What might a session look like?
A typical half day gives you around 3 hours of training time and is designed to increase confidence, learn good communication skills and discuss behaviour in a friendly, relaxed and open way.
All of our training is done at a venue to suit you (normally your workplace), but we will always work with you to get the best option.
We can cover many of the following topics during sessions, but will also include things particularly relevant to your circumstances and use examples that you can really relate to. These are just some of the areas:
At the end of the day we provide you with a handbook which contains lots of practical hints and tips on what we have covered during the sessions and much more besides.
All of our training is done at a venue to suit you (normally your workplace), but we will always work with you to get the best option.
We can cover many of the following topics during sessions, but will also include things particularly relevant to your circumstances and use examples that you can really relate to. These are just some of the areas:
- Practical advice on working with and meeting people with disabilities.
- Invisible as well as visible disabilities.
- Interactive workshops designed to challenge and address perceptions.
- Group 'breakout' sessions on interesting questions
- Simple solutions to physical challenges
- Allowing open and honest discussion of what are considered to be the awkward questions.
- Access issues and how they might be overcome - even in seemingly impossible situations.
- Effective communications.
- Understanding that mistakes can be key in reflection and improvement
- The Equality Act 2010 and discussion regarding it's importance.
- Recognise and understand humour in awkward situations.
- Dealing with conflict if things go wrong.
- Empowering staff to respect others views with regard to disability and beyond.
- Confidence in day to day life in situations or challenges that involve disability.
At the end of the day we provide you with a handbook which contains lots of practical hints and tips on what we have covered during the sessions and much more besides.
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