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Understanding Disability: From Awareness to Action

Understanding Disability: From Awareness to Action

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  • Delivered Online or In-Person

  • Multiple Durations (see dates)

  • All levels

Description

Understanding Disability: From Awareness to Action

CPD Accredited, Interactive Short Course - just Ā£25.00 or 1 Token

Course Overview

Disabilities affect millions of peopleā€”but too often, the barriers they face come from a lack of understanding, not from the condition itself.

Our Disability Awareness courses (available in different lengths to suit your needs) give you the insight, knowledge, and practical steps to create a more inclusive and supportive environment.

Learn how disabilities can impact everyday life, and discover what you can do to make a real differenceā€”for your colleagues, customers, or community.

Ready to build awareness and break down barriers? Get in touch or book your course today.

Course Content

  • Introduction to Disabilities

  • Myths around Disabilities

  • Types of Disabilities

  • Medical Model versus Social Model

  • Societal Barriers

  • Communication

  • Reasonable Adjustments

  • Key Takeaways

Benefits of this Course

  • There are 16.8 million disabled people in the UK, you will be interacting with disabled people (even when this may not be obvious)

  • Build confidence in real-life situations - know what to say and do when interacting with someone with a disability ā€” without fear of getting it wrong.

  • Improve communication skills - learn practical, respectful ways to communicate with individuals with a wide range of needs and preferences

  • Understand barriers, not just disabilities - shift your perspective using the Social Model of Disability ā€” and learn how to remove everyday barriers

  • Create more inclusive environments - discover simple, realistic adjustments that make your workplace or setting more accessible and welcoming

  • Avoid common mistakes and assumptions - gain awareness of language, behaviours, and unconscious biases that can unintentionally exclude others

  • Support others more effectively - whether you work with, support, or interact with people with disabilities ā€” learn how to respond in a helpful, respectful, and appropriate way

  • Turn awareness into practical action - leave with clear, actionable steps you can apply immediately ā€” no specialist knowledge required

Accreditation

Our Disabilities Awareness Course is CPD Accredited, giving you a recognised 2-hour CPD certificate upon completion.

This training isnā€™t just valuable for everyday knowledgeā€”it also contributes directly to your Continuing Professional Development.

We are proud to be an accredited CPD Centre through the CPD Accreditation Office.

Series

This course is part of a series on Disabilities:

  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Insight into Dementia

  • Insight into Hearing Impairments

  • Insight into Mobility Impairments

  • Insight into Sight Impairments

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  • Understanding Disability: From Awareness to Action

Related Courses

We also run the following courses:

  • Safeguarding Level 1 (Ofqual Regulated)

  • Safeguarding Level 2 (Ofqual Regulated)

  • Safeguarding Level 3 (Ofqual Regulated)

  • Safeguarding Annual Refresher (CPD Accredited)

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For just Ā£20-Ā£60 per month, you can do between 2 - 6 courses each month, for FREE!

Each course itself is worth between Ā£20 and Ā£60, so you can give yourself as much CPD accredited training as you'd like to do.

All training is live, trainer-led, interactive and virtually run (and even a few courses run in-person at our Training Centre in Chesterfield, Derbyshire).

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Further information

If you're interested in this course or any of our other courses, feel free to browse our website, our courses here on Cademy and/or contact us.

We run courses in a large array of subjects, and are able to run most via both virtual and physical classrooms, and are happy to run private and bespoke courses for you and your people.

Pochat Training

Devonshire House

Station Road

Brimington

Chesterfield

Derbyshire S43 1JU

United Kingdom

Contact Us

01246 451812

info@pochattrarining.co.uk

pochattraining.co.uk

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Dates

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Chesterfield
  • Jun5
    Disability Awareness
    Fri, Jun 5 ā€¢ 9:00 AM ā†’ to 11:00 AM GMT+1
    Delivered OnlineOnline
    Ā£25
  • Jun13
    Sat, Jun 13 ā€¢ 2:00 PM ā†’ to 5:30 PM GMT+1
    Delivered In-Person in ChesterfieldChesterfield
    Ā£60
    DISABILITY 2
  • Jul15
    DISABILITY 1
    Wed, Jul 15 ā€¢ 4:00 PM ā†’ to 6:00 PM GMT+1
    Delivered OnlineOnline
    Ā£25
  • DIS2 - 2x2.5 hr, 10 August
    10Ā Aug ā†’ to 10Ā Aug (2 sessions)
    Delivered OnlineOnline
    Ā£60
  • Sep2
    Disability Awareness
    Wed, Sep 2 ā€¢ 3:30 PM ā†’ to 5:30 PM GMT+1
    Delivered OnlineOnline
    Ā£25

Location

Pochat Training, Devonshire House, Station Road, Brimington, S43 1JU, United Kingdom, Chesterfield

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