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Project Target Groups

The target group includes the following:

• People with Learning Disabilities
• People with Sensory Impairments
• People with low level employability skills
• People with specific learning difficulties (Dyslexia)

The needs of these groups include skills for employment to include:

• Basic Skills – literacy, numeracy, ICT.
• Personal Development Skills – self-esteem, confidence building and motivation; managing anger; managing stress; working with other people.
• Key Skills, defined by the DFES in the UK as "essential skills that underpin success in education, employment, lifelong learning and personal development.", to include; communication, application of number and information technology Working with Others, Improving Own Learning and Performance or Problem Solving.
• Work preparation and sustainability skills to individual need, which might include travel training ; communication support; CV writing; job search, work experience, IAG, health and safety training, risk assessments in the workplace; employment rights, benefits advice etc.

People in these target groups need individually tailored packages of learning and support that are presented in clear, engaging, accessible and usable format, in small bite-sized learning units with small-step progression pathways. All learning should be targeted to meet individual learning styles wherever possible.

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