Participants develop an understanding of Easy English, review current resources and research, and begin to develop their own Easy English document with the support of Access Easy English staff. This training focuses on all elements of implementing Easy English, including language and use of images. It provides numerous opportunities for participants to practice implementing these and other elements in their own document. Participants also consider the organisational implementation of Easy English.

When: Tuesday 27 June 2023 and Wednesday 28 June 2023

Where: Riverside Hotel Southbank, 20 Montague Rd, South Brisbane QLD

Wheelchair accessible. Limited car parking available.

Time: 9:15 am – 5:00 pm Brisbane time

Cost: $750 + gst

Lunch and morning and afternoon tea provided.

Suitable for:

Anyone who writes information for the public, eg: communications and marketing staff, support workers, 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

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, including selecting and developing appropriate image supports;
explore the value of Consumer Testing of documents;
explore use in websites;
receive references and resources for further study and independent research.

This workshop has limited places of just 12 participants.

All participants need to have access to a document/brochure/flyer from their work environment, or other written material to learn to develop into Easy English during the workshop.

You may like to bring a laptop to work from.

Not sure if this is right for you?

Examples on our Home page www.accesseasyenglish.com.au and https://accesseasyenglish.com....

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

Confirm your registration and pay with a Credit Card using the Humantix 'Buy Tickets Now' tab.

Request an invoice for Accounts Payable. Email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au .

Access Easy English is owned by Cathy Basterfield.

Your trainer: Cathy is a trained Speech Pathologist, with 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 nearly 20 years ago. This includes the development of quality standards and benchmarks for Easy English and writing the first 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.

Cathy is a published author and is invited to present at conferences on this subject matter regularly.

In 2023 Cathy is presenting papers in Australia, Austria, Portugal and Italy. In January 2024 she will presenting in South Korea.

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
Key Word Sign Australia.