Supporting those with intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses can be a challenging task without effective training. Alison offers a certificate course, Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness. This course highlights the key skills needed to support those with intellectual disabilities or those suffering from mental illness. 

The Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness course highlights some of the most important skills of a support worker. Some of these skills include communication, flexibility, patience and compassion. Support workers must provide clear explanations and determine what communication methods work best for the individual.

The Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness course illustrates how important support workers are for the individuals that they work with. Some of the most important responsibilities of a support worker include establishing how the individual works best, supporting the individual in their daily life and helping them complete tasks more efficiently.

An intellectual disability is not a mental illness. People with intellectual disabilities may also suffer from a mental illness, but they are two very different conditions. Intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses can both be managed with the help of a support worker, as demonstrated in Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness.