Disability Awareness Training

People with disabilities represent an important and largely underutilized resource for businesses. Many disabled persons are underemployed or sometimes, unemployed. As looking for diversity, as well as a shrinking labour pool, employers are taking a serious look at hiring and retaining disabled people. This course will give supervisors, managers, and human resource consultants basic tools and tips for creating a diverse workplace.

This course Disability Awareness Trainingwill provide you with a solid understanding of defining terms of disability, the difference between misconception and reality, dissecting labels of disability, the cornerstones of diversity encouraging diversity by hiring, appropriate behaviour, communication essentials for disabled, communication styles, critical conversations, accommodation and adaptation and so on.

Throughout this Disability Awareness Training course, you will be able to welcome people with disabilities into your workplace and interact with people with disabilities. This course is designed to help you in identifying and overcoming barriers in the workplace as well as use respectful, appropriate, and acceptable language in any circumstance. The course will provide you with guidance to understand appropriate interaction during the hiring and interviewing process along with what job accommodation is and how it applies in your workplace.

• Disability Awareness Training 40:00

  • 1: Module 01: Defining Terms 03:00
  • 2: Module 02: Misconceptions and Realities 03:00
  • 3: Module 03: Dissecting Labels 06:00
  • 4: Module 04: Barriers and Accessibility 04:00
  • 5: Module 05: The Cornerstones of Diversity 02:00
  • 6: Module 06: Encouraging Diversity by Hiring 04:00
  • 7: Module 07: Appropriate Behavior 03:00
  • 8: Module 08: Communication Essentials for Disability Awareness 05:00
  • 9: Module 09: Communication Styles 01:00
  • 10: Module 10: Critical Conversations 06:00
  • 11: Module 11: Accommodation and Adaptation 03:00

Course Curriculum

Our exclusive Disability Awareness Training course is categorised into 11 simpler modules to broaden your understanding of the contents. This break down will help you to take in the knowledge more easily, helping you to increase your skills and competencies related to this course:

Module One: Defining Terms

• What are Disabilities?
• Finders
• About Stereotypes
• Some Common Phrases and the Stereotypes Behind Them

Module Two: Misconceptions and Realities

• Misconception and Reality about People with Disabilities

Module Three: Dissecting Labels

• Giving Your Words Some Thought
• Word Replacement Activity
• Being Practical
• Mingle with Me

Module Four: Barriers and Accessibility

• Barriers
• Physical Access
• How to Remove Barriers

Module Five: The Cornerstones of Diversity

• About the Cornerstones
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Acceptance
• Behaviour

Module Six: Encouraging Diversity by Hiring

• What Can We Ask?
• What Can the Candidate Expect?

Module Seven: Appropriate Behavior

• The Four Steps of the STOP Technique
• Role Play

Module Eight: Communication Essentials for Disability Awareness

• Ground Rules to Get Started
• Respecting Confidentiality
• Preparing Documentation
• Sending the Right Message

Module Nine: Communication Styles

• Dichotomies in Theory
• Dichotomies in Action

Module Ten: Critical Conversations

• Introductory Elements
• Getting the Conversation Started
• Taking it One Step Further

Module Eleven: Accommodation and Adaptation

• How Far Do You Go in Accommodation?
• Value of Job Shadows

Certification of Disability Awareness Training

After completing the course, you will be eligible for a PDF Certificate which will cost only £2.99, with your unique ID number so that you/ the employers can verify through our website. You can also have your imprinted certificate delivered via post. Although there is no expiry date on the certificate, we recommend that our learners renew the certificate every twelve months.

Assessment

Once you have successfully completed the course, you will have to pass an automated assessment consisting of multiple choice/assignments. You will get instant result once you are done with this assessment. You don’t have to worry about getting failed on the assessment. You will be given unlimited number of chances to pass yourself with the assessment. And there are no extra fees involved in retakes.

This Disability Awareness Training course is for those who want to master their skills in the following sectors:

• Social Services
• Volunteering
• Helping Physically Challenged People
• Nursing in Hospitals

You don't need to meet any special requirements to enrol into this course. As long as you're above 16 and have an internet-enabled device, you're all good to go. You don't even need to go anywhere, you'll have full access to the course from the comforts of your home.

This Disability Awareness Training course can help you in a range of professions. Some of them are listed below:

• Human Resource Officer
• Entrepreneur
• Managing Director
• Researcher
• Business Owner
• SME Owner

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Reed courses certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included