Learning Disability
What Should I Expect?
Occupational therapy staff will spend time getting to know you, your routine and what is important to you. This will include talking about your health and current difficulties as well as your interests and lifestyle.
The occupational therapist may use formal assessments to help gather a variety of information. This information will help with planning your individualised treatment programme.
What types of treatments are available?
You may be involved in:
- Communication and interaction skills
- Daily living skills e.g. cooking, self-care
- Leisure and recreational activities
- Psychological Therapies
- Community Living skills
- Lifestyle management e.g. how to cope
with sensory differences
How can Occupational Therapy help me?
Physical: My physical complaints prevent me from doing what I want to do
Following assessment, small aids and adaptations may be recommended and advice and support on lifestyle management.
Cognitive: I’d like to be better at home and try out household tasks. I struggle going to shops as I can’t count my money very well.
Teach you how to organise and plan your time in order to carry out the tasks you want to do. Show you how to adapt activities to help you problem-solve. Show you ways to manage better.
Sensory: I am really sensitive to loud noises and crowds. I feel that others don’t understand me and think I am being difficult.
Following assessment, help you and the people sup-porting you to understand your sensitivities and sug-gest ways to cope, adapt the environment and see the world from your perspective.
Psychosocial: I get nervous about meeting new people and worry that they might not understand me because of my learning disability and how this affects me.
Help you to develop interpersonal skills and support you to engage in meaningful social activities.
Environmental: I struggle with accessing a lot of community resources.. This prevents me from trying new activities.
Support you to find suitable opportunities within the community. Support you to broaden your range of activities and identify ways and make links with suitable community resources.
Transitions: I am worried about leaving school and what I will do with my life.
Find out what your skills and interests are and advise you on suitable opportunities. We may work together with other partnerships e.g. colleges, and other community resources to support you through this process.
How To Contact Us
We are a team of Occupational Therapists providing a service to the adult Learning Disability population of North and South Lanarkshire including Kylepark assessment and treatment unit.
Occupational Therapists are interested in how a person’s learning disability impacts on their daily lives. We deliver personalised assessments and interventions that focus on individual needs; specifically barriers to Occupation.
We recognise the importance of engagement in a balanced range of activities in everyday life in order to maintain physical and mental wellbeing.
Our overarching aim is to promote and support the importance of and access to meaningful Occupation for everyone.
Following screening, appropriate referrals will receive assessment, intervention and/or universal resource information as required.
Our office is based within the Longdales building, Kirklands, Bothwell G71 8BB
We are part of the NHSL Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) and referrals are made to the wider team in the first instance.
For enquiries contact us on telephone number 01698 572706 or email:-
| Staff name | Remit | Contact info |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Marshall (Team lead) | East Kilbride, Rutherglen, Cambuslang | ruth.marshall@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk |
| Lauren Cunningham | Administration | lauren.cunningham@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk |
Your Feedback – comments, concerns and complaints
NHS Lanarkshire is committed to improving the service it provides to patients and their families. We therefore want to hear from you about your experience. If you would like to tell us about this please visit our feedback page.
