Obesity Specialist Group & Learning Disabilities Sub-Group - Part 2: Holistic assessment and treatment planning for people with obesity and learning disability

Hosted by Obesity Specialist Group & Learning Disabilities Sub-Group

Objectives

• Focus on Ask and Assessment from the 5 As of Obesity
• How to gain consent and understand communication needs of people with a learning disability
• Use the ABCDEF assessment tool to present assessment perspectives from both learning disability and obesity
• Share skills and debate challenges to holistic assessment

This is part 2 of a webinar series. We recommend viewing Part 1:

• If you are a Obesity specialist group member, please click here
• If you are a Learning Disabilities Sub-Group member, please click here
• To purchase the part 1 recording, please click here (available soon)

Speakers 

• Kaye Coleman, Lecturer in Dietetics at University College Birmingham - Kaye Coleman is a Lecturer in Dietetics at University College Birmingham, specialising in Adult Weight Management and Diabetes, bringing over 20 years of experience in dietetics to her practice. Her career spans both acute and community environments, providing support to people living with obesity in each context. She is especially committed to delivering person‑centred care and to improving support for neurodivergent individuals.They will be speaking about The A-F of an adult weight management consultation, sharing insights from their experience in adult weight management.
   

• Briony Caffrey, Trainee Advanced Practitioner & Dietetic Clinical Lead with the Community Learning Disabilities Team in Cornwall - Briony Caffrey is a learning disability dietitian with over a decade of specialist experience. She founded the BDA Learning Disabilities Sub-Group and wrote and delivers the BDA Capacity Course. Briony has published in journals and Dietetics Today, and is currently training to become an Advanced Practitioner. She is passionate about supporting people with learning disabilities and is particularly fascinated by how the Mental Capacity Act can guide dietetic practice.

• Alex Larkin specialist dietitian for adults with learning disabilities, Wandsworth Learning Disability Healthcare Team at South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust - Alex has over a decade of experience working in community dietetics and has predominantly worked with the learning disability population. Alex is the vice-chair of the BDA Learning Disabilities sub-group and has published in Dietetics Today and the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2021 Alex won the Chief AHP Officer 'Public Health Champion' Award for her nutrition improvement project in care homes for adults with learning disabilities. Alex is currently completing her MSc. in Advanced Professional Practice in Dietetics at the University of Plymouth and is completing research in the area of nutritional screening of adults with learning disabilities. Alex has contributed to the 7th edition of the Manual of Dietetic Practice as a co-author of the Learning Disabilities chapter. 

Audience

Learning Diasbilities and Obesity Specialist Group members + broader BDA members. People working In health and wellbeing, weight management who are not dietitians such as physios, LA wellbeing advisors, health coaches.

Programme

Cost

• Obesity Specialist Group member - Free
• Learning Disabilities Sub-Group member - Free
• Student member - Free
• BDA member - £10
• Non-BDA -  £20

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