Supporting Dyslexic People with Job Applications

Supporting Dyslexic People with Job Applications, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.4, with 25 lectures, based on 45 reviews, and has 1495 subscribers.

You will learn about What dyslexia is How dyslexia impacts upon job search Ways you can support dyslexic people with job applications How to support young people's career journeys with dyslexia This course is ideal for individuals who are Careers Advisers or Career Coaches or Career Educators or Employability Workers or Youth Workers or Community Workers or Literacy Workers or Work Coaches or Job Club Volunteers or Mentors or HR Professionals or Guidance Teachers or Lecturers or Skilled Helpers or Teachers or Parents It is particularly useful for Careers Advisers or Career Coaches or Career Educators or Employability Workers or Youth Workers or Community Workers or Literacy Workers or Work Coaches or Job Club Volunteers or Mentors or HR Professionals or Guidance Teachers or Lecturers or Skilled Helpers or Teachers or Parents.

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Summary

Title: Supporting Dyslexic People with Job Applications

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 25

Number of Published Lectures: 23

Number of Curriculum Items: 25

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 23

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

What dyslexia is
How dyslexia impacts upon job search
Ways you can support dyslexic people with job applications
How to support young people's career journeys with dyslexia

Who Should Attend

Careers Advisers
Career Coaches
Career Educators
Employability Workers
Youth Workers
Community Workers
Literacy Workers
Work Coaches
Job Club Volunteers
Mentors
HR Professionals
Guidance Teachers
Lecturers
Skilled Helpers
Teachers
Parents

Target Audiences

Careers Advisers
Career Coaches
Career Educators
Employability Workers
Youth Workers
Community Workers
Literacy Workers
Work Coaches
Job Club Volunteers
Mentors
HR Professionals
Guidance Teachers
Lecturers
Skilled Helpers
Teachers
Parents

This introductory guide for Careers Advisers, Employability Workers and other skilled helpers will help you support dyslexic clients to complete personal statement style job applications. Learn about what dyslexia is, how it can affect your clients’ job search and career journey, as well as practical ways to guide them in writing a better personal statement when applying for jobs.

Take the frustrations out of job applications and support your dyslexic clients to gain a better sense of self, increased confidence and enhanced optismism through the practical activities demonstrated in this useful course from Dyslexia Scotland. Whether you are a career adviser, employability coach, teacher or parent, you can help to guide someone with dyslexia on how to navigate career journeys and job application processes more effectivley.

Learn about the Scottish working definition of dyslexia, why application forms are challenging for people with dyslexia, how to build confidence and self-belief, practical strategies for thinking about what to write and how to express it well and stepping stones for working up to your first job interview.

With thanks to the Scottish Government for supporting the development of this course.

Dyslexia Scotland is a charity that aims to enable people with dyslexia to reach their potential.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Context

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Dyslexia and the difficulty with application forms

Lecture 3: The bigger picture

Chapter 2: Understanding the Specific Difficulties

Lecture 1: What is dyslexia?

Lecture 2: What are the difficulties?

Lecture 3: Making the task accessible

Lecture 4: Take the fear out of the form

Chapter 3: Strengths

Lecture 1: A portfolio of strengths

Lecture 2: Exploring strengths

Chapter 4: Strategies for Organising Information

Lecture 1: Showing what a good application personal statement looks like

Lecture 2: Strategies for organising information

Lecture 3: Organising information: Part 1

Lecture 4: Organising information: Part 2

Lecture 5: Writing it all down

Chapter 5: Next Steps

Lecture 1: Disclosing dyslexia?

Lecture 2: Continuing your learning journey

Lecture 3: Full Lecture Series

Chapter 6: Bonus content

Lecture 1: Strengths

Lecture 2: Learning at my best

Lecture 3: My learning journey has been like…what?

Lecture 4: Reframing dyslexia

Lecture 5: Strengths

Lecture 6: Role model: Suzy

Instructors

Dyslexia Scotland
Enabling dyslexic people to fulfil their potential

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4 stars: 16 votes
5 stars: 22 votes

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