Ilford/London (UK), February 2008 - Leading children's charity Barnardo's, working in partnership with online learning developers Nelson Croom, has released two new elearning programmes that inform professionals about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and behaviour in schools. The training courses form part of a new training, learning, and consultancy service called Barnardo's tlc.
It is thought that between three and seven percent of school-age children in the UK suffer from ADHD; the condition is around five to nine times more likely in boys than girls. Evidence links genetics and inheritance, although the full cause isn't yet known. ADHD has received a great deal of negative publicity, and ADHD Awareness separates the myths from the facts.
Concentrating on three key areas - ADHD: The facts; living with ADHD; and managing behaviours - the course will enable professionals such as social and health workers, teachers, and the police to help and work with affected children and young people®.
The second programme, Promoting Positive Behaviour, supports teachers in managing and reducing challenging behaviour in primary school. It has been developed from material produced by experts at Barnardo's Scotland, who currently offer face-to-face training and printed materials for schools and local authorities. Schools in 30 out of 32 LEAs in Scotland have used this material in some form. Bringing the course online makes this expertise and support available across the country.
"These are key issues in our work and are particularly hot topics at the moment. It's an ideal opportunity for us to pilot eLearning, which we feel will help make our experience and expertise available on a much wider basis than we are currently able to offer using traditional methods of training only", says Julian Walker, UK Director of Policy and Research, Barnardo's.
"Of course our first priority is to help and protect vulnerable children - that's what Barnardo's is about. But we must not lose sight of this as a commercial venture. Nelson Croom have enabled us to develop products that we hope will not only help those children but also generate income for Barnardo's that can be reinvested in good causes."
"We are delighted to be working in partnership with Barnardo's. We have done a lot of work in the not-for-profit sector and always welcome the opportunity to help guide our partners through their first steps into eLearning", commented Jacqui Nelson, Business Development Manager, Nelson Croom.
