Community Education & Training
Community education and training is about changing how governments, corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations and others rethink their involvement of people with disabilities in day-to-day operations and long-term plans.
SMD offers a combination of small group training sessions and workshops, information packages and other initiatives to deliver well-rounded education and training services. These education and training services encourage and empower employers who want to make a stronger commitment to changing their workplace environments in ways that enable an individual with a disability to compete for employment and participate to their full potential in the community.
There are numerous benefits to participating in a community education and training session:
- Sessions encourage commitment to making changes within an environment
- People gain the knowledge to make positive changes possible
- Participation promotes a rethinking of how organizations involve and interact with the disability community on a daily basis and over the long term
- Participation demonstrates an organization’s desire to be community leaders who want to achieve a higher order of sensitivity in their relationships with the disability community, by gaining a better understanding of the challenges people with disabilities face every day
For more information on Community Inclusion programs, contact:
Heather Hiscock
Community Inclusion and Support Services
SMD Services
825 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1M5
Tel: (204) 975-3100 or 1-866-282-8041
Fax: (204) 975-3073
Email: communityeducation@smd.mb.ca