Learning from deaths: Children with a learning disability and autistic children

About this webinar

The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) national data collection and analysis system is the first of its kind anywhere in the world. Using comprehensive data, standardised across England, information on child deaths is collated to ensure that deaths are learned from, that learning is widely shared and that actions are taken, locally and nationally, to reduce the number of children who die.

The latest NCMD thematic report focusses on deaths of children with learning disabilities and autistic children aged 4-17 years, with learnings on how they can be prevented. In this webinar, information from the report will be shared, alongside contributions from those close to the topic in lived experience and academic contexts. There will be an opportunity to ask the panel questions, with the aim of increasing awareness of the causes of, and ways to prevent deaths of children with learning disabilities and autistic children.

Speakers for this event will include Vicky Sleap from NCMD, Dr Jo Pavlopoulou from UCL, and a parent with lived experience of child death.

Aims of this webinar

• to understand causes of deaths of children with learning disabilities and autistic children

• to understand modifiable factors that can help prevent child deaths

• to raise awareness of relevant research

• to raise awareness of the emotional impact on family members who have experienced a child death.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for any professional working with children and young people.