Specialist Learning Courses
From vocational courses and qualifications in care work, Access to Higher Education, British Sign Language (BSL) and teacher training to specialist courses in speech therapy and courses for students with learning difficulties.
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Specialist learning highlights
Care work & support
Centre for deaf education
Teacher training
Courses for people with learning difficulties
Speech therapy
Access to HE courses
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Managing challenging behaviour
Course Date: Thu 23 May 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDo you work in a setting where you find yourself dealing with individuals who present challenging behaviour? Do you want to feel more confident in understanding and responding to challenging behaviour? This is a practical, one-day course where you will gain strategies to diffuse and de-escalate challenging situations and develop incident and risk management skills for your workplace.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £0.00 -
Introduction to Indesign
Course Date: Wed 5 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetAdobe InDesign is the key desktop publishing software used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books. On this introduction course you'll learn how to plan and design a publication, construct simple advertisements and lay out a multi-column page.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
Effective counselling skills for speech and language therapists
Course Date: Wed 5 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDesigned for SLTs working with any client group, this interactive workshop will help you develop practical counselling skills. Topics include developing the therapeutic relationship, boundaries, ways of responding, paraphrasing, reflecting, questioning, immediacy, self disclosure and loss.Full fee: £369.00Senior fee: £369.00Concession: £369.00 -
Assertiveness for people who stammer
Course Date: Sat 8 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetIncrease your effectiveness by saying what you want to say assertively. Develop assertiveness and effective communication through discussion and role play. Issues addressed are: saying no, making requests, responding to criticism and saying what you feel.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £59.00Concession: £59.00 -
Train the Trainer (Summer)
Course Date: Sat 8 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street'Train the Trainer' is a practical weekend course designed to help you gain ideas for effective facilitation and managing groups. It is suitable if you are thinking of becoming a trainer and want to gain confidence in planning and facilitating the training, or if you are an experienced trainer and want to refresh your practice. You will leave with some tools and techniques that will ensure your training is engaging and productive for your learners. On day 2 you will have the opportunity to deliver a short micro-training or interactive presentation. You are required to attend both days of this course.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £189.00Concession: £129.00 -
Speech and language therapy as a career
Course Date: Tue 11 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInterested in becoming a speech and language therapist? This workshop covers training courses in the UK, what the job involves, career structure, pay and hints for a successful interview, plus the opportunity to meet clients.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £99.00Concession: £60.00 -
Mental health first aid
Course Date: Sun 16 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMental health first aid is the help provided to a person developing mental ill health or in a mental health crisis. Increase your awareness and confidence in recognising the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues. Understand how to respond appropriately.Full fee: £139.00Senior fee: £139.00Concession: £0.00 -
Confident communication for people with hearing loss
Course Date: Fri 21 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis five-week practical course is aimed at adults with acquired hearing loss who experience hearing difficulties in everyday situations. Partners, family members and friends are also encouraged to enrol.
Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £48.00Concession: £35.00 -
Communication with older people with a hearing loss
Course Date: Fri 21 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThe course will cover the features of age-related hearing loss and how these relate to what, and how, older people hear and understand. Participants will learn communication strategies so that older people can understand them better.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £49.00Concession: £49.00 -
Excel 2016 essentials for Deaf people
Course Date: Wed 26 Jun 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetAre you new to Excel? Have you been using Excel but are unsure of its main features? This provide you with a solid overview of the key aspects of of Excel including important terminology, creating simple worksheets, entering and formatting data, making basic calculations and creating simple charts and graphs.Full fee: £0.00Senior fee: £0.00Concession: £0.00 -
Manage your tinnitus
Course Date: Tue 2 Jul 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis four-week practical course is aimed at those with tinnitus who would like to understand it better and learn about techniques to be able to manage it.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £42.00Concession: £30.00 -
Become more lipreadable
Course Date: Wed 3 Jul 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDo you know a hard of hearing or deaf person who needs to lipread you? Find out how lipreading works and how you can make some small adjustments in order to become more 'lipreadable'.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £49.00Concession: £49.00 -
Motivational interviewing for speech and language therapists
Course Date: Tue 16 Jul 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetMotivational Interviewing is a short-term, empathic and practical counselling approach used to support change. It helps us as therapists explore and resolve ambivalence with our clients, while motivating them to make changes in a manner congruent with the client’s own values and concerns. This skills-based workshop will introduce you to a range of motivational interviewing techniques and give you the opportunity to practise them in a safe environment. The course is suitable for speech and language therapists working with any types of client group, carers and families.Full fee: £109.00Senior fee: £109.00Concession: £109.00 -
Facilitating aphasia communication groups
Course Date: Wed 17 Jul 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis interactive and experiential workshop will explore creative and effective ways to run conversation groups with people with aphasia. There will be contributions from service users and opportunities to observe examples of activities and resources used at City Lit.Full fee: £109.00Senior fee: £109.00Concession: £109.00 -
Deaf history: one-day course
Course Date: Sat 27 Jul 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetFind out about the history of Deaf people in Britain and the development of British Sign Language. This fascinating course is taught in BSL, with a BSL-English interpreter available.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £69.00
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