Description: The webinar will give an accessible overview of some of the key theories that have informed our understanding of the emotional development of people with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on chapters from his book with co-author Victoria Shimmens, Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma, Allan will talk about taking a trauma-informed approach to caring for people with intellectual disabilities. The author’s aim is to shift the focus from managing behaviour which challenges to looking at attachment theory and practices to support individuals’ wellbeing to promote positive change.
About the Speaker:
Allan Skelly is the 2019-2021 Chair of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities (FPID) of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Allan was chair of the working group which produced the 2017 BPS clinical practice guidelines for the integration of Attachment Theory into the work of clinical psychologists in the UK.
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