Disability Awareness
Course Aim:
This course is designed to be an introduction to anyone who has not worked with people with any form of disability: including physical disabilities or learning disabilities. Or anyone currently working with someone with a disability and would like to improve their knowledge and improve working relations.
Course Content:
- Defining a disability
- Past attitudes, prejudices and values
- Legislation
- Learning Disabilities
- Rights and choices
- Empowerment: Independence V Dependence
- Communication
- Best practice in the workplace
Objectives:
- This course will help staff understand:
- What a disability is
- How society has impacted on how we treat people
- Where our attitudes come from
- Current legislation relating to disabilities
- What learning disabilities are
- Peoples rights and choices
- What is empowerment and how we can reduce it
- Methods of good communication
- Good practice and skills for the workplace