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Relationships, Dating, and Intimacy by Dave Hingsburger

Direct support staff can now use the time they spend with the people they support to help those people to learn about relationships, dating, and intimacy. We proudly launch this new three part series of Side by Side module written by Dave Hingsburger.

These modules have been designed to help the people you support to develop a wide range of relationships in a more confident and safe way.

Side by Side learning is a concept unique to Open Future Learning. Side by Side modules allow the people who receive support and the people who provide support to learn together.

Part 1 of this three-part series has been designed to help people to have a good healthy relationships.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

– Understand what give-and-tanke and sharing and caring mean in a relationship.

– Explain some different ways that two people can be nice to one another.

– Understand how to respect and take care of another person’s feelings.

– Explain what consent means and what it means in terms of sex.

Part 2 of this three-part series has been designed to help you become more comfortable with dating.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

– Describe how, where, and when you might meet someone.

– Understand the importance of getting to know, liking and spending time with people first.

– Explain how to ask someone out.

– Describe good ways of dealing with rejection.

Part 3 in this three-part series has been designed to help you learn the rules around being sexual with another person.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

– Understand what it means to be intimate with another person.

– Explain that you only become intimate with and have sex with another person when you both have made a decision to do so.

– Describe why it matters when and where yo have sec and the importance of being safe.

 

Access 24 rotatable seats to 50 learning modules and over 600 videos on demand for only $98 | £61 | €76 a month.

To ask questions or for information about our free trial please email hello@openfuturelearning.org.

 

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Difficult Families?

What can we learn from the families we support and work with?

This video is a celebration of families and what we can learn from them. The moving and thoughtful words of the families who made this video will help you to learn from the experience and understand the perspectives of the families that you work with.

New module here!

 

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Dementia Explained

We are really excited to let you know that we have collaborated with leading dementia and intellectual disabilities expert Diana Kerr to produce “Dementia Explained.”

1 in 3 people with Down syndrome and 1 in 10 people with intellectual disabilities over the age of 50 have dementia.

This module is a great opportunity to make sure your staff can:

–  Explain what dementia means and describe the different types of dementia.

–  Understand how dementia affects people with intellectual disabilities.

–  Describe the changes in the brain that a person with dementia experiences.

–  Understand how changes in the brain impact the reality for people with dementia.

–  Identify the early signs of dementia and explain the importance of diagnosis.

–  Identify the early signs of dementia and explain the importance of diagnosis.

For more information visit our learning modules page here.