Sensory Impairment Awareness
Face to Face Training
Course Title: Sensory Impairment Awareness
Course length 3 hours
Maximum number to attend 12
This course is aimed at all staff supporting individuals with hearing and sight impairment or loss.
This course provides an introduction for staff in meeting the needs of those individuals having sight impairment or loss and to those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Learning Outcome & Assessment Criteria
Introduction to sensory impairment
Identify what is meant by sensory impairment – deafness, blindness and deaf blindness.
Discuss the commonly used terminologies to describe sensory loss.
How an acquired sensory impairment can affect individuals.
Sight and Hearing
How sight and hearing work
What can go wrong
What are the consequences
Planning and Support
Identify how changes can be made to the way you work to adapt to the needs of the individual.
The use of effective communication tactics to improve interaction with and care for those who have sensory impairments.
Legislation
Rights, the Law and social inclusion
Disability – the social model of disability
DDA
At the end of the training session, there is a written assessment to evidence the learning of the attendees.