Disability Awareness and Confidence Training for Business
It’s vital for businesses to invest in Disability Awareness and Confidence Training (DACT) for everyone in your organization. From front-line staff, to hiring managers, to the business owner or CEO. It should be your first step to making disability-inclusive hiring, “business as usual.”
Having the right attitude, awareness and confidence — for everyone, at all levels of your business — is essential for experiencing all the positive business benefits and company culture that can happen with intentional, proactive disability-inclusive recruiting, onboarding, and retention/promotion.
It’s important to learn and understand that disability is complex and personal — it impacts each individual differently. And how you understand or perceive disability, affects how you’ll address it in the workplace.
Investing in DACT for Business will empower your team to address disability with a mindset that enables everyone in your business, and your business itself, to benefit, succeed and thrive.
Choose the DACT professional development training that’s right for your needs:
- An onsite, in-person DACT session facilitated by one of our Disability Inclusion Employment Specialists; or
- Online, self-directed training
Training options
Facilitated Disability Awareness and Confidence Training for Business
Overview
These training sessions delivered by our Disability Employment Inclusion Specialists will teach your teams why employing people who have a disability is valuable for any business regardless of size.
Here’s what our trainers do in a facilitated DACT session:
- Explain the benefits of inclusive hiring practices
- Dispel common misconceptions and myths about people who have a disability
- Prepare your teams to confidently on-board new employees who have a disability
- Provide an opportunity for you to ask any question in a safe, supportive setting
Learning outcomes for all sessions
- What disability looks like in Canada — the facts
- Dispelling the myths that create biases and employment barriers
- Case studies of businesses that have benefited from creating an inclusive workforce
Learning outcome add-ons for managers
- Considerations for successful implementation — avoiding management pitfalls
Learning outcome add-ons for staff teams
- Ways to have inclusive workplace interaction
Learning outcome add-ons for executive leadership
- In-depth case studies of businesses with an inclusive workforce
- How to foster a culture of inclusion and diversity across your organization
- How to support or encourage employee resource groups
Learning outcome add-ons for human resources teams
- In-depth case studies of businesses that have benefited by creating an inclusive workforce and culture
- Tips for creating and engaging a diverse workforce in your business
Your investment
- Facilitated sessions start at $750
Online Disability Awareness and Confidence Training for Business
This introductory training module will help prepare your business to confidently hire and onboard people who have a disability.
Learning objectives
- The importance of language — an introduction to people-first terminology
- Dispelling myths that create biases and barriers
- Understanding disability:
- What it is
- What disability looks like in Canada — the facts
- Types of disabilities — an introduction to disabilities and a general overview of attributes
- Basic guidelines for supporting new employees who have a disability
- Case studies of businesses that have benefited from inclusive hiring
Audience
This training is appropriate for any and all staff who have minimal experience hiring and/or working with employees who have a disability.
Length
Approximately one hour.
Certificate
A certificate will be available after you successfully complete the course and the evaluation.