Disability Confidence Training
Designed for arts, culture and events workers. This introductory workshop is all about helping you and your team improve how you connect with and support people with disability or who are d/Deaf.
1 in 5 Australians live with disability, making them a significant market segment for providers of arts and culture.
In this workshop you’ll:
- Discover practical solutions for making your organisation disability confident
- Receive useful resources
- Learn from trainers with disability who are arts experts
- Enjoy the increased accessibility and convenience of online training
- Be able to interact with our trainers as well as other participants, so you can ask questions and share knowledge
- Come to our public workshop or book a private in-house session
Learn about:
- Inclusive models of disability and how to apply them
- Key disability legislation and government bodies, including the Disability Discrimination Act and the Disability Inclusion Act
- Identifying and mitigating access barriers
- Creative solutions to delivering inclusive and accessible arts and culture programs
- Best practice for customer service, language and etiquette
Resources:
Participants receive a comprehensive resource kit as a valuable ongoing reference.
This includes:
- Detailed resource manual
- Disability language guide
- Access checklists
Format:
- This is an interactive workshop where participants are encouraged to contribute to group discussion.
- The workshop can be delivered online via video conferencing or in-person.
Duration:
90 minutes
Bookings:
Public workshop dates and times
1pm – 2.30pm (Online)
To book click on the date above.
Cost:
- $120 per person (+ GST and booking fees)
- 10% discount for online bookings of 3 – 5 people. Discount applies automatically when you select Group Tickets when booking online.
Before you book:
If you have any questions or need help with making a booking please contact us. We can assist with placing you on a waiting list to be notified when more public workshops are scheduled. Please email training@aarts.net.au or call on 02 9251 6499.
Private Training Available
If you would like to book private training for your organisation, please email Michelle Teear at training@aarts.net.au
Access
Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available on request. Please advise of your access requirements during the registration process. Please note that we require at least 4 working days notice.
For other access requirements, please contact Michelle Teear: training@aarts.net.au
Participation
Our workshops are delivered using the Zoom video conferencing platform.
- Zoom is an easy to use, reliable and FREE cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops and telephones.
- If you haven’t used Zoom before you can find out more here: https://zoom.us/
- After signing up for our workshop, you’ll receive an email from us inviting you to a Zoom meeting on the date of the workshop. On the day of the workshop, all you have to do is click on the relevant link in the invitation, follow the prompts and you’ll be part of the workshop.
Testimonials
“It was great to get a much better understanding of how to engage respectfully and appropriately with people with disability.”
“When it came to accessibility at our theatre, our hearts were in the right place, but now looking back – we had no idea where to start. Working with Accessible Arts and taking their Disability Confidence Training Workshop was the best possible decision we could have made. Their communication is flawless, welcoming, open, honest, warm, and SO informative. They’ve taught us invaluable things that we have now been able to pass onto our staff and helped us do our part in creating lasting change.”
“A fabulous session which has made being disability confident much more achievable! Thank you so much – really appreciate your expertise.”
“… a great introductory workshop that helped our team understand how to connect with and support people with a disability or who are d/Deaf. The trainers, who are experts with lived disability experience, helped us understand the relevant legislative frameworks, and shared insights that deepened our understanding of inclusive practices. They also shared practical tips for delivering inclusive and accessible programs, and a range of written resources that we found really useful. Thank you to the Accessible Arts trainers for sharing your time and knowledge with us!”
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