Learning Disability Group Art Therapy: Looking and Asking

INCLUSION CRITERIA: Participants who are art therapists must: * Be a HCPC registered arts therapist practicing in the UK * Have experience of delivering group arts therapy in a community setting to this population * Be able to give informed consent and communicate in English Participants who are adults with a learning disability must: * Be 18 years old or over * Have a diagnosed learning disability or be accessing an NHS specialist learning disability service or using their personal budget to access a third sector art therapy group for this population * Have experienced mental distress, have a diagnosed mental health condition or be accessing support for their mental health * Be currently accessing group arts therapy * Be able to give informed consent with adapted communication aids and approaches to meet their communication preferences * Have a level of verbal ability to ensure they can communicate their views and meaningfully engage in the study Participants who are paid support staff or family carers must: * Be 18 years old or over * Be identified by the person with a learning disability as someone who knows them well and could represent the carer perspective in this study * Be able to give informed consent * Have adequate command of the English to be able to meaningfully engage in the study Participants will be excluded if they: * Are unable to engage in the informed consent process; this is likely to exclude people who have a more severe form of learning disabili…