Knowledge about learning disabilities has found to be limited in both health and social care staff. To improve the treatment of individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems within the criminal justice system (CJS), Lord Bradley recommends that professionals receive mental health and learning disability awareness training. However, little is known about the impact of training on the knowledge of professionals in the CJS. This study aims to investigate the impact of a 3-h learning disability training session on the knowledge of probation officers.,Using a repeated measures design, the impact of a 3-h learning disability training session on the knowledge of 12 probation officers was analysed.,In support of this study’s hypothesis, a repeated measures t-test revealed a significant difference between participants pre-training and post-training learning disability knowledge questionnaire (LDKQ) scores. Participants scored significantly higher on the LDKQ post-training compared to pre-training. A linear regression revealed that years worked in probation did not significantly predict participant’s difference scores.,Limitations of this study and directions for future studies are discussed.,This paper demonstrates that learning disability training can significantly improve the knowledge of probation officers.

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学习障碍培训和缓刑官员的知识

发现学习障碍的知识在卫生和社会护理人员中都是有限的。为了在刑事司法系统（CJS）中改善对有学习障碍和心理健康问题的人的待遇，布拉德利勋爵建议专业人员接受心理健康和学习障碍意识的培训。但是，关于培训对CJS专业知识的影响知之甚少。这项研究旨在调查3小时学习障碍培训课程对感化官知识的影响。通过重复措施设计，分析了3小时学习障碍培训课程对12位感化官知识的影响。为了支持这项研究的假设，重复测量t检验显示，参与者在训练前和训练后学习障碍知识问卷（LDKQ）得分之间存在显着差异。与培训前相比，参与者在LDKQ培训后的得分明显更高。线性回归表明，在试用期工作的年数不能显着预测参与者的差异分数。讨论了本研究的局限性和未来研究的方向。本文证明，学习障碍培训可以显着提高试用人员的知识。