Disability and Neurodiversity Awareness (SGC Staff only)
Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
Event Tutors
Learning and Development
Admin Contact
Learning and Development (HRlearninganddevelopment@southglos.gov.uk)
Target Audience
All Internal Staff
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Equality and Diversity
Equality and Diversity subcategories
Equality and Diversity
Event description
This Disability and Neurodiversity Awareness training will explore and demystify many of the topics and questions around this important subject.
We’ll look at topics including definitions, language, the Equality Act and reasonable adjustments, and have an in-depth look at ADHD and autism.
The training will be delivered in a conversational style, with questions and discussion encouraged, and we promise there will be no homework!
We’ll look at topics including definitions, language, the Equality Act and reasonable adjustments, and have an in-depth look at ADHD and autism.
The training will be delivered in a conversational style, with questions and discussion encouraged, and we promise there will be no homework!
Learning outcomes
• You will have a better understanding of the different types of disability and language around disability.
• You will have a better understanding of the different types of neurodiversity.
• You will have a better understanding of ADHD, the strengths associated with the neurodiversity, how to support people and types of adjustments you could make at work
• You will have a better understanding of autism, the strengths associated with the neurodiversity, how to support people and types of adjustments you could make at work
• You will have a better understanding of reasonable adjustments
• You will have had an opportunity to ask questions
• You will have a better understanding of the different types of neurodiversity.
• You will have a better understanding of ADHD, the strengths associated with the neurodiversity, how to support people and types of adjustments you could make at work
• You will have a better understanding of autism, the strengths associated with the neurodiversity, how to support people and types of adjustments you could make at work
• You will have a better understanding of reasonable adjustments
• You will have had an opportunity to ask questions
Start Date
Tuesday 21 January 2025
End Date
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Closing Date
Monday 20 January 2025
Times
10:00 - 13:00
Maximum Places
20
Cost
£0.00
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No