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Telephone tutorial: Recruiting and retaining people with dyslexia

This is a past event

26th February 2009, 3:00pm - 4.00pm

Is dyslexia a disability and how do we know if someone is really dyslexic?

What reasonable adjustments may be suitable for a person with dyslexia?

 

Free to gold members.  Please indicate your gold status when completing your on-line booking form to receive your free place.

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Dyslexia affects one in ten people in the UK. It is a cognitive impairment, which is linked to short term memory and difficulties in processing information. However, with the right support and reasonable adjustments, dyslexia need not pose a barrier to success in employment.

This tutorial will help you to recognise what reasonable adjustments can be made to ensure that the recruitment and retention of your staff are barrier free to people with dyslexia. It will use commonly asked questions to our Disability Directions information service and will provide practical solutions and a best practice approach to dyslexia.

The tutorial will be led by Carol Leather, Dyslexia Consultant, Independent Dyslexia Consultants and EFD's Disability Directions team.

Why attend?

Commonly asked questions to Disability Directions include:  

  • What reasonable adjustments may be suitable for a person with dyslexia throughout the recruitment process, from assessment centres to interview?
  • Is dyslexia a disability and how do we know if someone is really dyslexic?
  • What is a reasonable adjustment for someone with dyslexia?
  • Testing for dyslexia - who is responsible, when and at what stage?
  • What is a dyslexia assessment and what can you be expected to get from it?
  • What working arrangements should you make in terms of written and verbal communication, time and work planning?

We will be answering these questions and more, helping you to understand what dyslexia is, how it affects individuals and their day to day activities.  It will give you the confidence to know what you reasonably need to do to ensure that you do not discriminate against people with dyslexia.

Who should attend?

Suitable for all line managers. In particular those responsible for recruitment, those tasked with designing recruitment policy, HR and personnel managers, diversity and disability practitioners.