DAY 1

Opening doors and maximising engagement.

Covering

Models of disability
Identifying barriers to access
Are you a welcoming organisation
Having useful conversations around impairments and needs
The distribution of impaired people living in the UK.
Practical low cost ways of making sports accessible
Low-risk adaptive strategies
Enabling clients to have agency, and achieve

This day incorporates and adds to the British Canoe paddle-ability syllabus.

This day would be of benefit to newly qualified and experienced outdoor instructors, front-of-house staff and organisational managers. It forms the baseline for the following 2 days

DAY 2

Strategies to adapt what you do for most users 

Looking at adaptive techniques available to non-specialist outdoor organisations. Facilitating outdoor adventures for the majority of people living with a disability.

The day will be split into 4 components focusing on four common impairment categories and associated adaptions and strategies. We will look at supporting those with Visual Impairments, Communication Impairments, Mobility Impairments and Learning Disabilities.

This day will include elements where the delivery of support may require some changes to practice and thus be at a level where an organisation may need to modify its safety systems.

This day would be of great benefit to experienced instructors or senior instructors. This would be appropriate for those who make access to assistive equipment to members of the public or induct the public into the use of accessible equipment.

This day forms part of the moving and handling training course covering supported transfer to and from mobility aids and assisting the recovery of those who have fallen from or need emergency assistance into a wheeled mobility aid. Meeting an organisation's duty to train users and have robust emergency strategies for all users

DAY 3

Access for all - external manoeuvring and posture management for those who need it

Moving and handling, led by an experienced Occupational Therapist who also uses the Outdoor environment as a tool for enablement.

This day covers the mechanical and team movement of individuals requiring complete support.

Covering casualty recovery with team moving techniques, mechanical hoists and posture for comfort and safety