Health & wellbeing
Caring for a Child with a Learning Disability
As a carer for a foster child with a learning disability, your role is to make sure that they have the right support so that their opportunities in life are not limited. In this course, you will find out about their particular needs, how to get professional help and support and how you can assist them yourself.
What you will learn
- What learning disabilities are.
- How they affect children.
- How to take care of a child with a learning disability.
- What programmes are in place to support children with learning disabilities.
- What support you can access as a foster carer.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.