Genie Networks Altrincham provide Deaf awareness trainingto individuals and businesses in Trafford

Deaf Awareness Training

Genie Networks endeavours to work with the holistic needs of deaf people of all ages, incorporating the health and wellbeing of the deaf person, their family, education, employment and their environment. Genie Networks encourages services to acknowledge their lack of awareness and supports services in putting positive practices in to place to overcome barriers, thus giving deaf people a greater sense of citizenship.

Who is Deaf Awareness Training aimed at?

• Community or public service organisations

• Statutory, private and voluntary sectors

• Employers working with deaf people

• Children, young people & their families in Trafford

• Businesses

How will you benefit from the training?

• Understand the emotional effects of deafness

• Understand legal access requirements

• A knowledge of communication tactics deaf people use

• Understand how to communicate with deaf people

• How to adapt your service to be accessible to deaf people

• How to resolve communication conflicts & barriers

• How to make the family more aware of deaf issues

"The training clearly spelt out some of the challenges deaf people face, the training challenged us to improve our service. Thank you for an enjoyable and thought provoking day."

Genie Networks provides a unique Deaf Awareness Training package specifically tailored for your organisational needs. Our aim is to support your organisation to overcome barriers for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people accessing your service(s). Our staff will meet with you to introduce the taining packages and explore the services you provide. Durin the free consultation our staff will create a sample package for you to discuss and adapt to suit your service requirements.

Some examples of training your package may include:

Definition of Deafness
Introduction to Social & Medical model of disability
Disability Discrimination Act
Comminications methods
British Sign Language
Communication Tactics
Tinnitus
Lipreading
Deaf Culture
Using an interpreter
Equipment
Emotional development

We use a modern approach to
deilvering our training....

Interactive presentations
Case Studies
Physical Activites
Working in pairs / groups
Discussions / debates
Videos
Tapes
Games

The courses are provided at a venue of your choice, we offer ½, 1 or 2 day training packages and each course can train up to 15 people at a time. Your staff will recieve Genie certificates after the training.

In addition to the training Genie Networks will continue to work with your organisation to support the implementation of practical changes under the Disability Discrimination Act to your services. We are available to contact after training if you require any additional information or individual support with a service user.

"Everything was fun, enjoyable and interactive. Liked that the presentations were very visual, the pictures and graphics were a really good touch. Just a big thank you for today - I've really enjoyed it."

If you would like to know more about Deaf Awareness Training or book a training couse then please contact us by one of the means described on our Contact Us page.