Deaf Awareness Training


Hi Kent adopt a flexible approach to Awareness Training and will provide courses tailored to include specific elements of benefit to the client group.

Typical courses delivered include:

Training for Care Staff an intensive one-day course providing background knowledge and practical skills appropriate to care of the elderly with a hearing loss.

Participants will: Be able to clean, re-tube and change batteries of standard hearing aids. Understand the different types of hearing aid and identify NHS aids.

Be able to apply effective communication techniques with hard-of-hearing clients.

Be aware of other supportive services and equipment aids to assist deaf and hearing impaired people. Differentiate between the differing degrees of hearing loss and relevant needs.

A Certificate of Competence is awarded to students who successfully complete the course.

Training for Frontline Staff and helping you to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.

An intensive half-day course providing background knowledge to assist frontline staff offering services to deaf and hearing impaired customers or clients.


Participants will: Understand the needs of Sign Language users and Hard-of-Hearing people with or without hearing aids. Be able to apply effective communication techniques. Be aware of other supportive services and equipment aids to assist deaf and hearing impaired people.

A Certificate of Competence will be awarded to students who successfully complete the course.

Training for interested individuals is provided at specially arranged one-day courses.

You are encouraged to discuss your requirements

Contact Hi Kent

You may enrol with confidence.

Hi Kent employ qualified and experienced teachers and enjoy an enviable reputation.

 Are you a qualified BSL Tutor?

Our expanding programme means that we are looking for an additional tutor.

Offering weekend work on courses delivered in Maidstone Kent.

Contact Hi Kent

Challenging deafness together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Ways to Support the Work of Hi Kent

 

Return to Home page

Sign Language Courses


Sign Language is a visual language through which the severely and profoundly deaf can communicate without speech.

Hi Kent provides British Sign Language training through non-residential weekend courses.

All tutors are qualified and experienced, producing consistently high success rates.

Courses offered:

Leading to CACDP* Level I.

It has the aim of preparing students for the nationally recognised CACDP Level I Assessment.

ACT NOW!

Next Course: Booking for January 2005.

The cost of this 4-weekend Course is £302. (includes examination fees).

Leading to CACDP* Level II.

It has the aim of preparing students for the nationally recognised CACDP Level I1 Assessment.

ACT NOW!

Next Course: Provisional start March 2005.

The Course delivers the 90 hours classroom based tuition required. Intensive study weekends are held - one a month for 7 months. Students must be prepared to devote at least 30 hours to private study at home.

The cost of this extensive Course is £525. (Excludes the examination fees which are payable directly to CACDP*).

* CACDP:
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People, the national examination board for communication skills with deaf people.

 

Contact Hi Kent