Unit 1: Context of intellectual disability

• Overview of the development of services both nationally and internationally
• Definition, classification of intellectual disability
• Development of specialists services
• Involvement of religious orders and voluntary organisations
• Involvement of parents and friends
• Personal centred care
• Principals of normalisation
• De-institutionalisation
• Social role valorisation
• Advocacy
• National and international public and social policy
• Past and current attitudes towards people with disability
• Developing positive attitudes towards people with intellectual disability

Unit 2: Holistic care

• Physical needs
• Social needs
• Emotional needs
• Psychological needs
• Spiritual needs
• Family and extended family members
• Dignity
• Choice
• Sharing ordinary places
• Relationships
• Choice
• Involvement in play, leisure and social activities
• Individual programme planning
• Means of developing full potential of individuals
• Communicating effectively

Unit 3: Caring for individuals with intellectual disability

• Proactive approaches to meeting needs
• Proactive approaches to dealing with challenging behaviours
• Meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability who have other medical conditions:
  • Down’s Syndrome
  • Alzheimer’s
  • Mental illness
  • Heart conditions
  • Multiple disabilities
• Meeting needs of person with intellectual disability and multiple medical needs
• Meeting needs of person with intellectual disability and sensory impairment

 Unit 4: Models of service provision

• Examples of models of living to include:
  • Home
  • Centre based-residential
  • Community-based homes
  • Independent and semi-independent living
  • L’Arche/Camphill communities
  • Respite/breakaway
• Range of services available
• Standards & quality assurance