392 Wellbeing courses in Edinburgh

Health and safety course covering legislation for safety within care

This lovely gentle introduction to baby signing uses songs, rhymes and gentle games to help you build the framework for good communication with your baby; good eye contact, gestures and body language, facial expressions and more. Over the course you'll learn some basic signs to begin using at home as well as some songs and activities to try with your baby throughout the week.

This course will start by giving you an overview of some of the common types and causes of learning disabilities, characteristics and behaviours and how they affect people. We will consider which learning & behavioural strategies are appropriate and how using a person centred approach to care will get the best results and ensure that needs of the individual are effectively met. We also discuss overcoming the stigma attached to learning disabilities

Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing difficulties this course aims to give the learner knowledge and skills regarding the causes, symptoms, stages, treatments and complications.

The aim of the course is to celebrate diversity, challenge biases, and ensure equal opportunities for all.

This course aims to give the learner the understanding of what autism is and how it affects a child or adults daily life, we will discuss the typical behaviours and how to offer support. We will identify a range of interventions and approaches improve the quality and daily lives of individuals with these conditions

A defibrillator (AED) plays an essential part when attempting to save the life of someone who is in cardiac arrest. This training aims to provide the learner with the knowledge, confidence and skills to effectively use the this equipment in a safe and competent manner.

This will be a gentle class to relax tension in the body and calm the nervous system. We will go through elements of the Simple Sleep Sequence created by Lisa Sanfilippo, as well as restorative poses and techniques from the Sleep Recovery™ toolkit. This is suitable for all levels. 

Based on the book 'Sleep Recovery' by Lisa Sanfilippo, we will work through the 5 steps towards recovering your rest - with a mixture of discussion/information and techniques, tools and practices to assist a better night's sleep.