We enable commissioners, providers and frontline practitioners to implement best practice and promote inclusion and equality. Services include specialist research and evaluation, policy advice, development consultancy and training.
Our priorities for our work with people with Learning Disabilities includes the following programmes:
We were appointed by Health Education England, Skills for Care and the Department of Health and Social Care to be the independent evaluation partner for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Training trial...
"People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, yet differences inhealth status are, to an extent, avoidable. The health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK start early in...
Making sure people who work in NHS trusts have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities
Coronovirus (Covid-19) is causing huge upheaval to everyone, especially to the lives of older and disabled people. NDTi is working on a range of issues, all of which are focused on ensuring that the implementation...
Amanda Nally, Community Led Support (CLS) development lead, writes about the recent annual gathering in Manchester.
Advocacy lead, Gail Petty, writes about the findings from a major new research report which reviews advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health settings.
Harry Georgiou, youth advisory and coproduction assistant at DFN Project SEARCH, recently teamed up with NDTi's Thomas Henley to create a film which captures young people's experiences of work.
We’d love to hear more about the fantastic work you’re doing to enable people with learning disabilities to find and stay in paid employment.
Different languages, different histories, different cultures but all with the same challenges! Nic Crosby, Small Supports Programme Lead, reflects and compares some of the challenges across different countries in setting up small supports that enable...
To mark the 75th birthday of the NHS, we're sharing a short film from expert by experience and NDTi Associate, Rachel Turner. Rachel describes how she got involved in a piece of research on training...
Annie Smith, Delivery Lead for Community Led Support (CLS), tells us about some of the highlights from this year’s CLS annual Spring Festival.
As we enter the second year of the Internships Work programme, Learning Disability Week is a momentous occasion to celebrate the progress made so far and recognise the incredible efforts of local authorities commissioners in...
Learning Disability Week is a special time when we celebrate, empower, and recognise the unique talents of young individuals who have learning disabilities. The Internships Work programme aims to create more supported internships opportunities for...
Learning Disability Week is an opportunity for employers and businesses to recognise the untapped potential of individuals with learning disabilities and contribute to a more inclusive society.
People with learning disabilities have the right to choose where they live, and who they live with. We asked people with learning disabilities what it was like moving into their home. We spoke to...
In 2019 the NHS formed a Quality Improvement Taskforce with the aim of improving Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) in-patient services. One key outcome was the Family Ambassador programme. The primary purpose of the...
This report is the second in a series about the role of learning disability nurses in England. It builds on the report published in December 2020 ‘This is Us – This is What We Do’...
This report covers in depth research about advocacy for people with a learning disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health, learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.
This is the final report from the Global Evaluation and Learning Partnership for Sport for Good Cities developments in Paris, New Delhi and London, hosted by NDTi since 2019. It provides a synthesis of impacts...
Mencap commissioned NDTi to conduct some research about work and learning disability in 2022. We worked with a group of people with lived experience of a learning disability to plan, design and advise on different...
The National Development Team for Inclusion worked as the evaluation and learning partner for the Premier League Primary Stars Programme.
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was appointed as the independent evaluation partner of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Trial in Learning Disability and Autism in partnership with bemix and My Life My Choice...
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned in 2019 by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme to find and share best practice in training people who work in NHS Trusts...
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned in June 2022 by the Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to undertake a range of public engagement activities to inform the Health and...
Madeline Cooper
Email: Madeline.Cooper@ndti.org.uk
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