Course: Sensory Loss
Date: Thursday, 08 July 2021
Time: 13:30 - 16:30
Venue: MS Teams
Course Outline
To have discussion regarding individual care & experiences and look at challenges and self-awareness of blindness, deafness and deafblindness. Share experiences and challenges that you may face and how to overcome them.
Aims of the Course
An overview of what is sensory loss.
Blindness
Look at statistics, causes and eye disease.
Caring for people with sight loss including dementia etc.
Deafness
Overview of deafness, looking at facts, types of hearing loss & causes and how it affects people.
Look at Hearing aids, Inner ear problems, Tinnitus & Eustachian Tube Disorder.
Share communication skills to work with hearing impaired people.
Deafblindness
Overview of deafblindess, looking at facts and causes. Looking at caring for people with Deafblindness and what we take for granted in our senses. Sharing communication skills and self awareness.
Target Audience: Social Care Staff
Trainer: John Fernley – Action Therapy and Training
Language: English
You will receive formal confirmation if you have a place on the course
This training is delivered as part of the Social Care Workforce Development Programme funded by the Welsh Government and the Isle of Anglesey County Council