Aim: To understand and provide support to deafblind, deaf and hard of hearing people and communities
Objectives:
By successfully completing this course you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a general awareness of deafblind, deaf, and hard of hearing people and communities
- Describe the legislations relevant to sensory loss in the UK
- Identify the barriers that deafblind, deaf, and hard of hearing people face
- List the ways in which deafblind, deaf, and hard of hearing people communicate
- Understand how to implement positive methods of communication for those who are deafblind, deaf, or hard of hearing
- Describe positive methods of supporting individuals who are deafblind, deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction
Welcome to the Halo Staffing virtual course about understanding sensory loss.
We begin this course with a general awareness of deafblind, deaf, hard of hearing people and communities.
This will be followed by a brief description of all the legislations relevant to sensory loss in the UK.
We will then move on identifying barriers that these people face.
The next topic will explain how deafblind, deaf and hard of hearing people communicate.
We will then inform you how to implement positive methods of communication for those who are deafblind, deaf or hard of hearing.
Positive methods of supporting these individuals will be the final topic of this course.
