Other courses for disabled people, people with long term conditions and older people
Some examples of other training we provide when funding permits. These include:
Confidence Skills Workshops
These workshops are designed to offer people the opportunity to explore barriers to developing their self-confidence and determine practical methods of addressing these.
Self-Advocacy
These workshops aim to:
- Help you find out what Self Advocacy means
- Help you find out what type of advocacy could be of most use to you
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who want to speak out for themselves and find out the best way to do this.
I’m Ok!? (Self Esteem)
These workshops aim to:
- Enable you to explore ways of feeling good about yourself
- Identify some of the barriers which might prevent you
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who would like to find out about what self-esteem is, explore how our self-esteem can be hurt by other people, or things that have happened, and look at ways of feeling better about ourselves.
Time to Decide (Being Assertive)
These workshops aim to:
- Look at ‘What is Assertiveness?’
- Give you a chance to find out how assertive you are and look at ways you can make positive changes
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who find it difficult to assert themselves and are interested in finding out about how to develop assertiveness skills.
Dealing with Niceness
These workshops aim to:
- Explore ways of dealing with extreme ‘concern’ from people who want to ‘help’
- Enable you to explore and develop your own methods of dealing with these attitudes with the minimum of conflict.
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who want to be able to assert themselves when faced with very ‘helpful’ people.
Managing Conflict
These workshops aim to:
- Enable you to recognise potential conflict situations
- Enable you to develop ways of dealing with potential conflict
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who are/will be responsible for staff, or who just want to develop assertiveness skills in this area.
Making the Right Connections (Communication Skills)
These workshops aim to offer Disabled People the opportunity to:
- Explore barriers to communication
- Enhance existing communication skills
- Explore alternative ways of getting your message across
This course would suit Disabled People and people with long term conditions who want to find out more about ‘good’ communication and explore some of the barriers.
These courses will be run at regular intervals, dependant on interest – contact our Training team for more details (link to register interest form). Please also check our news and event section for any upcoming courses
If you have any specific requirements, or have identified barriers to participating in LCiL training, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss possible solutions.
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