Subject Resources: Learning disabilities

Listed below are Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) developed by the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy in the subject area of Learning disabilities. Click on a title link to view the RLO. To keep up to date on released RLOs, keep checking our news section, or link to our RSS news feed (what's RSS?). Use of these RLOs is governed by our Terms of Use.

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Learning disabilities RLOs
Title	Description	Detail
Baby first!	A resource designed to help healthcare professionals to support families over the first important year of life when their baby has an intellectual disability.
Dyma Steve	Welsh Translation of This is Steve Mae r adnodd dysgu ailddefnyddiadwy hwn yn dangos y math o wybodaeth y gallai rhywun ag anabledd dysgu fod eisiau i ofalwyr feddu arni cyn dod i ofalu amdanynt. Mae wedi ei ysgrifennu o safbwynt y defnyddiwr gwasanaeth gyda chymorth nyrs dan hyfforddiant. Mae'r adnodd hwn a mwy ar gael ar Y Porth, sef llwyfan e-ddysgu cydweithredol y sector addysg uwch cyfrwng Cymraeg http://www.porth.ac.uk/cy/
Fy nhŷ i, fy hawliau i	Welsh translation of: My House, My Rights. Mae'r pecyn hwn yn mynd ar daith ryngweithiol o amgylch tŷ unigolyn gydag anableddau dysgu. Ym mhob ystafell caiff y dysgwr ei herio gan rai o'r ffyrdd y caiff hawliau unigolion ag anableddau dysgu eu diystyru gan ddarparwyr gofal iechyd yn eu cartrefi eu hunain. Mae'r adnodd hwn a mwy ar gael ar "Y Porth", sef llwyfan e-ddysgu cydweithredol y sector addysg uwch cyfrwng Cymraeg. http://www.porth.ac.uk/cy/
Gall rhywbeth bach wneud gwahaniaeth mawr	Welsh translation of: Little things make a big difference. Mae'r adnodd dysgu ailddefnyddiadwy hwn yn seiliedig ar drafodaeth rhwng gweithiwr gofal iechyd a chleient gydag anableddau dysgu. Mae'n dangos pa mor bwysig yw hyd yn oed yr agweddau lleiaf ar gyfathrebu i greu trafodaeth gadarnhaol. Mae'r adnodd hwn a mwy ar gael ar "Y Porth", sef llwyfan e-ddysgu cydweithredol y sector addysg uwch cyfrwng Cymraeg http://www.porth.ac.uk/cy/
Hello My Name is Tom	This resource gives an insight into the world of a young person with an Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASD). It concentrates on interaction with Tom, a young person with ASD, within the school environment. The RLO was created by a learning disability nursing student based on his interaction with a number of individuals with ASD. This RLO won the 2009 Fiona Law prize for student-led innovation awarded by the National Network of Learning Disability Nursing. This resource was re-purposed in 2016.
Little Things Make a Big Difference	This RLO is based around an interaction between a healthcare professional and a client with learning disabilities. It shows how important even small aspects of communication are in formulating a positive interaction.
My House, My Rights	This package takes an interactive journey through the house of an individual with learning disabilities. In each room the learner is challenged by some of the ways that the rights of individuals with LD are often disregarded by HCPs within their own homes.
Our Child	This e-learning package is designed to empower parents who have a child with Down's syndrome and who are facing congenital heart surgery. It also takes parents and professionals on a journey through one family's story from diagnosis, surgery to living life to the full.
Reflective Writing Tools	This resource has been developed to help students understand self help reflection.
Responses to Sexuality	This RLO is based on a scenario which involves the expressions of sexuality by John, a man with learning disabilities. It looks at John's responses, views and feelings and compares them with those of his health care worker. It challenges the learner to review their own views to these issues.
This is Steve	This RLO shows the sort of information that someone with a learning disability might want carers to know before they come to care for them. It is written from the perspective of a service user with the help of a student nurse.
What are Journals?	This learning object introduces educational journals and describes three types: Academic, Professional and Subject. The examples used are drawn from the area of nursing, but the concepts are cross-discipline.
Ymateb i fynegiant o rywioldeb1	This is a Welsh translation of "Responses to Expressions of Sexuality." Mae'r adnodd dysgu ailddefnyddiadwy hwn yn seiliedig ar senario am y ffyrdd y mae John, dyn gydag anableddau dysgu, yn mynegi ei rywioldeb. Mae'n edrych ar ymateb, barn a theimladau John ac yn eu cymharu gydag ymateb, barn a theimladau ei weithiwr gofal iechyd. Mae'n herio'r dysgwr i ystyried ei farn ei hun am y materion hyn. Mae'r adnodd hwn a mwy ar gael ar "Y Porth", sef llwyfan e-ddysgu cydweithredol y sector addysg uwch cyfrwng Cymraeg. http://www.porth.ac.uk/cy/