PAMIS bolsters training resources for clients

PAMIS bolsters training resources for clients

Dundee based charity, Promoting a More Inclusive Society (PAMIS) has been growing and developing their portfolio of training and development to support the skills of the teams working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

Over the past two years the national charity, which is the only organisation to solely work with people with PMLD and their families, has been working with clients such as National Gallery of Scotland, Kelvingrove Museum, HMS Unicorn, Cornerstone, Aberlour Child Care Trust, Capability Scotland, Enable and Edinburgh City Council, all of which work with, or welcome people with PMLD into their venues.

PAMIS has a range of learning and development resources that support inclusion, developing skills and knowledge within those caring and supporting the person with PMLD. These include learning

to become a multi-sensory storyteller, understanding how to communicate with someone who is non-verbal and has limited means of communications, postural care, bereavement and loss and Emergency First Aid at Work. Additional information about applying first aid to someone with PMLD i.e. CPR on someone with a compromised body shape is also available.

PAMIS’ team of trainers includes external practitioners such as physiotherapists, a speech and language therapist and an occupational therapist. PAMIS also supports the involvement of family carers as co-educators, a model that has been developed over the past 25 years and ensures accessible, relevant and successful delivery of courses.

Pamis also supports the involvement of family carers as co-educators...

If you would like to talk to PAMIS about developing the skills of your team please visit: http://pamis.org.uk/services/training/ or contact Fiona Harper, Business and Development Director, at f.k.harper@dundee.ac.uk.