In-school training - delivered on-site to school leaders and parents/carers

ON-SITE TRAINING

Transition to Deaf Adulthood

This engaging in-school workshop is informed by first-hand experience and has been 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.

During the session, we'll set out to raise awareness amongst teaching professionals, by exploring several key challenges, including lack of specialised information, navigating higher education or work options, and dealing with imposed low expectations.

The workshop will provide attendees with an inside view of the key barriers facing Deaf learners and the tools to develop valuable strategies and interventions by:

• Raising 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.

ON-SITE TRAINING

Online Safety

At Deaf Minds Education, we're passionate about working with schools and parents to ensure Deaf children stay safe online.

With an ever-growing choice of social media platforms to choose from, the online world is a rich and exciting environment in which young Deaf people can explore, engage and find entertainment. Sadly though, as we all know, it can very often also be a potentially dangerous place, especially for children. There are a host of potential threats ever present, ranging from online bullying through to grooming.

This vital in-school workshop has been developed to equip school staff and leaders and the learners in their care with the tools they need to ensure their learners enjoy a secure and positive experience online. The workshop sets out to bring attendees up-to-date with the latest platforms and help them to stay abreast of the potential risks young people can be exposed to when using popular platforms including Facebook and Twitter. During the session, attendees will learn:

• How to report online abuse, racism and hate crimes.
• Tips for ensuring children stay safe when using internet.
• What to do if they are exposed to something upsetting online and how to report inappropriate behaviour or content.

ON-SITE TRAINING

Scam Awareness

Sadly, online, email and telephone scams are now more prevalent than ever. Scammers can be based anywhere in the world and are continuously developing new ways to trick people out of their money.

In many cases, individuals who are Deaf are particularly vulnerable to falling victim. This engaging and informative course is recommended for Deaf people, teachers and parents of deaf children, or anyone who is keen to help a Deaf person they know avoid falling victim to scams. It's been designed to help attendees to better understand how to spot the different scams out there and avoid falling victim to them.

During the session, (which is designed for Deaf people or any hearing individuals who are helping someone who is Deaf to learn about scam awareness), we'll cover key areas, including:

• Raising awareness of different types of scams.
• Helping attendees to understand the difference between phishing, vishing and smishing.
• Signposting the best people to turn to if you think you've been scammed.
• Recognising and avoiding current and emerging scams.
• Reporting a scam to the relevant authorities.