The first in our series of 5 webinars next year kicks off with Antipsychotic medication and Weight management in LD from Irem Deniz (Specialist Community Learning Disabilties Dietitian). More details to follow 👀 #learningdisabilities #dietetics #healthinequalities

Come and meet the team! Everyone welcome but if you have a learning disability, you’re especially welcome Kingston University Kingston University Nursing 💙 The Victoria & Stuart Project Learning from Lives and Deaths - LeDeR researchers

Amazing to see hard work paying off! Make sure to check out all these great opportunities if you work in or are interested in LD!

Our first webinar in the series on 9th Feb - don’t miss out on this CPD session on antipsychotics and weight management!!

4 wonderful opportunities for band 5 dietitians (or #RD2B graduating this year) to make real change for patients with mental health diagnoses, learning disabilities and eating disorders in the North East and Cumbria. healthjobsuk.com/job/v5949183 BDA Mental Health Specialist Group BDA_LearningDisabilities

Next week (23 Jan) OfficialCAHPR is running a FREE online course. The #webinar looks at starting out in research & will have AHPs talking about applying for their first research funding. WeAHPs 💙 CAHPR West Mids Register today: buff.ly/3RYZulX #Dietitians #AHPsDeliver

The first of 5 webinars from us!

📣Check out this webinar next week delivered by our amazing BDA_LearningDisabilities chair, Briony (@LD_Dietitian), talking about health inequalities in LD and the impact on dietetic practice. Free to members! Sign up link below BDA Mental Health Specialist Group British Dietetic Association bda.uk.com/events/calenda…

We are delighted to share our new practice based learning guidebook. We hope our resource will be used by dietitians, learners & HEI’s involved in MH, ED and LD placements. Now freely available for members via our website. Not a member? Sign up now! bda.uk.com/specialist-gro…

Can’t wait for this one Alex Larkin 🤩

Our secretary, Annabelle Green RD, tells us about her first role in dietetics. We would love to hear from anyone else who worked with people with learning disabilities in their first role! #DW2024 British Dietetic Association BDA Mental Health Specialist Group

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Join our Learning Disability Sub-Group Journal Club on 28th Oct, 12:30 PM GMT for a discussion on the latest #dietetics research in Learning Disabilities. Don't miss out – register now with link below eventbrite.com/e/learning-dis…

Don’t miss out! Less than 2 weeks to go until our first journal club. Details to book below. 🎉 BDA Mental Health Specialist Group

Excited for my first event as chair of the BDA_LearningDisabilities ! #BDAvolunteer

This #LDNurseDay I would like to thank all the fabulous LD nurses that I am fortunate enough to work with and learn from at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT and beyond! Your support and expertise is invaluable for our developing workforce in LD dietetics #ChooseLDNursing BDA_LearningDisabilities

For those who work with sensory selective eating, neurodiverse eating or ARFID, please find our latest resource for parents/carers on how to get your '5-a-day a different way'. Thanks to the bda_arfidsubgroup and BDA_LearningDisabilities for the collaboration.

Please help repost 🙏 📣 Join us for a lunchtime WEBINAR on 23 Jan 2025! We’ll discuss the role of #psychological wellbeing in explaining: (i) overweight and #obesity development/reversal & (ii) obesity-related physical health outcomes. 👉bit.ly/webinar_obesity