Learning disability and ASC acute liaison team

The Alder Hey Acute Liaison team promotes best practice for children and young people with a Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) in meeting health care needs across the acute trust.

How can the Acute Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Condition Liaison Team support children, young people, families, carers and staff?

The team are able to support best practice through:

Consultation- advice on how to make care accessible for patients
Identification of patients with a learning disability and/ or ASC
Application of a special indicator –highlighting to staff the child’s diagnosis and any additional
The provision of reasonable adjustments
Individualised communication tools i.e. social stories/visual aids/ now and next boards etc.
Bespoke care pathways in discussion with clinical areas
Liaison between home/ school and hospital
Training for staff, students, and volunteers
Access to appropriate documentation of care eg. Learning disability specific risk assessment, reasonable adjustments, health passports, communication profiles, social stories