Coaching People With Disabilities Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply principles of inclusive coaching to support people with various disabilities.
• Analyze the specific needs and strengths of individuals with disabilities to tailor coaching approaches.
• Evaluate barriers to learning and participation, and design strategies to overcome them.
• Demonstrate effective communication techniques that respect the dignity and autonomy of coachees.
• Implement coaching plans that promote self-advocacy, independence, and goal achievement.
• Assess the effectiveness of coaching interventions and adjust methods accordingly.

Target Audience

This course is designed for coaches, trainers, HR professionals, team leaders, and anyone involved in supporting or developing people with disabilities in workplace or community settings.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, experience in coaching or a related field is beneficial.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide supervised hands-on practice of coaching skills with people with disabilities. Learners conduct simulated coaching sessions, practice communication adaptations, and apply assessment tools in a safe environment. These sessions ensure learners can translate theory into effective coaching practice.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Coaching Simulation – Initial Session — Learners conduct a full initial coaching session with a simulated coachee (actor with a disability). They practice building rapport, setting goals, and using the GROW model. (8h)
• Practical 2: Communication Adaptation Workshop — Learners rotate through stations where they practice communicating with people who are blind, deaf, have speech impairments, and cognitive disabilities. They use assistive technology and communication aids. (8h)
• Practical 3: Needs Assessment and Accommodation Planning — Learners conduct a person-centred needs assessment with a simulated coachee, identify reasonable accommodations, and create an accommodation plan. (8h)
• Practical 4: Coaching for Employment – Mock Interview — Learners coach a simulated coachee on job interview skills, including disclosure decisions and requesting accommodations. They then conduct a mock interview and provide feedback. (6h)
• Practical 5: Case Study Presentation and Integration — Learners present a case study of a coaching relationship (real or simulated) to peers, demonstrating the full coaching process, accommodations, and outcomes. Receive feedback from facilitators. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.