Visualise Training and Consultancy are running Visual Impairment Awareness training this Autumn. The course is designed to empower and enable you to: Understand the main eye conditions and the importance of eye health Use appropriate language and effective communication – is it ok to say “see you later”? Confidently guide a person with a visual impairment Make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 Ensure your services are accessible for people with sight loss Date Glasgow – 26th October 2016 Booking Details You can book your place on the Visualise Training and Consultancy website or via email. Cost per attendee: £95.00
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Making Communication even better
Online educational resource aimed at improving communications between health and social care staff and people with communication support needs.
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Access2Learning (A2L)
Access2Learning (A2L) is the Improvement Service’s free e-learning platform. It offers a wide range of learning resources designed to enhance staff development across Scottish local government, public and third sectors. It contains resources on different topics that can be used on your organisation’s learning management systems and some that can be adapted (if permissible) to suit your organisations needs. Resources are produced by councils themselves, by the Improvement Service, or by a wide range of other organisations. If you are a registered A2L user, click here to get started. If you are not registered or would like to be, you
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Deaf Awareness Training
If you are looking for a basic knowledge of communication issues affecting deaf and deafblind people, then Level 1 Award in Deaf Awareness and Communication is for you. Signature www.signature.org.uk
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Introduction to AAC
Commissioned by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) as part of the Scottish Right to Speak initiative, CALL Scotland has developed five short online learning modules on augmentative and alternative communication. The modules can be viewed one by one as ‘stand-alones’, or in sequence. All five modules are at an introductory level, and highly accessible to people without any previous specialised knowledge of communication disability, or of communication aids. Each module takes about 5-10 minutes to view – or longer if you want to explore the many links and resources – and finishes with a ‘Test your Knowledge’ quiz, and a
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Hidden Accessibility
The purpose of this course is to raise awareness about the importance of ensuring that your electronic information is accessible to screen-reading software designed for people with a visual impairment who are unable to see the screen or use celexa a mouse or other pointing device. Scottish Accessible Information Forum (SAIF) www.saifscotland.org.uk FREE On-line Training
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Accessible Information Awareness
The purpose of this course is to raise awareness about good practice in producing information that is accessible to its intended audience. Scottish Accessible Information Forum (SAIF) www.saifscotland.org.uk FREE On-line Training
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Inclusive Communication
Inclusive Communication is a new one day training course. It builds on the learning from SCLD’s Easy Read Basics course. We recommend that you have attended this or a similar course before coming on Inclusive Information. The aim of this course is to make inclusive information that looks appealing and can be used for paper documents and web pages. This course runs from 10am – 4.30pm What the course covers: Together we will: Review the basics of putting together easy read information Break down difficult ideas into easy read language Put difficult information into easy read format Design information that
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Easy Read Basics
This is a practical course which goes through all the steps involved in creating easy to understand information. What you learn on the day you can put into practice the next. You can download the flyer for this course here…. What the course covers: What accessible information is and why we need it How to involve your audience when creating accessible information How to format easy to read information How to use words, pictures and photos in easy to understand information What resources are available to help you make your own easy to understand information Scottish Commission for Learning Disability
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