Our courses – designed to support the whole school/college community

For all young people, entering adulthood can be a difficult time both emotionally and practically. For Deaf people though, these challenges can be greatly compounded and overwhelming.

This engaging online course is designed to help teaching professionals with Deaf learners in their care to better understand the barriers that their learners may face as they move beyond adolescence. It sets out to raise awareness by exploring several key challenges, including lack of specialised information, navigating higher education or work options, and dealing with imposed low expectations.

Informed by first-hand experience, the course has been developed to provide you with an inside view of the key barriers facing Deaf learners at this time. It sets out to help you develop tools to build their confidence and provide meaningful support by:

• Raising your understanding of the potential barriers facing Deaf learners as they transition to adulthood.
• Helping you support them as they move into higher education settings.
• Helping to ensure they have the life skills needed to make their way in the adult world.
• …and much, much more.

Children affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can present a range of symptoms which may make learning more difficult. Typically, these can include issues with memory, attention span, communication, vision, problems interacting with others, and hearing. Any or all of these could be significant barriers to learning in school.

This easy-to-access online workshop is designed to help teaching professionals gain a deeper understanding of FASD and looks at:

• What FASD is and what areas of neurological and physical development it affects.
• How FASD presents in school and pre-school aged children.
• Other coexistent disorders which may be present.
• How FASD affects social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH), wellbeing and self-esteem.
• The difficulties that teaching and support staff may have with this when creating interventions for children with these presentations – especially those who are undiagnosed.
• Environmental and social strategies for inclusion.
• Transitions and progression for learners with FASD.

Many studies have found a lower level of attachment among Deaf learners who were born to hearing parents – especially those who used speech in their early communication.

This engaging on-demand online workshop has been created by an expert in the field to help teaching professionals gain a deeper understanding of Attachment Disorder and looks at:

• What Attachment Disorder is.
• When things go right, when things go wrong and risk hotspots.
• How children express the effects of insecure attachment.
• Emotional and social tasks and targets.
• Some supportive dos and don’ts.
• A range of attachment disorder presentations and some strategies and interventions to overcome them.
• A range of visual interventions for helping young people with attachment needs.
• Exploiting special interests to achieve positive results.
• Simplifying tasks and emotional and social situations.
• Relating to the child in a constructive manner.