The South East London Learning Disability and Autism Programme (SEL LDA) comprises of six NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), six Local Authorities and NHS England Specialised Commissioning. Collectively, these organisations are responsible for commissioning health and care services for an estimated 8,000 people with learning disabilities and 17,000 people with autism.
The Virtual Training
The aim of the training sessions is to work with a range of workforce groups in South East London to raise awareness and support workforce resilience. The key expected outcomes are:
Target audience
Teams working with adults in the community.
e.g. adult social care, council front of house staff, Direct Payment teams, brokerage teams
The Trainer
Laurie is an autistic author, speaker, trainer and workshop facilitator. This is the third year they will have delivered training for South East London CCG. These sessions have proved to be relevant and popular in real life and are now available as virtual events. She designs and delivers training that challenges misconceptions and myths surrounding autism in a real and relevant way. She has been working with Lambeth Borough Council to deliver training to frontline council workers and in 2018 gave a keynote presentation workshop to GPs and Social Workers at the Kia Oval. Her sessions sell out within hours of becoming available. These sessions are interactive so be prepared to:
Laurie has previously worked in education and social care with autistic individuals of all ages and abilities, from those in supported living to university undergraduates. She is the parent of two autistic sons, both of whom work full-time and have families of their own.
Some examples of feedback from Laurie's sessions include:
“Thank-you, Laurie for such a brilliant and inspiring workshop on autism. You have really opened my eyes to many misconceptions that I had….” Linda, Lambeth Borough Council
“Dear Laurie, your workshop was inspirational.” Maxine, Lambeth Borough Council
“An excellent delivery with fantastic knowledge. Thank-you Laurie” (children’s home worker, Bacup, Lancs)
SEL LDA
South East London's Learning Disability and Autism Programme is organising this session after overwhelmingly positive feedback from sessions held in 2019 and 2020. Of those who attended and provided feedback, 97% stated they were likely to recommend the training to a colleague and 67% of attendees said they had at least five colleagues who would benefit from attending. The majority of attendees rated the sessions as either 'Excellent' or 'Exceptional', here are some of the comments from the sessions this year:
"Excellent training that everyone should attend/receive who works with the public to enhance their knowledge and understanding of such a complex condition"
"I learnt a great deal from Laurie - she was delightful, funny and very honest - it was interactive and highly informative. I would love to meet her again. I'm passing her little gems of information to all my parents with autistic children. Thank you. x"
Event location and times
Do note, this training is being held virtually on Microsoft Teams. Please arrive 10 minutes before start time to ensure timely registration. Participants will receive a Microsoft Teams invite three days before the session.
Booking details
When making a booking, please ensure you are booking as the attendee as opposed to booking for someone else – this is very important as we need to capture the individual data for each attendee. All attendees will receive a certificate of participation.
Please ensure the correct email address is entered when making your booking as you will receive an automated email to confirm your place. If the email spelling is incorrect, you will not receive confirmation of your place and important updates. If you do not receive a confirmation email within ten minutes of completing your booking, please contact us immediately as your reservation may not be complete, which could result in loss of your place on the training. Please check your spam folders before contacting us.
Cancellation
Places for this training are free. If you are unable to attend, please cancel in a timely fashion so the space can be offered to someone else.
To cancel your ticket, please make sure you are logged into Eventbrite then go to:
Contact the organisers
For all queries, please contact the South East London Learning Disability and Autism Programme team on 0207 525 7981 or [email protected].
To find out more information regarding Laurie's visit www.lauriemorgen.co.uk