Learning and Skills for People Experiencing Mental Health Difficulties
A briefing sheet by Kathryn James
Project Status: Completed
People experiencing mental health difficulties are often under
represented in further education. This briefing sheet shows that there is
a need to have adequate provision for people with mental health
difficulties and how to go about developing such provision. There is no
such thing as a typical learner with mental health difficulties. It is
important for providers of learning opportunities to recognise the wide
range of abilities and needs of people with mental health difficulties.
Building good partnership working between education and mental health
services ensures that potential learners with mental health difficulties
hear about the range of provision on offer and can be supported to make
the initial contact with a learning provider. The Local Learning and
Skills Councils have an important role in facilitating local collaboration
and partnership working between learning providers and mental health
services. The briefing sheet ends with action points which the Learning
and Skills Councils could pursue in order to ensure learning opportunities
are more inclusive for people with mental health difficulties.
