Scheduled Courses
Module 1: Safety Issues in the Provision and Fitting of Basic Equipment
Date: 19th March 2012
Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Content:
Communicating Effectively
Provides an overview of how we communicate with each other, looking not only at words, but underlying meanings, facial expression and body language. It touches on problems that can occur when there are communication difficulties due to disability.
Understanding our Boundaries
Everyone has boundaries. Where are yours and how do you recognize them? What knowledge do you have of who else you can call upon when you reach your boundaries? An interactive session.
Person-Centred Thinking
Considers holistic person centred assessments and looks at what independence means to the client. We will look at the whole person and consider such things as priorities and preferences, likes and dislikes, lifestyle, family situations and environmental considerations.
Risks in the Bathroom
Makes us think about what possible problems there can be in a room as common place as a bathroom. Perhaps getting into the bath, when living alone, is not as safe as we think. We look at physical problems, cognitive awareness, lack of sensation, environmental factors and family requirements.
Practical Sessions
Will start to look at assessment of the client, the carer and the environment. We will focus on when and what to supply and look at what we can do when “the usual” will not work. We will compare and contrast different solutions and get an overview of how things fit. Even staff who will not fit equipment in the future need to know what they are asking for with regard to the correct piece of assistive technology in a particular situation.
What your Driver/Fitter needs to know
Was put together by driver/fitters who sometimes find that what they are asked to deliver is in fact not suited to the particular situation in hand. With more information your driver/fitter can be sure of providing a better service.
Venue: Burrows House Training Suite, Priestley Road, Worsley
To book this course or for further information please contact Disabled Living Training on 0161 607 8209.