Disability
Awareness Training Two Day
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| Proposal Form |
We wish to recommend two sessions
of a 12 hour duration to be run over two days.
Disability Consultancy Services can provide training in all
area's of equality in the workplace. e.g. Disability, Gender, and
Race. |
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| General outline of
the workshop |
- Review and Evaluation of Day One.
In this section participants outline any queries or concerns
they may have come across since the one day workshop.
- Learning Disability
Definition of learning disability. Basic overview of learning
disability and problems. Outline of common functional problems
which may arise in the workplace.
- Attitudes towards
Attitudes towards disabled people. Group discussion of previous
experience in relation to people with disabilities. Exploring
barriers and attitudes.
- Visual Impairment
Introduction to visual impairment.
Adaptive technology.
Daily living skills.
Sighted guide demonstration to include role plays on assisting
a blind person.
- Epilepsy
Possible causes and conditions.
Signs and symptoms.
Basic treatment.
Demonstration of recovery position.
- Wheelchair users and walking disabilities
A presentation from a person with a physical disability.
Practical exercise using a wheelchair which will include loading
and unloading a wheelchair from a vehicle, how to fold a wheelchair
and how to take a wheelchair up and down steps safely.
- Mental Health Disability
Definition of mental disabilities.
Current perception of mental disabilities.
Outline of common problems and discussion of stigma of people
with mental disabilities.
- Hearing Disability
Introduction to hearing disability.
Aids and adaptive technology.
Participants will also learn how to assist a person with a hearing
disability with reference to lip reading and the use of a sign
language interrupter.
- Stammering Disability
Possible causes and conditions.
How to work with a person with a stammering disability using
the recommended guidelines.
- Group Recommendations
At the end of this two day training workshop participants will
be given the opportunity to evaluate the training they have
received and make group recommendations and comments which will
be forwarded to management to allow an equal opportunities service
for customers and employees.
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| Again, at the end of the session
we will re-cap on any queries which participants may have. |
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