Disability Awareness Training
The course uses scenario based teaching to help participants recognise the barriers that prevent people taking part in our sport and how to overcome them. The course also looks at improving communications skills, the Equality Act and its implications for our sport, the social model of disability and now includes a section on mental health. This one day course provides the opportunity for participants to improve their knowledge of a range of disabilities and how to empower people to take part in boating.
Aims of the Course
To give participants the knowledge and confidence to enable disabled people to:
• Feel welcomed, included and engaged
• Be able to take part
• To share in a passion for sailing and boating
Objectives of the Course
By the end of the course, participants will have:
• A set of frameworks, principles and models to engage people to be active and take part
• Considered some of the barriers that may exist and how to remove them
• Explored a variety of common scenarios
Participants will also have the confidence and skills to adopt an approach based on:
• Direct and active engagement
• Effective communication
• Asking, not assuming
• Working with individuals
• Creating an open, safe and fun environment
Last updated 12:32pm on 25 April 2024