Literacy staff said that although they could deal with most issues it would be beneficial to have a support person that they or their students could contact.
Literacy staff also thought it would be beneficial to provide informal sessions where a mental health support person can discuss issues with coordinators, instructors and volunteers so that they can talk about issues that have come up.
Mental health workers wanted to know what questions literacy staff might be asking so they could help clients to prepare for meetings with literacy staff.
Mental health workers don’t know as much as they would like about learning disabilities. It is hard to know how the clients process and respond to information. It is hard to separate learning disabilities and other issues. They are all overlaid.