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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T100000
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URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/deaf-awareness-training-with-dot-sign
 -language-tg2-awareness/
SUMMARY:Deaf Awareness Training with Dot Sign Language [TG2/Awareness] - Ev
 ent now full
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;\n\n*THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AND A WAITING LIST IS AVAILA
 BLE*\n\nOnline Deaf Awareness Training with Dot Sign Language\n\nDot’s t
 hought provoking and interactive online Deaf Awareness training sessions a
 re great\nfun\, providing attendees with the tools to improve interaction 
 with deaf people internally and\nexternally\, breaking down communication 
 barriers.\n\nThis session will cover discussions regarding the prevalence 
 of deafness in the U.K\, deaf issues\, deaf culture and British Sign Langu
 age (BSL). We will provide practical steps to help attendees actively prom
 ote engagement with BSL users ensuring accessibility\, and our ‘hands on
 ’ session in our virtual breakout rooms provide attendees the opportunit
 y to learn basic fingerspelling and BSL relevant to your organisation.\n\n
 Dot's teachers are all Deaf BSL users. They are the best people to teach t
 heir language and answer your questions from personal experience. They wil
 l teach the session in BSL – so you can immerse yourselves in sign langu
 age. We will provide an interpreter to voiceover the session and interpret
  your questions.\n\nTrainer:\n\nKathleen Grehan\, Director\, Dot Sign Lang
 uage\n\n\n\nKathleen is a Deaf graduate of the social sciences and a quali
 fied teacher of British Sign Language with a particular interest in BSL li
 nguistics. Since starting Dot Sign Language in 2011 she has made it her mi
 ssion to deliver first class and inspiring lessons in BSL and Deaf Awarene
 ss. A priority for her has always been to make the learning process enjoya
 ble\, as much a social event as an educational experience. Kathleen also e
 njoys going out to local schools and youth groups to give them a taste of 
 BSL\, Deaf awareness and Deaf culture. She strongly believes that we shoul
 d try and engage all young children and get them to learn this beautiful\,
  visual language. This way we can reduce that gap between Deaf and hearing
  people and help eliminate social isolation of Deaf people of all ages.\n\
 nApart from her teaching duties\, Kathleen plays a full and active role in
  all aspects of Dot’s business. This includes marketing\, future plannin
 g\, finance\, website content and update and basic administration. A relat
 ively recent achievement that has excited her is the challenge of designin
 g her own curriculum and assessments in BSL\, to deliver a Stage 1 course 
 to undergraduates and postgraduates at the University of Surrey. This has 
 required her to bring BSL in line\, as far as possible\, with the eleven s
 poken languages in the program. BSL has quickly became a firm favourite wi
 th the students. Kathleen now delivers three Stage 1 courses each year and
  this year\, for the first time\, she was asked to deliver a Stage 2 cours
 e.\n\nIn her previous career Kathleen has been a Disability/Deaf Campaigne
 r for four organisations: National Union of Students (NUS)\; RNID\, BDA an
 d Disability Rights Commission (DRC) between October 2000 and September 20
 11. She is committed to equality and empowerment for D/deaf\, disabled and
  all diverse groups within society.\n\nCost\n£25.00 members\n£50.00 non 
 member institutions\n\nInformation for joining:\n\n 	This session is virtu
 al and will run via Zoom. Once your booking has been confirmed\, joining i
 nstructions will be emailed the day before the event.\n 	Electronic CPD at
 tendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25
 @london.ac.uk\n\nCancellations less than one week before the event will be
  charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the da
 y\, the full fee will be charged.\n\n*THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AND A WAITING
  LIST IS AVAILABLE*\n\nTo book a place on the waiting list\, please use ou
 r online booking form.
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