Welcome to this edition of the Living Life to the Full (LLTTF) Supporter Newsletter.

In this edition:

• Are you in the market for an Online CBT-based resource or a customised well-being website for your service/company?
• Book a guided tour of our resources from LLTTF
• News and Developments from LLTTF
• Featured worksheet for your clients: Learning calm controlled breathing
• Featured course: Reclaim Your Life
• Featured book: Living life to the full with non-epileptic seizures and linked article

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Are you looking for an Online CBT life skills Provider or a Customised Website?

If you are looking for a branded and customised well-being website for your charity/company/NHS/Social Care service, that provides access for your staff and clients/users, we can create a fully customised design for you, giving you the opportunity to support all areas of workplace wellbeing and service provision.

Our books and courses are written by experienced CBT experts in education, training and mental wellbeing. Content communicates key information using everyday language.

Get in touch with us to find our more

Join us on a Guided Tour!

Regular sessions - book at www.llttf.com/training

Want a walk through our range of CBT-based life skills resources with Dr Chris Williams or colleagues.

Plus the opportunity to ask questions of how our resources can meet your service needs. Join us to find out more.

To book your place on the next event click here

News Updates and Product Developments

New accessibility website features

Over recent years we have worked hard to increase accessibility to our resources. Current features include resources available as a book, video book (with closed captioning) as well as online self directed learning modules which include audio content.

We are currently working with support from the Canadian Mental Health Service (CMHA) - Ontario branch to add functionality so that worksheets and work books can be accessed by screen reader software.

We hope to introduce the same approach to our UK - based service later this year significantly benefiting users who face accessibility challenges.

The new programming allows access to the three most popular accessibility platforms:

1. JAWS for Windows: JAWS for Windows is a popular screen reader produced by VFO Group (formerly Freedom Scientific). Available since the early 1990s, it has a large user base. Tech support is provided Monday through Friday. More info on JAWS can be found on the Freedom Scientific website. 
2. Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA): NVDA is a free and open-source screen reader for Windows. It is updated on a regular basis and has a large user base around the world. Since the software is free, tech support options are limited and are mainly provided through online forums. More info about NVDA can be found on the NV Access website. 
3. Apple Voiceover: Apple Voiceover is a screen reader built into Macintosh computers since MacOS 10.4. For more info about Voiceover, visit the Apple website.

New - Reclaim Your Life (RYL) large class resources

NHS Lanarkshire has commissioned a version of our popular Reclaim Your Life (RYL) course to be delivered in a large non interactive group setting.

Reclaim Your Life is our approach to helping people living with long term physical health conditions rediscover ways of living their life more fully despite their condition. The new version of the course is deigned to be taught in a lecture style format in person or online.

The course is made up of five sessions covering topics:

1. Understanding how we/others respond to illness

2. Your Life is More than Your Illness

3. Coping with symptoms

4. Confidently relating to other people

5.Reclaiming your life Revision and next steps

This development is building on previous work we have done such as the Mental Health aspect of diabetes through NHS England; and NHS Education for Scotland training NHS staff to deliver RYL for long term conditions, disability, pain and fatigue.

Click here to find out more or buy

Supporting people living with cancer using LLTTF Adult resources

Customised notes have been developed for staff delivering/people attending the Living life to the full adult course. This work was sponsored by Aware Northern Ireland and MacMillan Cancer Support. Working with people living with cancer - find out more here



Joint Community of Practice Meeting NHS Greater Manchester and CMHA Canada

A stimulating meeting occurred in mid-May attended by about fifty Living life to the full trainers from NHS Greater Manchester and GMCVO and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Living life to the full program facilitators. Ideas for good practice were shared including challenges to engagement and dissemination.

Featured Worksheet - Learning Calm Controlled Breathing 

Calm Breathing:

Please feel free to download this resource and share with your clients/patients.

Featured Class Training Licence

Reclaim Your Life - Living with Chronic Illness

Reclaim your life (RYL) is a series of six classes for people living with one or more long-term physical health conditions.

To run the classes you need an annual licence to access the slides, handouts and trainer notes.

Please follow the link to find out about purchasing a class licence.

Slow Down and Be self-directed Online course

This online course teaches key principles of mindfulness. It will help people to understand mindfulness theory, and learn key skills to introduce mindfulness strategies into their life such as a body scan (2 types available), being compassionate and kind to yourself, others and more.

Find out about this course and more in our shop

Featured Book

Understanding and living with Non-Epileptic seizures

Non-epileptic seizures account for up to thirty percent of seizures presenting to neurologists. This book resource helps the reader to understand anyone can experience a seizure. Readers will find out about the different types of seizures, how to discover more about non-epileptic seizures, what triggers them and how to self manage common factors associated with seizures and live their life more fully.

This book is accompanied by free to download worksheets.

Books can be bought in bulk for use with your clients.

Buy here

SUPPORTER TRAINING

Purchase training for individuals or teams to deliver Living Life to the Full Classes in person or online.

Living Life to the Full offers a wide range of training events aimed at Supporters (staff from Education, Charities, Churches, Health or Social care, and Commercial/private practice) in how to introduce and support our life skills resources.

Our next supporter training dates:

Thursday 20th June 9.30am till 4pm Running the LLTTF Classes for supporters working with adults.

Visit

https://llttf.com/training/ for our full events schedule

If you would like to commission a training workshop for your team/service?

Please contact us to arrange training online for your team at llttf.com/office

From: Chris, Donna, Kathryn, Sue, and Theresa

Living Life to the Full | www.llttf.com