Deaf Awareness Training [St. Pat's Campus]

The Irish Deaf Society will deliver Deaf Awareness Training on campus.  This two-hour session covers:

• Irish Sign Language – a brief explanation of the language 
• Irish Sign Language Act 2017 - what duties are set out in the Act  
• Deaf Community – we explain how the Deaf community is a linguistic minority with Deaf and Hearing people involved and cover topics such as positive Deafness and Deaf identity  
• Lip-reading video challenge – this demonstrates how hard it is to lip read  
• Correct Terminology to use  
• Barriers faced by Deaf people  
• Communication Tips – what is the best practice when communicating with a Deaf person?  
• ISL Challenge – learn how to spell your name and some other basic signs/phrases - these can be adapted to phrases that suit the organisation and what they do. 
• Q&A & Discussion  

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

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