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Update Report- LDDF Sarah Holden

Update Report- LDDF Sarah Holden. FT clinical psychologist post from September 2007 Dementia project Autism project. Dementia Project. Background Screening programme & training in existence for 8-9 years Adults with LD/ Downs Syndrome Difficulties – baseline information

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Update Report- LDDF Sarah Holden

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  1. Update Report- LDDFSarah Holden • FT clinical psychologist post from September 2007 • Dementia project • Autism project

  2. Dementia Project Background • Screening programme & training in existence for 8-9 years • Adults with LD/ Downs Syndrome • Difficulties – baseline information • Importance of early detection & care pathway • In line with Valuing People and NICE/SCIE guidelines on dementia

  3. Dementia project Aims • Extend provision of screening • LD- over 40 yrs • Downs Syndrome/ others- over 30 yrs • This includes developing care pathway • Extend provision of dementia awareness training

  4. Extend provision of screening • Clinical work: • Direct/ indirect assessment including capacity, intervention strategies, longer term input • Referrals to psychogeriatrician/neurologist/ psychiatrist • Recruitment/ training of assistant psychologist • Expansion of database • Identifying potential new service users to whom screening can be offered • Contact with day centre managers

  5. Extend provision of screening • Leaflet/ promotion of screening programme: • ‘Celebrating the good stuff’ event • Planned promotion at Service User network conference on health and wellbeing

  6. Extend provision of screening • Development of pathway • Agreed initial plan • Identified need for MDT input • Liaison with other professionals

  7. Extend provision of dementia awareness training • Leaflets/ promotion • PCT trainers meeting/ promotion • Liaison with other teams who provide training • Revised existing training pack

  8. Extend provision of dementia awareness training • Started to deliver ‘awareness’ training • Used pre and post measure • Increasing knowledge and skills • Support for staff team e.g. in formulating ‘Action Plan’

  9. Dementia project Plans • Publicise screening programme • Expand database • Analyse data from training and follow up ‘Action Plans’ • Roll out programme of awareness training days • Further develop pathway

  10. Autism Project Background • Better services for people with an ASD • Valuing People • NAS publications • Autism Task Group

  11. Autism Project Aims • Support development of knowledge and skills re: ASD in BPR • Support delivery and implementation of training scheme for BPR • Identify issues common to provider services • Provide direct interventions to clients in BPR

  12. Support development of knowledge and skills • Training Needs Analysis • Questionnaire to preferred providers • Across East Lancs • Included current training levels • Training needs identified by services • Identified need for awareness training

  13. Support delivery of training • Co-ordination of multi-agency team (East Lancs) • Developed awareness training pack • Liaison with NAS • Organised and promoted training • 4 training dates across BPR & Blackburn • Agreed plan- • Review after 4 dates • Consider delivering advanced 2-day course already piloted

  14. Support delivery of training • Developed knowledge and attributions questionnaires for pre, post and 6 month follow up (FU) measures • Agreed to use ‘Action Plan’ data at 6 month FU • Set up databases for data management • Recruitment and training of assistant psychologist

  15. Support delivery of training • Team have delivered 2 training days • 42 people trained • Excellent feedback • Data from measures not yet analysed • Data from ‘Action Plans’- • in process of being collected • team involvement

  16. Identify issues common to provider services • Model used has been adopted by Primary Care – Asperger’s Syndrome Service. • Steering group • Longer term links • Issues highlighted via combination of: • Training needs analysis • Action Plans • Referral trends/ clinical workload • Links with other services- via NW CP ASD Network

  17. Autism Project Plans • Deliver training- 32 places booked • Analyse data from pre and post measures • Follow up ‘Action Plans’ • 6 month FU of those who attended training- measures and progress with Action Plans • Monitor referrals across East Lancs • Review provision/ content of training • Organise further awareness training dates • Prepare 2-day advanced course

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