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Deaf Awareness

"Knowledge leads to understanding"

Deaf Awareness Training is important in tackling discrimination and creating equality through understanding, to change attitudes to being more positive towards deafness and basic communication skills.

To learn basic communication skills is crucial for Deaf people as it could mean the choice between life and death, for example; a horrific car crash, communication between paramedic and a Deaf person.

The Disability Discrimination Act has announced to commercial and public organisations to be aware of the needs of their Deaf customers and service users and staff.

Our one- day workshop is delivered by Deaf Tutors, who themselves have the experiences of what it is like to live in a hearing world.  They can deliver courses to voluntary, public and private/commercial organisations.  There are 50,000 to 70,000 Deaf people in the UK, whose preferred choice of communication is British Sign language (BSL).

"Being deaf is about experiencing the world visually"

The half-day workshop focuses on issues and opportunities in the Deaf Community and introduces Deaf Culture.  Interpreters will be provided.  Topics and exercises include:

• Deaf Culture & Community
• Equipment & technology
• Booking & working with interpreters
• Lipreading awareness
• Gestures/body language awareness
• Group discussion describing Deaf community

The full day workshop also includes basic signs in the afternoon session:

• Alphabet
• Greeting
• Short phrases
• Work & hobbies

"Deaf people, involved in Deaf Culture view their deafness as a difference rather than a disability"

If you would like to help Deaf people communicate or to learn about Deafness, why not book a place on a Deaf Awareness courses?

These courses run from 10.00 - 3.30pm

If you would like to register interest in a Deaf Awareness course, please email info@d4trainingandconsultancy.co.uk  

Introduction to 6 Week British Sign Language Taster course

"Sign Language has its own distinctive sentence structure.  Instead of speech, it uses hand shapes, facial expression and body language." 

This six-week course teaches basic signs for daily communication.  As we believe immersion is the best learning environment, no interpreters are provided.  However our Deaf tutor is highly skilled and very patient.  Each session is two hours per week with a 15 minute break.  At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Fingerspell
• Ask & answer simple questions
• Perform basic introductions
• Understand basic placement
• Understand basic vocabulary e.g.;
  • Days, weeks, month
  • Colours
  • Numbers, money
  • Food & drink
  • Transport
  • Family
  • Animals

The students will receive a certificate after the course is complete.

We also provided 6 Week Advanced British Sign Language Taster course.

"Pointing is common practice among deaf people because it is necessary for effective communication"

"Sign language varies worldwide.  Different sign language are used in different countries or regions."

For more information or to book place on our Deaf Awareness or BSL courses, please contact us.