Aims & Objectives
The course will include the following key topics:
- What is meant by executive function/dysfunction?
- Why look at executive functioning now?
- Causes and presentations of executive dysfunction.
- Detecting executive dysfunction - presentation and patterns of referral.
- Potential issues arising in assessing capacity with someone experiencing executive functioning difficulties, with a particular focus on using and weighing information.
- Nuances of presentation impacting on decision making.
- Practicable steps in supporting people to make their own decisions.
- Common problems arising in assessments.
- The relationship between executive functioning and fluctuating capacity.
- Processes in assessing, evidencing and recording.
- Key lessons from recent cases.
- How substance misuse can impact on executive functioning and decision making.
- Taking a different approach to identify need and risk in complex cases.
- Getting it wrong - lessons from Safeguarding Adults Reviews.