Sensory Impairment Awareness
Now £15
UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) aligned & CPDUK accredited
Course description
This course provides essential elements of Sensory Impairment Awareness for course for front-line healthcare and social care staff. Sensory impairment is when one of the senses; sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and spatial awareness, is partially or totally dysfunctional. The course ensures staff understands the practice and behaviour that improves support and working with people with sensory impairment. A health and social care expert will deliver this course once a month as a live interactive course or you can take the course anytime as a self-paced online course. This course covers knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of people working in the health and social care. Assessment includes multiple choice questions (MCQs).
Course length
2 hours
Course Structure
During this course, you will cover the following:
- Define sensory impairment
- Explore common terminologies to describe sensory impairment
- Understanding serious sensory impairment statistics
- Being able to recognise sensory impairment
- Awareness of the impact of sensory impairment
- Exploring effective communication
- Identifying equipment training and environmental adjustment
- Accessing information relating to sensory impairment
Course assessments
You will be assessed via:
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Entry requirements
You must be working or planning to work in health and social care