Working with Support Teams for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Deanna Gallichan is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at University of Plymouth. She previously acted as clinical lead within services for people with ID & is still active within the LD team.Helen Fletcher is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children and adults with learning disabilities within the NHS in Community, Inpatient and Tier 4 Specialist Teams including the Tavistock Centre.Jason Crabtree is an Associate Professor at UCL and Clinical Director for Practitioner Psychology Training. He has over 20 years’ experience of working in services for adults with learning disabilities. Jason was Chair of the BPS – Faculty for People with ID from 2023-25.Kate Theodore is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. For over 15 years, she worked as a clinical psychologist in community NHS and social care services for people with ID.

• 1. Introduction – Deanna Gallichan, Helen K. Fletcher, Kate Theodore and Jason Crabtree2. Foundational principles for working with support teams – Deanna Gallichan and Kate Theodore3. “There’s not always encouragement to be thinking about work in that way” – Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore support workers’ experiences of reflective practice offered by clinical psychologists – Caoimhe Sheelan, Steve Minton and Kelly Camilleri4. Relational safety in every interaction: Practical approaches to trauma-informed care with support teams – Cathy Harding5. Positive Behaviour Support interventions: Creating collaborations with carers and wider systems – Jason Crabtree6. Creating connections: Introducing AMBIT to our work with staff teams and practitioners who support people with Learning Disabilities – Helen K. Fletcher, Shauna Mullarkey, Becky Smith and Shaw Tearle7. Systemic approaches with support teams working with people with learning disabilities – Dr Lorna Robbins8. Making space for thinking: Using psychodynamic approaches with staff teams supporting people with learning disabilities – David O’Driscoll and Helen K. Fletcher9. Attachment-informed approaches with staff teams – Carlo Schuengel, Paula Sterkenburg and Robbie Duschinsky10. Using Video Interaction Guidance to improve interactions between people with intellectual disabilities and their support workers – Dr Sheridan Forster and Dr Meredith Prain11. EMDR: Supporting individual therapy and using the Group-Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP) with staff teams – Joanne Porter12. Mapping Patterns in Relationships: Using Cognitive Analytic Therapy with Support Systems around People with Intellectual Disabilities – Emma Chorlton13. Embedding compassionate care: Using Compassion Focused Therapy with staff teams in intellectual disability services – Olivia Hewitt, Karla Maguire and Amy Critoph14. Working with support workers: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approach – Jonathan Williams15. Engaging support workers in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with people with intellectual disabilities – Inderpal Daddi and Lara Taylor