❤️ Module 11: Emotional Support & Basic Counselling Skills
💬 What is Emotional Support?
- Helping someone feel safe
- Listening to their worries
- Supporting their feelings
🧠 What is Basic Counselling?
- Listening without judging
- Helping someone talk about feelings
- Not rushing or interrupting
👂 Key Skills
- Active listening
- Being calm and patient
- Showing empathy (understanding feelings)
- Giving reassurance
💬 What to Say
✅ “I am here to listen”
✅ “Take your time”
✅ “How are you feeling?”
❌ Do not:
- Interrupt
- Dismiss feelings
- Say “you’ll be fine” too quickly
⚠️ Important
👉 Nurses are not always therapists, but they:
- Provide support
- Know when to refer to specialists
🧠 Module 12: Mental Health Support
💡 People with learning disabilities can also have:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Behaviour that challenges
🔍 Signs to Look For
- Changes in behaviour
- Withdrawal or silence
- Aggression or distress
- Sleep problems
🧩 What Nurses Do
- Listen and observe
- Support routines
- Refer to mental health services
- Work with families
💬 Communication Matters
- Use simple language
- Use Easy Read
- Give extra time
🩺 Module 13: Physical Health & Illness
⚠️ Important Message
👉 People with learning disabilities can get the same illnesses as anyone else
🧠 Examples of Serious Conditions
- Stroke
- Heart attack
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Cancer
🚨 Why This Matters
- Symptoms may be missed
- People may not explain pain clearly
- Staff must observe carefully
🚑 Module 14: Recognising Emergencies
🧠 Signs of a Stroke
👉 Use FAST:
- Face – Drooping
- Arms – Weakness
- Speech – Slurred
- Time – Call emergency services
❤️ Signs of a Heart Attack
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
- Feeling sick
⚡ Other Emergencies
- Seizures
- Breathing problems
- Severe pain
- Unconsciousness
🚨 What To Do
- Call emergency services (911 in the U.S.)
- Stay calm
- Stay with the person
- Give clear information
🩹 Module 15: First Aid Skills
🧰 Basic First Aid Includes
- CPR (chest compressions)
- Recovery position
- Treating wounds
- Managing seizures
❤️ CPR (Basic Idea)
- Push hard and fast on the chest
- Call for help
- Continue until help arrives
⚠️ Important
👉 Always follow training and guidelines
🧩 Module 16: Adapting Care for Learning Disabilities
💡 Key Idea
👉 Care must be adjusted for each person
🗣️ Communication Adjustments
- Use simple words
- Use pictures
- Repeat information
🧠 Understanding Pain
- Behaviour may show pain
- Not everyone says “I hurt”
👀 Observation Skills
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Look for changes:
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Mood
🎭 New Training Activities
🎭 Activity: Emotional Support Role Play
- One person = upset patient
- One person = nurse
👉 Practice:
- Listening
- Responding calmly
🚨 Activity: Emergency Scenario
👉 Scenario:
- Someone has slurred speech and cannot lift their arm
Question:
- What is happening?
- What do you do?
🧠 Activity: Mental Health Awareness
👉 Scenario:
- A person stops talking and stays in their room
Question:
- What could this mean?
- How would you support them?
❓ Extended Quiz
1. Can people with learning disabilities have serious illnesses?
a) No
b) Yes
c) Only sometimes
2. What should you do in an emergency?
a) Walk away
b) Call for help
c) Wait
3. What is emotional support?
a) Ignoring feelings
b) Listening and helping
c) Talking only
4. What is a sign of stroke?
a) Smiling
b) Arm weakness
c) Sleeping
5. What is good communication?
a) Rushing
b) Listening
c) Ignoring
✅ Answers
- b
- b
- b
- b
- b
📊 Updated PowerPoint Slides (Add These)
- Emotional support
- Mental health
- Physical health
- Emergencies
- First aid
- Adapting care
- Activities
- Quiz
🌟 Final Key Message
👉 Learning disability nurses must be multi-skilled
👉 They support:
- 🧠 Mental health
- ❤️ Emotional wellbeing
- 🩺 Physical health
- 🚨 Emergencies
👉 They treat the whole person, not just the disability
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