an LD.
