An evaluation of the effectiveness of support workers training on friendships for individuals with learning disabilities

Abstract

This article presents a new staff training package on supporting people with learning disabilities (LD) with friendships which was developed and delivered by the Salford Learning Disability Psychology Team. The article gives some background to why this work is important and details the development and structure of the training package before presenting its findings of whether the training package was effective. Reflections from the authors are provided with some recommendations for future work.