Consider this - Did you know 44% of the adult Australian population do not have the literacy to manage a range of day to day reading tasks?

Are your communications the most effective they can be? Are you meeting all of your audience needs? Could you be miscommunicating with some of your consumers, clients and customers?

Join us in our award winning 2 day Easy English training.

You develop an understanding of Easy English and begin to develop your own Easy English document with the support of Access Easy English staff.

At the end of 2 days of highly interactive training you will have lots of new knowledge, and started developing your Easy English skills.

This training focuses on all the elements of implementing Easy English, including language, use of images, format, layout and consumer engagement. We conclude with insights to the access to websites and social media. Take away with you a resource pack of links to current evicinde based resources, resarch references and the tools you need to conitue your journey.

Our small group training allows everyone to be heard. We discuss examples directly relevant to your own audience needs. Participants also consider the organisational implementation of Easy English.

After training

Each person who attends can

- access up to an hour of editorial review of their draft document from one of the Access Easy English expert Easy English writer

- join our closed Facebook group of other Easy English writers. Join discussion, ask questions, hear of potential collaboration with like minded people, new studies and current international discussions.

Training Details

When: Friday 5 July 2024 and Monday 8 July 2024

Where: The Spectrum Organization, 10 Leanne Crescent, Lawnton QLD 4501

For any questions or assistance regarding building access, please phone 07 3205 7664.

Time: 9:15 am – 5:00 pm Brisbane time

Cost: $800 + gst

Includes: Morning and afternoon tea, and lunch.

Suitable for:

Anyone who writes information for the public, eg: communications and marketing staff, web writers, policy writers, planners, therapists, disability advocates, teachers, ethics teams, researchers, local council staff, government department staff, NDIS staff, report writers, My Aged Care staff, Health Promotions staff, ..........

And

Anyone who writes for their own staff - work tasks, safety information, leave, job descriptions, entitlements....

Learning objectives

Participants will

receive a participant pack of materials to support your learning
learn the legislative framework for Easy English
identify who Easy English is useful for
explore current Easy English resources available in the Australian and international context
learn to identify Easy English compared with Easy Read, and be aware of what is relevant to your audience
learn and practise each of the steps to develop Easy English written materials
begin to write your own Easy English document
explore the value of and how to engage in meaningful consumer testing of documents
explore use of Easy English for websites
receive references and resources for further study and independent research.

This workshop has limited places of just 12 participants.

Bring along a document/brochure/flyer/other written material. You get a chance to start its development during the workshop.

You may find it useful to bring a laptop to begin your Easy English document development.

Not sure if this is right for you?

Examples of our projects at https://accesseasyenglish.com

Call Cathy Basterfield 0466 579 855 or email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au

How to register.

Email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au to request an invoice.

Access Easy English is owned by Cathy Basterfield.

Your trainer: Cathy is a trained Speech Pathologist, with more than 35 years’ experience.

She is recognised as being at the forefront of the development of Easy English in Australia, being the first practitioner in this specialist field almost 20 years ago. This includes the development of quality standards and benchmarks for Easy English and writing the first and updated guidelines for writing Easy English. This is still the basis of quality Easy English. You will receive the most up to date guidelines as a checklist which expands on the original work.

Cathy has a national and international reputation in the development of Easy English and is acknowledged by her peers as a highly skilled and experienced practitioner in the field of Easy English.

Cathy was awarded a Victorian Government Ethel Temby scholarship for an investigative study into international trends and accreditation for Easy English writing and publications in 2011.

Cathy is a published author and is a regular invited keynote international speaker on this subject matter.

In 2023 Cathy has presented papers in Australia, Austria, Portugal, Italy and New Zealand.

In January 2024 she presented in South Korea, and will also be presenting in the US.

In 2022, Cathy and her team were recognised for their Easy English work with multiple national and international awards:

International Zero Project Shortlist for 2023
International Global Award 2022 – Most Outstanding Communicator for people with Disability in the World
Australian National Enablement Award 2022 - Most Outstanding Communicator in the NDIS Sector
APAC Insider Small Business Award 2022 for our Easy English training
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI )– COVIDSafe Business Community Award Finalist 2022. For our pro bono COVID19 content development.

See more at www.accesseasyenglish.com.au

Cathy is a member of

Speech Pathology Australia. Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist
AGOSCI
ASID
IASSIDD
PLAIN
Easy Language International Network
Key Word Sign Australia.