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Lunch and Learn sessions
Dyslexia – its effects upon your employees and their families
This online session introduces your team to the issues surrounding dyslexia, a condition that affects more than 1 in 10 people in the UK.
A Lunch and Learn session will appeal to many people across your organisation, whether they have a basic awareness of dyslexia or not.
Dyslexia is a hidden disability and is recognised as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. As such, participation in this interactive session will demonstrate your commitment to inclusive practice within your team. It is relevant to all workplaces, across all sectors.
The session’s aim is to provide you with a clear understanding of dyslexia and its effects upon colleagues, including strengths in areas like problem-solving and ingenuity as well as challenges commonly experienced with literacy-based tasks and processing information.
Interactive elements help simulate some of the experiences of dyslexia to the audience.
It also gives an opportunity for those attending to share their own experiences of dyslexia if they wish.
Lunch and Learn sessions can take place at any time of the day and are normally an hour long, including time for questions and answers, but can be adapted to suit the needs and availability of your staff.
Whilst the sessions are free of charge, donations would be greatly appreciated, to enable the charity to do its work in supporting people with dyslexia, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
A big thank you for doing the presentation on Monday. It was well received and got some good discussion going which is exactly what we want. People particularly liked the practical challenges at the end which really brought home some of the challenges dyslexic people face.
Please contact us to arrange your free Lunch and Learn session now!