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🎉 NAC is 5! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has supported our work to improve emotional wellbeing and mental health care for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. The journey continues 💜 #PMLD #LearningDisabilities #MentalHealthForAll #Inclusion

🧘‍♂️ This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we’re celebrating safe, inclusive communities. Our mindfulness course helps people with profound disabilities connect with themselves and others. Available online anytime with guidance videos. 💙 #SafeCommunities #MindfulnessForAll

The disability charity Sense is inviting parents of disabled children to take part in a short survey about their experiences accessing children’s social care services. Take the survey buff.ly/QXiaYeg

Course: Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Severe & Profound Intellectual Disabilities Biopsychosocial approach 🔬🧠 Assess • Plan • Implement • Evaluate On-demand. Practical. Evidence-based £35 → £8 for families Start anytime. buff.ly/05dsN2W #LearningDisabilities

With artistic and creative pursuits we can have freedom of expression and discovery - unbound by rules and expectations. Explore 6 ways to support people with profound intellectual disabilities: 👉 buff.ly/VQwrsZ3 #InclusiveArts #ProfoundDisabilities #WellbeingThroughArt

Photographs can facilitate a host of wellbeing benefits. Find out more about how to use photography to enhance wellbeing, for someone with severe or profound intellectual disabilities, with step-by-step instructions here: buff.ly/xIlZzci

🧠💙 Understanding trauma is key to providing compassionate care for people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. Our on-demand course explores how trauma affects individuals and offers practical strategies for support. buff.ly/xcjup0Q #TraumaInformedCare

💛 Touch is a powerful way to connect with ourselves & others—it communicates what words often cannot. Research shows positive touch can boost happiness, lower stress, ease anxiety & even improve sleep. 🌿✨ Learn more: buff.ly/xf2q6f3 #Wellbeing #PositiveTouch

Research, evidence and neuroscience on mental well-being and trauma along with professional and personal experience has informed the creation of NAC and the guidance that is offered. buff.ly/o7DQM1X

'As human beings, we remember and share what happens to us in the form of stories. Find out more about Storysharing®, an approach developed through 20 years of research and practice by Nicola Grove, based on telling stories together.' buff.ly/3iCRvCl

Thank you to the 150 people who signed up for our Introduction to Mindfulness for Supporting People with Profound Disabilities. If you weren’t able to join us live, the recording is now available: 📺 Watch the recording: buff.ly/XnixAc5

Cerebra are asking for your support to demand the immediate development of national, fit-for-purpose guidelines for paediatric continence services for disabled children. Find out more and sign the petition: buff.ly/43chQHt

Supporting people with profound disabilities with mindfulness Join us for a free taster session: 🗓️ Thursday, 13th February ⏰ 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (GMT) 📍 Zoom (Recording available for those unable to attend live) 🔗 Register by emailing julie@nacwellbeing.org

Mindfulness in Practice: An Introduction to Supporting Individuals with Profound Disabilities Join us for a free session: 🗓️ When: Thursday, 13th February ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (GMT) 📍 Where: Zoom (Recording available after) 🔗 Register by emailing julie@nacwellbeing.org

Today Rachel talks to Dr. Julie Calveley (@NACWellbeing) who has a passion for supporting the wellbeing of people with PMLD. We’re covering the subject of trauma in people with PMLD, and what we can do to support our children, and ourselves in the process. #Tswupodcast

🎶❄️ A Winter Musical Sensory Experience ❄️🎶 💡 This self-guided activity allows you to observe and adapt to the individual’s likes and dislikes, ensuring a personalised, safe and enjoyable experience. Thank you Fiona Sharp for this experience! buff.ly/4j1dV5A

This post gives you a glimpse into a compelling PMLD Link article exploring how creative practices open doors to inclusion and understanding. 👉 Read a summary of the article here: buff.ly/3DJRH83 #PMLD #InclusivePractices #Belonging #ArtsInclusion

Did you know mindfulness can significantly reduce negative emotions, especially for those experiencing high distress? (Source: Effects of Mindfulness and Movement on Affect and Vitality, Devoy & Maguire, 2024). 👉 Find out more: buff.ly/4h5Aswv

"Thank you for running such a valuable course. I feel I have learnt a lot and have new tools for how I work with my pupils." – Anthea Hawke, Leading Practitioner SEN, Great Ormond Street & UCH Discover the course: buff.ly/3VQJzZt