Deaf Cultural training

We provide Deaf cultural awareness programmes for so staff in organisations, businesses, schools, Early Childhood Education and Deaf-related organisations can better meet the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing clients and colleagues.

Our trained Auslan trainers can facilitate one-off workshop or work with organisations for a period of time to implement a cultural strategy.

We offer professional service:

Bi-cultural staff training
Aspects of Deaf culture (Deaf customs, history) workshops
Basic Auslan (Australian Sign Language) workshops
Cultural supervision (creating Deaf-friendly services and workplaces)
Team building activities
Cultural and linguistic activity workshops e.g. Auslan storytelling, Deaf immersion, Deaf arts, Auslan clubs.

Training programme

2 hours presentation:

This programme aims to provide an introduction to Deaf Culture and basic information on communicating with Deaf people.

Half day - 4 hours presentation:

This programme will clarify some of the myths and misconceptions about Deaf people and provide information about the Deaf community, Auslan and Deaf Culture. Participants will also receive practical information on communicating with Deaf people.