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Disability Equality Scotland
CPD Standards Office Provider Number: 22427

Category: Business Skills, Communication/Presentation, Marketing & Advertising
Description:
Disability Equality Scotland is a national charity working to make life more accessible, equal and inclusive for disabled people in Scotland.
We promote access in its widest sense, including access to the built and natural environment and access to information and inclusive communication. Thus, promoting a life of dignity, respect, choice and independence for all.
We are a membership-led organisation representing the views of individuals with any type of impairment and disability organisations.
We offer a balanced perspective of having an established and successful Easy Read conversion service and managing the ony network of disability Access Panels across the country.
Accredited Activities:
This provider is currently undergoing accreditation.
Who Should Attend:
The aims and objectives of the Easy Read training course are:
Easy Read Training is delivered online through five 90-minute modules. The modules are communicative and interactive with lots of exercises for you to engage with and learn from. You will be expected to collaborate with others and contribute to groups. The practical exercises build up from simple everyday examples to complex, abstract concepts. You are introduced to the skills to format and create an Easy Read version of a document. You have an opportunity to receive feedback and create your own checking processes. This ensures that every participant has an opportunity to personally develop your own practical skills and confidence to apply Easy Read knowledge to your work.
The course is designed to allow you the opportunity to challenge existing knowledge, to explore practical examples, to experience converting abstract document content and to reflect upon and evaluate the process. Modules consist of:
This is not a course aimed at Easy Read users. This course is suitable for organisations and individuals:
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