Supporting Clients With Intellectual Disability Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply person-centred principles to assess the strengths and support needs of clients with intellectual disability.
• Design individualised support plans that promote optimal functioning and independence.
• Demonstrate effective communication techniques tailored to clients with intellectual disability.
• Implement strategies to facilitate community inclusion and social participation.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of support interventions and adjust plans accordingly.
• Analyse ethical and legal considerations in supporting clients with intellectual disability.

Target Audience

This course is designed for support workers, caregivers, community health workers, and professionals in disability care settings who work directly with clients with intellectual disability.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners engage in supervised practical sessions to apply communication, behaviour support, daily living skills training, and person-centred planning techniques. These hands-on activities ensure competence in real-world client support scenarios.

Practical Activities

• Communication and AAC Practical — Learners practice using AAC devices, visual schedules, and plain language strategies in role-play scenarios with simulated clients. (8h)
• Positive Behaviour Support Practical — Learners conduct functional behaviour assessments and develop behaviour support plans based on video case studies and role-plays. (8h)
• Daily Living Skills Training Practical — Learners teach a daily living skill (e.g., making a sandwich) using task analysis and prompting, with peer feedback. (8h)
• Person-Centred Planning Practical — Learners facilitate a mock person-centred planning meeting and develop a support plan with goals and strategies. (8h)
• Assistive Technology Practical — Learners explore and trial various assistive technologies, then match devices to client profiles in case studies. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.