People with a learning disability as trainers: evaluation of a values based pilot training programme

Abstract

The Official Journal of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities follow-up evaluation to assess the long-term impact of this training in practice is needed, however it is hoped that more projects of this nature will be adopted in the future.

Peer Educators in the Facilitation of Sexuality and Respectful Relationship Education for People with an Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis

“…In total, four educational programs emerged from the sources. The programs are presented below under the following headings: [23] provide an independent evaluation of the pilot TILII program conducted over two years from 2005 to 2007. Participants of the program were required to have a learning disability, a desire to learn new things, like being in the company of others, and the ability to commit their time in a voluntary capacity.…”

“…Three of the programs [2,23,24,27] were designed so that people with an intellectual disability were empowered to discuss their experiences with people who do not have a disability. The program evaluations identified that a program about and presented by people with intellectual disability was a key factor to program success, and program benefits extended to people who do not have a disability, with participants reporting a greater understanding of the challenges and experiences of people with a disability.…”

“…The program evaluations identified that a program about and presented by people with intellectual disability was a key factor to program success, and program benefits extended to people who do not have a disability, with participants reporting a greater understanding of the challenges and experiences of people with a disability. Black and Roberts [23] found that an overwhelming 98.3% of attendees found the program useful in their own work and quoted: "Very often carers and professionals 'think' they know what individuals want. It has highlighted that we all need to listen to people with a learning disability, to find out how they feel, what the issues are, and how we can help them to help themselves".…”

Healthy living: A health promotion program for adults with intellectual disability

“…With the help of a project facilitator, seven people with intellectual disability in Northern Island after training designed and presented a value based training program for support staff. 17 Such a session could be included as part of a training package for presenters and support workers involved in the Healthy Living Program.…”

Trainer and support staff’s experiences of engaging with the Who’s Challenging Who? challenging behaviour training course

“…WCW is a 4-h, externally delivered, staff training course that was codeveloped and codelivered by people with ID who had previously been labelled as having CB (and this label held negative connotations for them) with the support of another trainer who did not have ID (Hutchinson et al, 2014). Coproduction and codelivery of training with people with ID are used in social and health care practice (Black and Roberts, 2009; Frawley and Bigby, 2014; Weeks et al, 2006), but there is a lack of high-quality research evaluating the impact of these practices. Coproduction has been found to improve self-efficacy, sense of empowerment and equality with ‘professional’ colleagues and self-esteem and to enable the development of a new, positive, professional identity in young people, without ID, who are experts by experience (Mayer and McKenzie, 2017).…”